4 Best Restaurants in Long Island, New York

The owners of this traditional steak house buy prime meat and age it themselves. Weekdays are much less crowded than weekends here.

Paintings by local artists hang on the walls, and the tables are spread with linen cloths at this Tuscan-style restaurant a mile northeast of Roslyn. Try the Dover sole with Mornay sauce, rabbit roasted with rosemary and potatoes, or the quail with polenta. Sunday Supper, a four-course prix-fixe dinner at $39, draws a loyal, hungry crowd.

Waiters in tuxedos serve simple dishes such as broiled fish at this seafood restaurant with fireplaces and paintings of old Roslyn. Children get their own menu.

Ample portions draw crowds to this well-known southern Italian family-style restaurant 4 mi south of Roslyn. It's noisy, but you can go into the kitchen and watch the food being prepared. Winners here include the chicken scarpariella and the veal parmigiana.