Chris Blumlo is a Massachusetts transplant. Manorhaven at the edge of Port Washington reminds him of home, and he named his clam shack Butler's Flat after a lighthouse in New Bedford.
Inwood at the top of Manhattan where the Harlem and Hudson Rivers meet is the spot Jason Minter and Jason Berger opened Indian Road Cafe five years ago.
At home with the Vaidya family, happiness is built around Mom Rekha's cooking. If she is at the restaurant, she will definitely treat you like one of her own.
Call is a hipper version of an old classic, This is Racanelli's New York Italian in the exact spot off Central Park Avenue that housed Racanelli's Pizza and Brew.
Just like the well-known community in the Catskills that attracted Jewish families every summer years ago, Kutsher's is serving up nostalgic Jewish American comfort food&with a twist.
You can eat their sandwiches there, or take them to go. There are also spring rolls, fried chicken, and a variety of drinks, but it is the sandwiches that people come for.
Deborah Williamson and Byan Calvert opened their Brooklyn restaurant four years ago and named it "James" after Bryan's grandfather, who also owned an eatery in Harlem.
You might say Ilson Goncalves was a little homesick, so he decided to open Samba, just off the main drag in his American hometown of Montclair, New Jersey.
Someone from the Fiske family will be on hand whenever you go to Honey's Thai Pavilion - a name inspired by the affection Ellen and Charlie Fiske show each other.