When it comes to food, New York City isn’t necessarily the city that has it all. Sure, you can get beef overnighted from Kobe, but try getting a Grand Slam Breakfast®. Despite the prevalence of fishes-out-of-water like TGIF, Applebees, and now Red Lobster, there are still some chains that haven’t made the jump from suburban shopping malls to the Big Apple. Until they finally open in Times Square, here’s where you can travel to find them.

No house on Fire Island or even a fire escape where you can barbecue? At these 10 bars, the weekends can still be about grilling and chilling.

As Harold Hill sang in The Music Man, “that game with the fifteen numbered balls is the devil’s tool.” Anyone who has ever had his or her drink knocked over by some aspiring Fast Eddie Felson's pool stick will agree. There are, however, a few bars in town where you can find classic table games that don’t involve sinking the “fat lady.”

Gael Greene, Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich, and Fergus Henderson discuss adventurous eating (aka extreme eating), reflecting on dishes such as rooster balls, pig's trotters, offal, and others.

The open bar is the holy grail of New York City nightlife. But where to find one when there isn't a gallery opening or launch party to go to?