By
John Capone
July 31, 2008
It can’t all be sipping Bellinis at Nello with skeletal social X-rays who look like a sprig of frisee will send them straight to the vomitorium. There are some enticing options for red-meat eaters out East, too. Everyone has ideas about what makes a good burger. Here are ours.
The bistro burger at Almond is so good, it should be eliminated from competition. The special sauce cooked into the all-beef patty is likely Bordeaux. Maybe Burgundy. They won’t say.
Maybe you think most of Long Island along the L.I.E. is just a wasteland of Bennigans, Applebees, TGIFridays, Wendys and McDonalds. But how wrong you’d be. Sort of. Every desert has its oases -- also its 
To paraphrase (okay misappropriate) food critic and author Raymond Sokolov, the Hamptons' East End is a narrow island off the coast of Manhattan devoted to the pursuit of brunch. In New York, the ladies, they lunch; when in the Hamptons, they brunch. Nosh with the best of them at the following BlackBook-approved locales. And check out our full Hamptons listings in 
While not exactly known as a hotbed of patriotism, the East End has its fair share of Fourth of July fireworks -- except, you know, not exactly on the Fourth. Why pack everything into one weekend when you can stretch the fun until October? Mother nature shows Hamptonites who’s boss by throwing rain, tiny endangered birds, and Andre Balazs at them. Check out our full Hamptons listings in 
