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We live on Long Island and my husband’s best friend and his 9 year old son are coming to visit from the Midwest at the end of the month. Neither of them have ever been to NY, they’ve barely ever even been in a major city. We have all of the usual touristy things planned (not all in the same day), Top of the Rock, seeing the tree, Lion King, Statute of Liberty, Hudson yards, etc but we were trying to find a fun place to eat. We are in our mid-30s and both have such fond memories of these restaurants (yes, we remember the food being terrible) but it got us wondering if there was anything left like this anymore!