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LONG ISLAND’S ALL-STAR CHEFS: CLASS OF 2014

To help you get to know the people behind some of LI’s best restaurants, Newsday food writers Joan Reminick and Erica Marcus selected a dozen chefs notable for animating the local dining scene at J.A. Heneghan’s, Lola, The Riverhead Project, Prime and more. All 12 serve up new attitudes and ideas, and here they dish on everything from their favorite eateries to craziest customer requests.

The 100 best restaurants on LI: Eat here now

In a year of small plates, big brews, high risks, low prices and enough openings and closings to make so many meals out seem like yesterday’s news, we present the class of 2014: Long Island’s 100 essential restaurants. With 10 categories that cover casual to fine dining and must-trys in the middle, staffers Joan Reminick, Peter M. Gianotti and Erica Marcus have selected the places you must gobble up now.