Lee's Tavern • 1940

Leroy Moresco opened this Staten Island tavern in 1940, and generations later it still turns out thin-crust bar pies that draw crowds from across the borough. The clam pie has reached legendary status—a briny, garlicky masterpiece on a crackly crust that regulars order by name. Slide into a booth, order a pitcher, and taste the kind of no-frills neighborhood pizza joint that survives because nothing else comes close.