The Real Diner Milkshake: Why Portillo’s Oreo Cake Shake Has Everyone Talking, and How to Build One at Home
Portillo’s blended Oreo cake into a shake this week. The diner original is simpler, colder and thicker, and it is easy to build at home.
Crescent Duck Farm, Aquebogue, NY: Long Island’s Last Duck Farm Is Back After 19 Months
Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue lost its entire flock to avian flu in January 2025. Here is how Long Island’s last duck farm, and the chefs behind it, rebuilt.
The American Diner Was Built to Be Hauled Away, and Long Island Keeps Proving It
From a horse-drawn Providence lunch wagon to Kullman’s factory-built cars, the American diner was designed to travel by truck. Long Island’s Cutchogue Diner arrived on a flatbed, while the Shalimar never made it out of Queens.
The Neptune Diner Left Astoria on a Sunday and Turned Up in Syosset
Neptune Diner closed in Astoria in July 2024 after about four decades, then reopened in Syosset in early 2025. The lease, the farewell, the new menu and where to find it.
The Diner Nobody Locked: Long Island’s Vanishing All-Night Counter
A viral neon-sign glitch in Carle Place opens a look at why Long Island’s 24-hour diners are vanishing, from rent and labor to changing night habits.
Two Checks for One Turkey: Thanksgiving Dinner at Home and on Long Island in 2025
A Thanksgiving turkey dinner priced two ways: $5.52 a plate at home in 2025 versus a $60.98 median at Long Island restaurants, with one diner in between.
