Petaluma Restaurant, New York

Northern California and Italy converge inside Petaluma Restaurant’s sprawling dining room, where Italian-American food is served in a neighborhood restaurant and accompanied by Italian and Californian wines. The eatery—named after a town in California and the favorite great-aunt of 1 out of every 100 customers—brims with natural light pouring through large windows that makes for comfortable lunches, dinners, and brunches. While recently renovated and with an updated menu section that's attuned to today's health and dietary concerns, visitors can still find the traditional, signature favorites such as wood-fired brick-oven pizzas, preeminent veal selections, and homemade desserts.