Food/Staten Island
Best Restaurants on Staten Island: 5 Essential Tables
Guide: Restaurants Worth Crossing the Borough For
A borough-level food guide built from kitchens that explain Staten Island through technique, migration, neighborhood history, and dishes people actually travel to eat. The selection balances institutions with focused regional specialists instead of flattening the borough into one restaurant district.
- Denino's Pizzeria & TavernDenino's Pizzeria & Tavern is a Port Richmond tavern serving thin, blistered whole pies, clam pizza, sausage rolls, and Italian-American standards with decades of local loyalty. The recommendation rests on what the kitchen serves and how the room actually works.
- Enoteca MariaEnoteca Maria is a St. George restaurant whose rotating grandmothers cook dishes from their home cultures, making the calendar and featured cook central to the meal. The recommendation rests on what the kitchen serves and how the room actually works.
- Joe & Pat's PizzeriaJoe & Pat's Pizzeria is a Castleton Corners institution for very thin, crisp pies, especially vodka-sauce and pepperoni combinations, alongside familiar Italian-American dishes. The recommendation rests on what the kitchen serves and how the room actually works.
- Ralph's Famous Italian IcesRalph's Famous Italian Ices is the Port Richmond original for water ices, cream ices, soft serve, and an enormous flavor board that turns dessert into its own stop. The recommendation rests on what the kitchen serves and how the room actually works.
- Killmeyer's Old Bavaria InnKillmeyer's Old Bavaria Inn is a historic Charleston German restaurant and beer garden serving schnitzel, sausages, sauerbraten, imported beer, and live music in warmer months. The recommendation rests on what the kitchen serves and how the room actually works.