The Tomato Restaurant Incorporated, New York

The food is amazing and the portions are huge at this chelsea home-away from home restaurant. The waiters are great and the service is fast and friendly at lunch. Despite the reputation for the drag show on Friday nights this is a family-friendly place - and not only for the party down drag-loving family! Order the tomato soup (no brainer) and the chicken salad sandwich and you won't have to eat for a week. Or, if you miss mamma's home cookin' come for dinner and get the meatloaf which is hearty and delicious and simple, like a meatloaf oughtta be. Great for a shopping break after hitting Bed Bath and Beyond, TJ Maxx, Filene's Basement Burlington Coat Factory Loehmann's and all the great shops blocks away.