Where Billy Durney actually eats in New York
pitmaster-owner, Hometown Bar-B-Que & Red Hook Tavern · 7 picks
Where does Billy Durney eat in New York? Billy Durney has named 7 places in New York: Le Bernardin, Lucali, Overstory, Peter Luger Steak House, Please Don't Tell and 2 more. Each one is listed below with the source, in their own words where they gave them.
Billy Durney spent almost twenty years in private security before opening Hometown Bar-B-Que in Red Hook in 2013, and later Red Hook Tavern a few blocks away. His own two restaurants are left out of the list below.
Le Bernardin
Le Bernardin is the most extraordinary seafood restaurant in the world, no less New York City.
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Peter Luger Steak House
It was so important to me that I paid homage to it here at Red Hook Tavern with my burger.
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order: burger
Please Don't Tell
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Attaboy
PDT and Attaboy - they're kind of rivals too, which makes this actually fun.
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Double Chicken Please
We have Double Chicken Please now in the city. The cold pizza cocktail, the reverse espresso martini.
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order: cold pizza cocktail, reverse espresso martini
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Published 2026-08-31 · updated 2026-10-14