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This year's top 20 restaurants

Published: December 31, 2008 5:32 AM
By PETER M. GIANOTTI and JOAN REMINICK  peter.gianotti@newsday.com ; joan.reminick@newsday.com

Despite the recession, notable fine-dining restaurants grew in Nassau and Suffolk in 2008. Similarly, we've found a wealth of excellent-yet-affordable restaurants serving up a wide range of cuisines this year.

Here are the best fine dining and cheap eats restaurants of 2008, a boom year on Long Island.

FINE DINING

1. Palio Ristorante : 399 Jericho Tpke., Jericho, 516-433-9100,...