<em>Please welcome Shelly of <a href="http://www.porkandchocolate.blogspot.com/">Pork & Chocolate</a> to Craven Maven! Shelly's <a href="http://www.porkandchocolate.blogspot.com/">blog</a> contains incredibly thorough and visual reviews of eateries all over NY { and beyond }. She shares with us her top picks for the summer</em>!  

Where I’m eating this summer: here are my top picks for places to eat this summer...and where I’ll be found all season long.

The Dutch <http://thedutchnyc.com/>
This place is perpetually packed (even the bar is full) for their well executed and wide-ranging menu from oysters to lamb mole and steak...or maybe for the scene. Either way, it’s a hot spot for summer.

Rockaway Beach Concessions
On my guest post last year, I wrote up Rockaway Taco <http://rockawaytaco.com/>...this year they’ve taken over the boardwalk! Slotting in vendors like Blue Bottle Coffee <http://www.bluebottlecoffee.net/>, Babycakes <http://www.babycakesnyc.com/>, Veggie Island <http://rbfarmstand.blogspot.com/> and Caracas Arepa Bar <http://www.caracasarepabar.com> has made a day trip to the beach so much more fun.

La Cremeria <http://www.la-cremeria.com/>
A small gelato maker from Italy, La Cremeria <http://www.la-cremeria.com/> makes rich, creamy gelatos in fantastic flavors like Delirium, a chocolate chip cookie-ish flavor. It’s perfect on hot summer evenings.

The lobster trucks
The Red Hood Lobster Pound Truck <http://twitter.com/#!/lobstertruckny> and Luke’s Lobster Truck <http://twitter.com/#!/lukeslobsterny> have started parking near my office weekly – and there’s nothing like a fresh, decadent lobster roll to break the lunch routine.

Maison Premier <http://maisonpremiere.com>
A page-long selection of oysters for $1 during happy hour. Enough said.

