The Rex Burger & Lobster in Mineola and more Long Island restaurants to try this weekend

For some, ’tis the season for salad-seeking and other completely understandable reactions to summer’s doldrums and all those Facebook corset ads. Perverse as it might sound, however, others will be tempted to go in a different direction, toward decadent, over-the-top burgers in all their messy, monumental, meaty glory. And no, it's not just me.

By Scott Vogel

scott.vogel@newsday.com

Newsday writer and restaurant critic Scott Vogel aims for a refreshing, gimlet-eyed take on the Long Island food scene, often while drinking a refreshing gimlet.