for what seemed like forever, you had to be from Western New York to appreciate this family-owned and operated chain, revered by fans for, well, for being a really great grocery (and liquor) store, with its own, competitively-priced store brand, a pretense-free disposition toward the finer things, those terrific in-house sandwich shops, and surprisingly good sushi bars. Read more...

Green Acres Mall was built in 1956 on the site of Curtiss Airfield. Its anchors include Macy’s, JCPenney, Old Navy, Sears, and Kohl’s. Read more...

The 1,025-bed hospital is in the middle of a $1 billion redevelopment, scheduled to open in 2012, that will feature 560 private rooms, 33 new ORs and a large ED. It is part of Johns Hopkins Health System, which grew from two to six hospitals in just three years. “We did not go out searching for hospitals,” said Edward D. Read more...

This huge hospital is made up of two institutions: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. It is affiliated with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College. Two of its physician-scientists, Mehmet Oz, MD, and Nicholas Schiff, MD, ranked in Time Magazine’s annual list of the top 100 most influential people Read more...

The lineup at San Francisco’s second-oldest saloon (est. 1858) changes faster than a Mission District microclimate. This being California, you can always count on something fresh getting smashed in a glass. Elixir also hand-selects a barrel of Buffalo Trace bourbon. Makes a killer Manhattan. Read more...

Part of two-hospital Lehigh Valley Health Network, this 514-bed hospital is a clinical campus of Penn State University College of Medicine and has 1,100 physicians on staff, including 400 employed by the health network. In addition to other recognitions, the hospital won the 2010 Quality Leadership Award from the University HealthSystem Consortium. It operates the third largest heart surgery program Read more...

With 904 beds, Inova Fairfax Hospital is the largest hospital in Northern Virginia and the biggest hospital in greater Washington D.C., based on revenue. It is part of Inova Health System, which has had an Aa2 bond rating from Moody’s Investor Services. Inova is partnering with Virginia Commonwealth University to create VCU School of Medicine Inova Campus. In Dec. 2010, Read more...

The medical center campus boasts one of the largest ambulatory facilities in the country, housed in a nine-story, 276,000-square-foot tower. This 775-bed teaching and research hospital is affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School. It is the largest healthcare provider in the state, both in inpatient and outpatient services. In Jan. 2011, it Read more...

Christiana Care is a teaching hospital with two campuses, more than 1,100 beds and more than 240 residents and fellows. The system has launched two health IT initiatives on meaningful use standards, utilizing its computerized provider order entry system and the nation’s first statewide health information network. It has an Aa3 bond rating with Moody’s Investor Services. In addition to Read more...

The hospital, located in the growing western suburbs of Chicago, boasts the second busiest surgical center in the state. Opening in 1964 with 113 beds, it now has 361 beds. It operates a physicians group with more than 50 physicians at 17 locations at last count. In Dec. 2010, the hospital signed a definitive agreement to merge with 159-bed Delnor Read more...