best imperial stouts in NY

Since its a seasonal it may not be considered regularly available but I think Founders Imperial Stout is one of the best available. It usually comes out around January but there are a couple places on Long Island where I can still pick it up today.

 

Another seasonal (winter) that you may wish to consider, is Goose Islands Bourbon County Brand Stout.... Cheers.

 

I appreciate your persistent apathy in refusing to use:
http://www.seekabrew.com/distro/index.html
coupled with:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/style/157
and then popping over to here:
http://www.beermenus.com/
and checking:
http://www.beermenus.com/places/493-decicco-s-food-market

Of course, because I appreciate the apathy I've done the work for you and here is a brief list of stuff to look out for. Many are seasonal:
Brooklyn Black Ops (750ml around $24)
AleSmith Speedway Stout (750ml $17)
Bourbon County Brand Stout ($25-$35 for 4pack 12oz)
Weyerbacher Heresey ($12 for 4pack 12oz)
Great Divide Yeti (many variants) (22oz $8)
Broolyn Black Chocolate Stout ($10 4pack 12oz, best value)
Southern Tier Choklat (and other variants) ($8-12 22oz bottle)
Founders Imperial Stout ($12-16 4pak 12oz)
Smuttynose Imperial Stout (22oz $6-8, good value)
Victory Storm King (6pak $14)
Long Trail Coffee Stout (22oz $6)
Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout (22oz $6-10)
Avery Mephistopheles' Stout (typically priced per bottle)
Nebraska Black Betty Imperial Stout (750ml $22+)

Hope to see you at a tasting.

 

Really man, you get an A for uber enthusiasm, and we all are enthusiastic about our beers, and enthusiasm like yours is a great thing for BA, but the tools available to you that CooperEllis pointed out are so much easier and efficient than talking to random folks scattered through the Mid Atlantic Region. I was so happy when someone steered me to them.

This forum is best used, and I see you have used it that way already, to check availability of things you know are distro in our area, and you can't find listed on beermenus as in stock (DeCicco's is usually up to date, most other stores on it are not).