‘This Is My Sistine Chapel’
In the nine years since he opened Cote, the Flatiron District mash-up of an American steakhouse and a Korean-barbecue jo...
Michael Cruz Kayne Will Eat Anything With His Hands
Michael Cruz Kayne is on the verge of a few send-offs: His daughter is heading to high school (“La Guardia, brag”), his job as a writer at The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is winding down... Mor...
Playing the Diplomat
“Oh, Ambassador, you’re spoiling us!” a Londoner I know likes to quip. In the U.K., it’s a semi-famous line, a quote (a slight misquote, actually) from a ’90s advert for Ferrero Rocher calle...
Where to Eat in April
Welcome to Grub Street’s rundown of restaurant recommendations that aims to answer the endlessly recurring question: Where should we go? These are the spots that our food team thinks everyone should...
Stargazy Pie Gets Its Spotlight
Jess Shadbolt, who grew up in Suffolk near the southeastern coast of England, thinks British food’s reputation for blandness and austerity is unfair. She’s looking to upend Americans’ misconcept...
Julia Langbein Sneaks As Much Pickled Herring As She Can
Julia Langbein says that the inspiration for her new novel, Dear Monica Lewinsky, came to her during a visit to the house where she grew up. “I had to go clear out my old childhood b... More »...
Bar Ferdinando Is a Brand-New, Century-Old Café
When Francesco “Frank” Buffa, the owner and operator of the 121-year-old Ferdinando’s Focacceria, suddenly closed up shop for good last winter, the collective reaction from fans, locals,... More...
This Is the Best Delivery in New York
This golden age for delivery apps makes eating convenient — and usually bad. Food gets soggy within 15 minutes of leaving a kitchen, and drivers face grueling, sometimes dange... More »...
Ham El-Waylly Ends a Meal With Mango Soup
Chef Ham El-Waylly wasn’t always an avid home cook. After his mother’s unexpected passing when he was 19, he inherited a tattered notebook she kept with annotated recipes and newspaper clippings f...
Who Are the Pierogi Boys?
When a DJ in Ridgewood tells you he’s found local schnitzel that’s better than anything he got during his Berlin years, you go. It’s not as surprising as it sounds: Lately, all the noise-rockers...