A Tasting Menu in Central Park
Tasting menus, even at their best, can feel like a trap. If a couple of dishes in a long procession begin to waver, the ...
Vogue’s Chloe Malle Samples Shrimp Cocktail at the U.S. Open
For Vogue’s Chloe Malle, a sweet treat is a must. In the office, she’s often poking around for candy, whether from a colleague or her own coveted snack basket, which she fills with nuts, dried fru...
‘If the Restaurant Was a Bust, It Was One More Heartbreak’
It’s early on a Tuesday morning in September when Michael Whiteman enters the dining room of the Brooklyn townhouse he shares with his wife, Rozanne Gold. Gold has set the table in their high-ceilin...
A New Bakery Makes One Bread and One Bread Only
It is a very good time to be a bread head. The city is swarming with all manner of bakeries and we are already looking forward to the pending arrival of Tartine co-founder and dough demigod Chad Rober...
Lucien Smith Was Planning a Comeback
The artist Lucien Smith has died at 37, according to ARTnews. His death was confirmed by his longtime friend and gallerist Bill Powers, who told the publication, “Lucien lives in a wordless place in...
The Fall Restaurant Preview
Everyone needs a neighborhood joint, that back-pocket place where it’s easy to stop by without making a reservation a month in advance, order dinner without looking at the menu, and return again and...
Jordan Tannahill Always Orders Fish Where He Shouldn’t
The author and playwright Jordan Tannahill — his 2025 production, Prince Faggot, posited “what would happen if, just a few steps down the line of inheritance, there were... More »...
Expansion Joints
New York is a tongue town. Katz’s has been slicing it by the pound for decades. It’s a Jewish classic. My grandfather Sam often ordered a tongue omelet, an object of perverse and horrified fascina...
Lucas Sin Is Taking Over a Chinatown Diner
After growing up in Hong Kong, the chef Lucas Sin appeared on this city’s culinary scene in 2017 with Junzi Kitchen, a fast-casual Chinese chain with homestyle noodles he started developing during h...
Where to Eat in September
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 our food team thinks everyone should visi...