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Will New York at Last Get More Street-Vending Permits?

Photo: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images In December, New York’s City Council voted overwhelmingly to pass three bills aimed at reforming street vending. The most significant of…

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A Chocolate Babka Is Stirring Up Controversy

Illustration: The Ellaphant in the Room When Adir Michaeli opened his first Michaeli Bakery in 2019, he did so with a bold claim: It was…

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The New Babbo Is Missing Its Old Magic

Video: Hugo Yu The Zeppelin is blasting once more at Babbo. Though the restaurant closed for renovations only in early 2025, it feels as if…

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15 Standout Moments From 2025’s Grub Street Diets

Illustration: Sarah Kilcoyne,Maanvi Kapur, Margalit Cutler Grub Street Diets are something of a miracle. Every week, a new chef, writer, actor, podcaster, comedian, and everything…

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This Was the Year Our Best New Bars Came From Other Places

Photo: Courtesy of Leanne Solarik For anyone looking to access Seed Library, the New York outpost of Ryan Chetiyawardana’s London bar, start with the bright-orange…

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The Best Lines of 2025

Illustration: Igor Bastidas Part of investigating which viral foods are worth everyone’s time and which are missable is, inevitably, encountering a lot of lines that…

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Where to Eat in January

Illustration: Naomi Otsu Welcome to Grub Street’s rundown of restaurant recommendations that aims to answer the endlessly recurring question: Where should we go? These are…

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James Harris Makes the Most of an Empty New York

Illustration: Margalit Cutler A lifelong New Yorker, James Harris, co-host of the menswear-slash-everything podcast Throwing Fits, knows how to take advantage of the holiday week…

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Wegmans Is Watching You

Photo: John Senter/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Wegmans is part of the pantheon of suburban grocery chains that, for one reason or another, command cultish followings….

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Closing the Deal With Coconut Shrimp

Photo: Daniel Paik On a Tuesday afternoon a week and a half before Christmas, the sharks are swimming at the Marlin Bar. Sharp winds whip…

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