Category: Food & Restaurant
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…









