Category: Food & Restaurant
‘He’s Taking Advantage of Your Dream’
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Mercedes began selling arroz con pollo around Corona Avenue and Junction Boulevard in Queens in 2023, a couple of years after…
Two Wine Bars With Something New to Say
Photo: Matt Russell Did you know it’s hot? Did I mention it’s hot? Have you heard — hot. I’ve been mumbling some version of this…
ThisBowl Has Been Sending People to the Bowl
Photo: Instagram.com/@theschwartztwins Since opening in New York in 2024, ThisBowl has become New York’s hottest Australian import since Jacob Elordi. The fast-casual salad chain quickly…
Good-bye to Pencil Factory
Photo: Charlotte Klein Yesterday was the bar’s last day. People had started lining up for any remaining merch before they’d even opened, and by 2…
Late Show Writer Kate Sidley Is Afraid of Her Friend’s Coffee
Illustration: Maanvi Kapur “This is my first experience where everyone in my life knows I lost my job,” says Kate Sidley, who has been a…
Go Eat an Ice-Cream Sandwich
Photo: Hugo Yu/ Not so long ago, innovation in ice-cream sandwiching amounted to stuffing a brioche bun with some gelato. But now? During peak season?…
Not So Little India
Photo: Hugo Yu The chile-pepper string lights of First Avenue, two stories’ worth of them, have long been the beacon of the East Village’s Indian-food…
Goat Brains and Veal Kidneys Now Cost an Arm and a Leg
Photo: Evan Sung/Evan Sung Chintan Pandya gets excited when he talks about cooking with offal but not so much about the escalating prices. “We single-handedly…
How Hard Could It Be to Open a Cute Little General Store?
Photo: Mark Peterson/Redux for New York Magazine In 1847, the Springs General Store — a two-story Greek-revival farmhouse sitting near the East Hampton wetlands known…
Aymann Ismail Is Nostalgic for Brazilian Burgers
Illustration: Adam Mazur Growing up within Newark’s Muslim community, Slate writer Aymann Ismail often felt that there was an “intentional veil between our world and…