Category: Food & Restaurant
What Is Zabar’s Without Saul?
Photo: Michael Gold/Getty Images On more than one occasion, I had heard people mistakenly refer to Saul Zabar as the founder of his family’s famous…
Le Creuset Is Cheugy
Photo-Illustration: Grub Street; Photos Getty Images When my friend Chris finished college, he asked his parents for a Le Creuset Dutch oven as a graduation…
Pietro’s Is Open Again
Photo: Pietro’s All it took was two phone calls, and “everyone” knew that Pietro’s, the 93-year-old Midtown East institution, was back in business. “You tell…
Cafe Gitane Was ‘a Vanguard of Cool.’ Now Employees Say They Can’t Get Paid
Photo: Yadid Levy/Anzenberger/Redux In its 1990s heyday, Cafe Gitane was an impossibly hip place where it wasn’t uncommon to run into David Bowie or Helena…
Tony Shalhoub Takes It Easy on the Croissants
Illustration: Maanvi Kapur For an actor with a new CNN docuseries called Breaking Bread, Tony Shalhoub’s typical routine involves shockingly few carbs. (He’s also an…
A Spot That Should Be Hotter
Photo: Hugo Yu “You have to help me understand,” a friend emailed recently. We’d run into each other at Dolores, the Bed-Stuy taqueria that routinely…
L.A.’s Maru Coffee Will Open in Williamsburg Next Week
Photo: Maru Coffee When any Los Angeles establishment plants its flag in New York, I let the West Coast diaspora go first so they can…
Kyp Malone Wants His Servers to Have a Good Time
Illustration: Adam Mazur Before making his home in Williamsburg and later the East Village, Kyp Malone, an artist and musician best known as a guitarist…
Step Into the Brewtique
Illustration: Kate Dehler For years, Astor Place was the corner of Starbucks and Starbucks. Two outposts were located a few hundred feet apart, both thriving…
He’s Opening a Gourmet Grocer in Tribeca. Maybe You’ve Heard?
Photo: brokebackcontessa Tribeca’s newest gourmet grocer, Meadow Lane, has everything one of its neighbors might desire: Dog treats made from dehydrated bone broth. Hanger-steak breakfast…