Category: Food & Restaurant
Chef Carlo Mirarchi Never Thought He’d Become a Pancake Guy
Illustration: Margalit Cutler In the 17 years it’s been open, Roberta’s has grown from a Bushwick pizza-and-tiki-bar pioneer to a citywide institution to a full…
New England Seafood That Goes Beyond Lobster Rolls
Video: Hugo Yu Summer on the Cape this is not. Dinner at Smithereens, which occupies a dark, subterranean space on East 9th Street, is closer…
Is Vanderbilt Avenue Cursed?
Photo: Sebastian Mejias/The New York Times/Redux Over the weekend, the chef Greg Baxtrom announced that he was closing his nearly decade-old Prospect Heights restaurant, Olmsted….
For the Best Iced Coffee, Get to Jersey City
Photo: Bread and Salt With good reason, American tourists are advised not to seek out iced coffee in Europe. Cold coffee does exist on the…
Olmsted Was the Perfect Restaurant for a Different Time
Photo: Nitzan Rubin When the restaurant Olmsted opened in Prospect Heights in 2016, it seemed designed to give a large contingent of Brooklyn diners of…
Where to Eat in August
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…
Fran Tirado Won’t Let A Cold Keep Her From Fire Island
Illustration: Ryan Inzana July was supposed to be a post-Pride recovery period, which makes it all the more annoying for Fran Tirado, Editor-in-Chief of Them…
Lucinda Williams Opens Her East Village Honky-Tonk Bar Tonight
Photo: Vivian Wang It was a little after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, and Lucinda Williams had just sauntered out of the back room. She faced…
‘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…