Off The Menu
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May 26, 2026
Three generations, 87 years, and a bill that still comes in under twenty bucks. Most of Chinatown raised prices to survive. Wo Hop did not.
State Of The Street
Jun 8, 2026
New York is not underfunding homelessness. It is overfunding the wrong version of it.
For The Culture
Jun 6, 2026
Caputo's fed Brooklyn for 122 years. The food press covered the goodbye. Nobody covered where the 6,000 loaves a week go now.
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4 min read
3 min read
Five families. Five boroughs. Zero coverage.
Jun 5, 2026
DoorDash now owns the data on every guest who ever booked through SevenRooms. The same company also runs a billion-dollar ad business. The operator built the inventory.
The Weekender
A $7 cookie built a whole category overnight. The line just started shrinking.
Issues
May 8, 2026
14 min read
Reagan on the eight-seat bar refusing to scale. Marco on the three agencies bleeding operators. Smorgasburg gets a permit nobody else can. And more.
May 4, 2026
2 min read
Same agency. Same season. Same calendar. Different answer depending on who's asking.
Apr 30, 2026
Edgar's poured its last cup. JPMorgan owns the pizza list. The sad truth about the faux Speakeasy.
