OBAMA ATE HERE. SO DID JOHN MCCAIN. SUZANNE VEGA WROTE A SONG ABOUT IT. NASA IS UPSTAIRS. ARE THE EGGS THAT GOOD?

Off The Menu

Jun 2, 2026

OBAMA ATE HERE. SO DID JOHN MCCAIN. SUZANNE VEGA WROTE A SONG ABOUT IT. NASA IS UPSTAIRS. ARE THE EGGS THAT GOOD?

Tourists fly in for a red neon sign from a sitcom that ended in 1998. The Zoulis family has been quietly feeding Morningside Heights since the 1940s.

Reagan Payne

THE CITY BUILT A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 137 OWNERS SAY THEY CAN'T FIND THE DOOR.

News Desk

Jun 12, 2026

THE CITY BUILT A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 137 OWNERS SAY THEY CAN'T FIND THE DOOR.

We surveyed 137 New York small business owners about the help that is supposed to exist for them. Not one reported a good experience. Here is what they told us.

Marco Shalma

NEW YORK IS SPENDING BILLIONS ON HOMELESSNESS AND GETTING PERMANENCE IN RETURN

State Of The Street

Jun 8, 2026

NEW YORK IS SPENDING BILLIONS ON HOMELESSNESS AND GETTING PERMANENCE IN RETURN

New York is not underfunding homelessness. It is overfunding the wrong version of it.

Marco Shalma

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THE MOST DECORATED CHEF IN AMERICA JUST LOST TO A LEASE. PLUS...

Jun 12, 2026

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4 min read

THE MOST DECORATED CHEF IN AMERICA JUST LOST TO A LEASE. PLUS...

The city with the best immigrant food on earth agreed to be a drive-thru. Someone picked that menu and the operators who should be feeding the crowd were kept off it.

New York Eats Here

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AMAZON TURNED THE LORD & TAYLOR FLAGSHIP INTO A FOOD COURT FOR ITS OWN EMPLOYEES

Jun 12, 2026

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3 min read

AMAZON TURNED THE LORD & TAYLOR FLAGSHIP INTO A FOOD COURT FOR ITS OWN EMPLOYEES

Shaver Hall opens June 26 with a Texas operator, a London cheese belt, and a Chicago import. The first-time New York cook the food hall was built to serve is nowhere on the floor plan.

New York Eats Here

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CRAFT DEFINED A GENERATION OF NEW YORK DINING. THE RENT ENDED IT.

Jun 12, 2026

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3 min read

CRAFT DEFINED A GENERATION OF NEW YORK DINING. THE RENT ENDED IT.

On June 27, Tom Colicchio closes Craft. The restaurant has held its room on East 19th Street for 25 years, and its closing marks the end of one of the most consequential runs in the history of New York dining.

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