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Jun 16, 2026
112 Stanton St, Lower East Side · Open Wed–Sun · Go this week
For The Culture
Jun 20, 2026
Top Chef changed how people judge restaurants in New York, and most people don’t realize it.
Jun 18, 2026
AMERICA'S BIGGEST BLACK AND BROWN FOOD FESTIVAL OPENS JULY 10.
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2 min read
The Weekender
Jun 19, 2026
Two New Yorks, a map to celebrating Juneteenth, 137 owners locked out, and the carts that crowned the Knicks first.
3 min read
A Juneteenth map of twelve Black-owned houses, and the plain economics of keeping them alive.
Local Operator
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Jun 17, 2026
You notice it in small, repeated moments.
State Of The Street
Jun 15, 2026
4 min read
There are two New Yorks. You can find the split anywhere you look, but the kitchen shows it fastest.
How GLP-1s rewrote NYC restaurant unit economics while the hospitality industry stayed silent.
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
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.
Apr 20, 2026
$30M, no leverage, and nothing but a salsa cup holding us all together.
Apr 13, 2026
Five stories about what NYC food culture reveals when nobody's trying to make it look good.
Apr 6, 2026
From World Cup money whereabouts to racists hosting your restaurant tables, who benefits is clear, and it’s not who the city claims it serves
Mar 26, 2026
What you order matters more than what you say online.
Mar 23, 2026
5 min read
Sidewalk garbage is piling up while chain pharmacies lock everything down. Together they signal an even more frustrating shift in how this city is starting to work.
