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City Of Origin

ITALIAN NYC: THE FLAVOR EMPIRE THAT TOOK NEW YORK AND RAN IT

Jan 5, 2026

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4 min read

ITALIAN NYC: THE FLAVOR EMPIRE THAT TOOK NEW YORK AND RAN IT

A look at the dishes Italian immigrants built from scraps, turned into icons, and wove into New York’s rhythm with pride, hustle, and neighborhood fire.

leila Molitor, +1

They Eat Like New Yorkers

PETE DAVIDSON EATS LIKE HE'S LAUGHING THROUGH THE PAIN AND ORDERING EXTRA SAUCE

Jan 5, 2026

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5 min read

PETE DAVIDSON EATS LIKE HE'S LAUGHING THROUGH THE PAIN AND ORDERING EXTRA SAUCE

NYC turned non-alcoholic cocktails into overpriced fruit sugar with branding. Some spots still care, but most are serving melted gummies at full Manhattan prices.

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Issues

THE DEATH OF NEW YORK’S MIDDLE DINING CLASS

Jan 5, 2026

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6 min read

THE DEATH OF NEW YORK’S MIDDLE DINING CLASS

How trust broke, standards slipped, and the $25–$35 meal quietly disappeared from New York life.

Marco Shalma, +1

State Of The Street

NEW YORK BUILT A FOOD-MARKET MONOPOLY AND STRANGLED ITS STREET-VENDOR SOUL IN THE PROCESS

Jan 5, 2026

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8 min read

NEW YORK BUILT A FOOD-MARKET MONOPOLY AND STRANGLED ITS STREET-VENDOR SOUL IN THE PROCESS

Decades of permit caps, enforcement, and curated “public markets” quietly rerouted street food into capital-controlled halls, sidelining the immigrant vendors who once defined New York.

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Pour Decisions

APEROL SPRITZ DRINKERS ARE NEVER COLD, NEVER TIPPED ENOUGH, AND ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT CAPRI

Jan 4, 2026

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3 min read

APEROL SPRITZ DRINKERS ARE NEVER COLD, NEVER TIPPED ENOUGH, AND ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT CAPRI

Pour Decisions: A judgmental guide to what you drink and how messy you get.

leila Molitor, +1

State Of The Street

Jan 4, 2026

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6 min read

THE DEATH OF NEW YORK’S MIDDLE DINING CLASS

The $25–$35 neighborhood restaurant built New York’s social life. After the pandemic, it broke trust, raised prices, lowered standards, and quietly signed its own death certificate.

Marco Shalma, +1

The Move

STOP ORDERING AT BODEGAS LIKE YOU'RE VISITING

Jan 4, 2026

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3 min read

STOP ORDERING AT BODEGAS LIKE YOU'RE VISITING

BECs, chopped cheese, SECs — there’s a language here. Speak it or get sighed at by half the morning shift.

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We So Saucy

MAYO: THE EMOTIONALLY UNAVAILABLE QUIET LOUD

Jan 3, 2026

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4 min read

MAYO: THE EMOTIONALLY UNAVAILABLE QUIET LOUD

It is the silent partner of the culinary world. Heavy, brooding, and capable of masking your deepest kitchen failures with a single, high-fat smear of total indifference.

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State Of The Street

THE FOOD INFLUENCER ERA IS OVER. NOW THEY’RE COMING FOR LOCAL POLITICS.

Jan 2, 2026

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8 min read

THE FOOD INFLUENCER ERA IS OVER. NOW THEY’RE COMING FOR LOCAL POLITICS.

No food. No drinks. No vendors. No bathrooms. No neighborhood texture. Just people standing around filming themselves under the idea of a block party.

Marco Shalma, +1

State Of The Street

THE REAL FRAUD ISN’T WHO TOOK THE MONEY. IT’S WHO KEPT TELLING US THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING.

Jan 2, 2026

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6 min read

THE REAL FRAUD ISN’T WHO TOOK THE MONEY. IT’S WHO KEPT TELLING US THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING.

A hard look at how public systems shifted from serving people to protecting themselves, and why scandals are symptoms of a machine designed to never lose.

Marco Shalma, +1

They Eat Like New Yorkers

ADAM DRIVER EATS LIKE HE HAS SOMEWHERE TO BE AND NO TIME TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF

Jan 2, 2026

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5 min read

ADAM DRIVER EATS LIKE HE HAS SOMEWHERE TO BE AND NO TIME TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF

A New York Eats Here character study on discipline, old-school rooms, and the kind of restaurants that don’t ask questions.

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State Of The Street

WHAT HAPPENS TO NEW YORK WHEN IT STOPS PRODUCING BUILDERS AND STARTS MANUFACTURING PEOPLE WHO MANAGE THEM?

Jan 2, 2026

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3 min read

WHAT HAPPENS TO NEW YORK WHEN IT STOPS PRODUCING BUILDERS AND STARTS MANUFACTURING PEOPLE WHO MANAGE THEM?

A city dies from the inside when it forgets how to make, cook, build, fix, invent, and hustle — and replaces all of it with oversight.

leila Molitor, +1

Who Ruined This

Jan 1, 2026

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4 min read

WHO RUINED IT... ESPRESSO MARTINIS

A forensic, sarcastic overview of how this trend went from harmless to culturally exhausting, rooted in real NYC facts and the moment everything went off the rails.

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A NEW YEAR. SAME CITY. BETTER TASTE. AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT STILL MATTER.

Jan 1, 2026

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7 min read

A NEW YEAR. SAME CITY. BETTER TASTE. AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT STILL MATTER.

From dim sum moves to empty storefronts, city origins, hot takes, and Arthur Ave truths. This is how New York eats to start the year.

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State Of The Street

IS NEW YORK STILL FREE, OR DID WE REGULATE THE SOUL OUT OF IT?

Jan 1, 2026

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4 min read

IS NEW YORK STILL FREE, OR DID WE REGULATE THE SOUL OUT OF IT?

New York is stuck between “let people live” and “regulate everything,” and the indecision is turning daily life into a maze nobody can navigate.

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Streetlight

Jan 1, 2026

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3 min read

THE HUMMUS THAT EXPOSES NEW YORK

A city that rules bagels and pizza somehow panics when chickpeas enter the chat. The shame is real. The salvation lives in a few key kitchens.

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State Of The Street

THE TEN WORST FOOD CRIMES NEW YORKERS DEFENDED IN 2025

Dec 31, 2025

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6 min read

THE TEN WORST FOOD CRIMES NEW YORKERS DEFENDED IN 2025

We didn’t starve. We didn’t lose access. We lost standards, defended nonsense, and paid extra for it. This is the year New Yorkers stop pretending we didn’t help create the mess.

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City Of Origin

MEXICAN NYC: THE STREET CRAFT AND KITCHEN FIRE THAT BECAME NEW YORK'S NIGHT SHIFT FUEL

Dec 31, 2025

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4 min read

MEXICAN NYC: THE STREET CRAFT AND KITCHEN FIRE THAT BECAME NEW YORK'S NIGHT SHIFT FUEL

A look at the dishes that crossed borders, anchored neighborhoods, fueled workers, fed families, and reshaped New York’s food culture with discipline, mastery, and unmistakable pride.

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Best Sh!t This Week

Dec 31, 2025

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7 min read

THE NEW YORK EATS HERE REPORT | Week Of 12/22/25

Hola, I’m Marco Shalma, Founder of New York Eats Here. After three decades in kitchens, food halls, and festivals across this city, here’s what fed me, what disappointed me, and what proved this city still eats with character this week

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The Unhealthy Healthy New Yorker

THE 12K STEPS BUT ZERO PROTEIN LIFESTYLE

Dec 31, 2025

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4 min read

THE 12K STEPS BUT ZERO PROTEIN LIFESTYLE

You’re out here treating the walk from the L train to the office like it’s the Appalachian Trail but you haven't eaten an actual gram of protein since the Obama administration.

leila Molitor, +1

State Of The Street

HAPPY FUCKING NEW YEAR, NEW YORK WE SURVIVED THE FOOD YEAR FROM HELL BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE REFUSED TO STOP COOKING

Dec 31, 2025

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5 min read

HAPPY FUCKING NEW YEAR, NEW YORK WE SURVIVED THE FOOD YEAR FROM HELL BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE REFUSED TO STOP COOKING

Bad trends, worse rules, fake hype, real weather, real pressure. The city didn’t survive because it evolved. It survived because enough people stayed stubborn.

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NY Eats The World

Dec 30, 2025

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4 min read

DESTINATION: MANILA IN WOODSIDE

Trade the 17-hour flight for a 20-minute 7-train ride—feast through the heart of NYC’s Filipino capital with this all-day Queens crawl.

leila Molitor, +1

State Of The Street

PROTEIN, OR HOW NEW YORK LEARNED TO EAT LIKE IT’S ALWAYS LATE

Dec 30, 2025

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5 min read

PROTEIN, OR HOW NEW YORK LEARNED TO EAT LIKE IT’S ALWAYS LATE

A New York Eats Here field guide to survival fuel, fake math, and eating enough to function

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Streetlight

Dec 30, 2025

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3 min read

WE'RE DROWNING IN POP-UP GIMMICKS

We are trading the city’s culinary soul for neon signs and overpriced cocktails. It is time to stop rewarding the pop-ups and save real kitchens.

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City Of Origin

DOMINICAN NYC: THE FLAVOR THAT HIT NEW YORK HARD AND NEVER LEFT

Dec 29, 2025

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4 min read

DOMINICAN NYC: THE FLAVOR THAT HIT NEW YORK HARD AND NEVER LEFT

A look at the dishes that traveled from island kitchens to uptown blocks, fed new arrivals, lifted neighborhoods, and became a permanent part of New York’s daily heartbeat.

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New York Eats Here

ITALIAN NYC: THE FLAVOR EMPIRE THAT TOOK NEW YORK AND RAN IT

PETE DAVIDSON EATS LIKE HE'S LAUGHING THROUGH THE PAIN AND ORDERING EXTRA SAUCE

THE DEATH OF NEW YORK’S MIDDLE DINING CLASS

NEW YORK BUILT A FOOD-MARKET MONOPOLY AND STRANGLED ITS STREET-VENDOR SOUL IN THE PROCESS

APEROL SPRITZ DRINKERS ARE NEVER COLD, NEVER TIPPED ENOUGH, AND ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT CAPRI

THE DEATH OF NEW YORK’S MIDDLE DINING CLASS

STOP ORDERING AT BODEGAS LIKE YOU'RE VISITING

MAYO: THE EMOTIONALLY UNAVAILABLE QUIET LOUD

THE FOOD INFLUENCER ERA IS OVER. NOW THEY’RE COMING FOR LOCAL POLITICS.

THE REAL FRAUD ISN’T WHO TOOK THE MONEY. IT’S WHO KEPT TELLING US THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING.

ADAM DRIVER EATS LIKE HE HAS SOMEWHERE TO BE AND NO TIME TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF

WHAT HAPPENS TO NEW YORK WHEN IT STOPS PRODUCING BUILDERS AND STARTS MANUFACTURING PEOPLE WHO MANAGE THEM?

WHO RUINED IT... ESPRESSO MARTINIS

A NEW YEAR. SAME CITY. BETTER TASTE. AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT STILL MATTER.

IS NEW YORK STILL FREE, OR DID WE REGULATE THE SOUL OUT OF IT?

THE HUMMUS THAT EXPOSES NEW YORK

THE TEN WORST FOOD CRIMES NEW YORKERS DEFENDED IN 2025

MEXICAN NYC: THE STREET CRAFT AND KITCHEN FIRE THAT BECAME NEW YORK'S NIGHT SHIFT FUEL

THE NEW YORK EATS HERE REPORT | Week Of 12/22/25

THE 12K STEPS BUT ZERO PROTEIN LIFESTYLE

HAPPY FUCKING NEW YEAR, NEW YORK WE SURVIVED THE FOOD YEAR FROM HELL BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE REFUSED TO STOP COOKING

DESTINATION: MANILA IN WOODSIDE

PROTEIN, OR HOW NEW YORK LEARNED TO EAT LIKE IT’S ALWAYS LATE

WE'RE DROWNING IN POP-UP GIMMICKS

DOMINICAN NYC: THE FLAVOR THAT HIT NEW YORK HARD AND NEVER LEFT

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