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The Weekender

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.

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News Desk

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.

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News Desk

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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The Weekender

THE GREAT NEW YORK COOKIE BOOM IS RUNNING OUT OF DOUGH. PLUS...

Jun 5, 2026

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4 min read

THE GREAT NEW YORK COOKIE BOOM IS RUNNING OUT OF DOUGH. PLUS...

A $7 cookie built a whole category overnight. The line just started shrinking.

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News Desk

THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWED UP. THE RENT SHOWED UP HARDER.

Jun 4, 2026

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3 min read

THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWED UP. THE RENT SHOWED UP HARDER.

Cozy Soup 'n' Burger has been feeding Astor Place since 1972. June 21 is the last order. New York has a system for this.

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Hold 'Em Accountable

May 29, 2026

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5 min read

HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE: OPEN LETTER NO. 003

To the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

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The Weekender

May 29, 2026

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4 min read

THE BROCHURE WILL OUTLIVE THE BLOCK

They're selling Gowanus as the next Amsterdam. Three storefronts are already dark and the rendering still says neighborhood.

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News Desk

THE CITY BUILT CONGESTION PRICING TO THIN THE CARS. IT THINNED THE CARTS.

May 29, 2026

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2 min read

THE CITY BUILT CONGESTION PRICING TO THIN THE CARS. IT THINNED THE CARTS.

Benjamin Li pays $9 to come to work. Some days he nets $200.

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News Desk

THE CITY STARTED A 17-YEAR TIMER. OPERATORS FOUND OUT IN MAY.

May 29, 2026

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2 min read

THE CITY STARTED A 17-YEAR TIMER. OPERATORS FOUND OUT IN MAY.

The notice never came. The invoice is coming now.

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News Desk

TWO OFFICES, ONE BLAME GAME, AND A SUMMER OF EMPTY SIDEWALKS

May 27, 2026

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4 min read

TWO OFFICES, ONE BLAME GAME, AND A SUMMER OF EMPTY SIDEWALKS

DOT blames the Council's 2023 law, Menin's office blames DOT's rules, and the review doesn't finish until September.

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Harlem Summer Nights

May 22, 2026

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2 min read

HARLEM SUMMER NIGHTS JUST CHANGED WHAT NEW YORK SUMMER LOOKS LIKE

New York summer used to be scattered. A flyer here. A pop-up there. One-day spikes that felt loud and disappeared by Monday.

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Hold 'Em Accountable

May 22, 2026

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4 min read

HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE: OPEN LETTER NO. 002

To the NYC Department of Transportation

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The Weekender

THE BANK NOW DECIDES WHERE YOU EAT. PLUS...

May 22, 2026

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3 min read

THE BANK NOW DECIDES WHERE YOU EAT. PLUS...

The eviction notice that put the racist part in writing. Where to get drunk by noon for under $20. And the essence of a $79 powder your bodega gives away for free.

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Off The Menu

May 15, 2026

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4 min read

MENUS LIE. BLOCKS DON'T.

How to read a New York City spot before you walk in.

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The Weekender

$52 MILLION STOLEN FROM WORKERS. $5.6 BILLION TO HUDSON YARDS.

May 15, 2026

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4 min read

$52 MILLION STOLEN FROM WORKERS. $5.6 BILLION TO HUDSON YARDS.

Two numbers from this week's reporting. One is being claimed back. The other is still sitting on the table.

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State Of The Street

BLACK-OWNED BAR EVICTED BECAUSE JIMMY'S CUSTOMERS "DON'T LOOK LIKE" THE OTHER TENANTS

May 15, 2026

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3 min read

BLACK-OWNED BAR EVICTED BECAUSE JIMMY'S CUSTOMERS "DON'T LOOK LIKE" THE OTHER TENANTS

The complaint is filed. The Durst Organization won't address the racial discrimination allegations. Here is exactly what the lawsuit says happened.

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Hold 'Em Accountable

May 9, 2026

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4 min read

HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE: OPEN LETTER NO. 001

To the NYC Hospitality Alliance

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Off The Menu

May 8, 2026

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4 min read

HOW NEW YORK PAID FOR HUDSON YARDS

Hudson Yards cost New York taxpayers $5.6 billion. The press release version of the story leaves that part out.

Leila Molitor, +1

Harlem Summer Nights

May 8, 2026

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2 min read

HARLEM SUMMER NIGHTS JUST LAUNCHED THE FUTURE IN PUBLIC

Digital culture shapes what people wear, eat, watch, and believe. Yet most of it lives behind screens, disconnected from physical community and real-world commerce.

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Issues

SIBERIA CUTS CARD FEES, COCKTAIL PREP, AND 200 SEATS.

May 8, 2026

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14 min read

SIBERIA CUTS CARD FEES, COCKTAIL PREP, AND 200 SEATS.

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.

Reagan Payne, +1

Issues

SMORGASBURG GETS CENTRAL PARK. EVERYONE ELSE GOT DENIED.

May 4, 2026

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2 min read

SMORGASBURG GETS CENTRAL PARK. EVERYONE ELSE GOT DENIED.

Same agency. Same season. Same calendar. Different answer depending on who's asking.

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Off The Menu

DINOSAUR BUILT GOWANUS VALUABLE. THEN GOT PRICED OUT OF IT.

Apr 30, 2026

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5 min read

DINOSAUR BUILT GOWANUS VALUABLE. THEN GOT PRICED OUT OF IT.

A 42-year chain with national retail, a cookbook, bottled sauce on grocery shelves, and Soros Strategic Partners on its cap table just lost a Brooklyn block it helped make worth losing. The 40-seat independent two doors down doesn't have any of the cushion the chain had.

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Issues

Apr 30, 2026

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2 min read

THE LOYALTY BILL IS DUE TODAY

Edgar's poured its last cup. JPMorgan owns the pizza list. The sad truth about the faux Speakeasy.

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Off The Menu

EVERYONE THINKS THE 5 PM DINNER IS A LIFE HACK. THE RESTAURANT NEEDED YOU TO TAKE IT.

Apr 29, 2026

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3 min read

EVERYONE THINKS THE 5 PM DINNER IS A LIFE HACK. THE RESTAURANT NEEDED YOU TO TAKE IT.

The early seating used to be the dead cover. Now it's the spine of the night.

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State Of The Street

TOM COLICCHIO IS THE COOLEST CHEF IN AMERICA. HE'S NEVER ONCE TRIED TO BE.

Apr 28, 2026

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4 min read

TOM COLICCHIO IS THE COOLEST CHEF IN AMERICA. HE'S NEVER ONCE TRIED TO BE.

Fifteen years of unpaid testimony, $28.5 billion in operator relief, and three rooms on the east side of Manhattan that prove what loyalty actually costs.

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