The last six weeks have seen the long-simmering feud between the Compton, Calif.,-born rapper Kendrick Lamar and the Canadian rapper Drake turn into a full-fledged beef, with confrontations delivered in the form of diss tracks. But the squabble didn’t boil over until April 30, when Mr. Lamar released “Euphoria,” a six-and-a-half minute dressing down of…
At first, I thought it would be easy enough to update my list of the 100 best restaurants in New York City. The New York Times had published my first guide in April 2023. The second guide, to be released a year later, would only require a simple refresh, right? I would add a few…
On a recent spring day in the West Village of Manhattan, as employees balancing trays of tagliatelle and Gran Classico spritzes darted from the Via Carota kitchen to the sidewalk seats, one laborer seemed to be working harder than any other: the chore coat. The utility jacket, in shades of tawny brown and cream, clung…
Hopie Stockman Hill and Grier Stockman grew up in an old farmhouse in a sylvan pocket of New Jersey. They played in wheat fields, craggy apple orchards and dense forests; built birdhouses and painted murals. The sisters’ childhood, spent merging art with nature, inspired their latest wallpaper collection from Block Shop, their textile, art and…
Every once in a while, restaurateurs in New York become infatuated with the cuisine of some other place. In the 1980s, La Louisiana, K-Paul’s and Acme fed us jambalaya, blackened redfish and other tastes of New Orleans and Cajun Country. Three decades later, Aska, Luksus and Acme (the same space, without the chile-pepper lights and…
“Do you trust me?” the chef asked. It was late, going on 10 p.m. The kitchen of Shaw-naé’s House, a six-table restaurant on Staten Island, had been slammed all night and was running low on a few things. Actually, a lot of things, including almost everything I’d just tried to order. But then Shaw-naé Dixon,…
Restaurant pop-ups, by their very nature, are ephemeral and hard to pin down. But they can also be destinations for some of New York’s most creative and inspired dining as the chefs that run them aren’t bogged down by the minutiae that plague brick-and-mortar restaurants. Sometimes, pop-ups become popular, permanent restaurants, as in the cases…
Restaurant pop-ups, by their very nature, are ephemeral and hard to pin down. But they can also be destinations for some of New York’s most creative and inspired dining as the chefs that run them aren’t bogged down by the minutiae that plague brick-and-mortar restaurants. Sometimes, pop-ups become popular, permanent restaurants, as in the cases…
Headliner San Sabino With this new venture, the married chefs Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli, and their partner Michael Stillman’s Quality Branded, aren’t fretting about driving business from their high-profile Italian American restaurant, Don Angie, which opened six years ago just a few doors south. “It’s different, there’s more seafood and we’re being creative with…
To celebrate his wife’s birthday in 2022, Brian Azara, a mechanical engineer in New York City, booked a table for two at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Brooklyn. But when their son was suddenly hospitalized with severe asthma, Mr. Azara had to cancel the reservation. A few minutes later, he checked his credit card account and…
