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The Chain Gang
Jan. 29, 2015
This Is a Real Line to Get Into Burger King
Just wait until France gets its first Shake Shack.
The Feeding Tube
Jan. 29, 2015
Open Calls for
Top Chef
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Attention, all you people with ace brunoise game.
News
Jan. 28, 2015
East Village Cheese May Get Swallowed Up by Duane Reade [Updated]
Its neighbors are all being evicted.
Results
Jan. 28, 2015
Team USA Takes Silver for the First Time Ever at the Bocuse d’Or 2015
The closest we had gotten previously was sixth place.
The Chain Gang
Jan. 28, 2015
Taco Bell’s New Cinnabon Coffee Needs to Be the End of This Nonsense
Spoiler alert: It won’t be.
Whole Hog
Jan. 27, 2015
You Can Get a Whole Roasted Pig Delivered on Super Bowl Sunday
This is how Daniel Boulud does game day.
Eight Years Later
Jan. 27, 2015
Ichiran Will Finally Open a Ramen Shop in NYC
Get ready to slurp tonkotsu in the privacy of your own partitioned seating, for real this time.
News
Jan. 27, 2015
Real-Estate Deal Might Not Bode Well for Barbuto
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Frozen Foods
Jan. 26, 2015
Blizzard Cuisine: 12 Recipes to Make With the Random Stuff in Your Pantry
How about some Danish bread-and-beer porridge?
Basque-ing
Jan. 26, 2015
Three-Michelin-Starred Chef Eneko Atxa Will Cook in New York Next Month
Good news for people who love oysters with “algae foam.”
Honors
Jan. 26, 2015
Restaurateur Richard Melman Named Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
Michel Nischan is the Humanitarian of the Year.
Goo Goo Ga Ga
Jan. 26, 2015
French Judge Rules It’s Not Okay to Name Your Kid ‘Nutella’
Too much “mockery or disobliging remarks” is at stake.
The Other Critics
Jan. 26, 2015
Pulitzer Prize–Winning Food Critic Jonathan Gold Abandons
“If chefs truly can cook better when they know a critic is in the house, then restaurants without an early warning system are at a permanent disadvantage.”
Continental
Jan. 23, 2015
New Yorkers Are Either Really Sad, or Really Happy, About Continental’s
The dive bar’s bankruptcy has stirred up some mixed emotions.
Wine Crimes
Jan. 23, 2015
Most of Thomas Keller’s Stolen Wine Has Been Recovered
The bottles turned up in North Carolina.
Lunch
Jan. 23, 2015
The New Lunching Elite and the Inexorable End of the Power-Lunch Era
Go ahead, get a killer burrito delivered.
Flame On
Jan. 22, 2015
Yes, There Is Actually a New Line of Girl Scout Cookie Candles
Do-si-Don’t do it.
Chick Lit
Jan. 22, 2015
Farmers Accused of Selling ‘Extremely Offensive’ Eggs Respond With
A customer didn’t care for the “sexual innuendos” on the carton.
No Future
Jan. 22, 2015
Grimy East Village Dive Continental Has Filed for Bankruptcy
It just needs to sell 24,881 picklebacks to get back on its feet.
‘80s Food
Jan. 22, 2015
11 Dining Trends From the ’80s That Are Poised for a Comeback
Pasta salads, chicken marsala, and blackened everything.
Ramen
Jan. 21, 2015
Ramen Truck Blocks Highway in World’s Trendiest Car Accident
Your favorite flavor was probably involved.
Cookies
Jan. 21, 2015
Boston Coffee Shop Introduces ‘Deflated Football’ Cookies
“Deflate-gate” rages on.
Coming Soon
Jan. 21, 2015
Sushi Nakazawa Will Open a West Village Spinoff
The unnamed spot will have a $125 tasting menu.
Condiment Watch
Jan. 21, 2015
The Artisanal Mayonnaise Shop Parodied in
SNL
Will Release a Tie-in
Truffles and roasted garlic pair well, after all.
Planned Service Changes
Jan. 20, 2015
Jersey City’s Excellent Thirty Acres Is Switching to a Tasting-Menu-Only
The bar will still be open for snacks.
Closings
Jan. 20, 2015
B. Smith Has Closed Her Last Remaining Restaurant After 28 Years
The iconoclastic model and restaurateur was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
Cookies
Jan. 20, 2015
Red Velvet Oreos Are Here, After Initial Claims That They Were a Hoax
They’ll cost $4.49 a bag.
Meat
Jan. 20, 2015
Horrifying Report Says Efforts to Breed Cheap and Profitable Meat Create
Newborn lambs left out to die in the open, pigs with surgically implanted brain tubes — that’s just the last year or so.
Relocations
Jan. 20, 2015
Ess-a-Bagel Will Reopen Original Shop ‘Down the Block’
The schmear campaign continues apace.
Eggscellent
Jan. 16, 2015
The ‘Ramlet’ Is David Chang’s Spectacular Ramen-Omelette
We’d eat it.
Puppies!!!!!!
Jan. 16, 2015
New York Will Also Get Its First Dog Café
Its owners just need to raise $70,000.
Lactose Intolerance
Jan. 16, 2015
A Seattle Suburb Banned All Cheese Today
Bainbridge Island is sending a strong message to Green Bay Packers fans.
Pie Love NY
Jan. 16, 2015
Meet Petra ‘Petee’ Paredez, New York’s Newest Pie Savant
She also makes a mean quiche.
Relocations
Jan. 16, 2015
Ess-a-Bagel Will Close This Month
“There’s a lot that’s up in the air,” says its owner, about a potential relocation.
RIP
Jan. 16, 2015
Chez Josephine Owner Jean-Claude Baker Has Died
The restaurateur committed suicide in East Hampton.
Lawsuits
Jan. 15, 2015
Kendall-Jackson Sends Cease and Desist to Tiny Microbrewery Named for Its Own
The brewers say the legal fight would cost them $50,000.
The Chain Gang
Jan. 15, 2015
White Castle’s Brooklyn Woes Are Even Worse Than Everyone Thinks
Those new veggie burgers aren’t going to help much.
Game On
Jan. 15, 2015
3 Former Saul Chefs Have Teamed Up for Game, an Ultrameaty Sports Bar
The lamb ribs are pastrami-crusted, the chicken wings are dotted with serranos, and there’s oxtail in the short-rib chili.
Bad Signs
Jan. 14, 2015
Famed East Village Dive Manitoba’s May Be ‘Forced to Close’
The fate of punk-rock night hangs in the balance.
Anthony Bourdain
Jan. 14, 2015
Anthony Bourdain’s Gigantic Food Hall Will Be Called Bourdain Market
Expect lots of spicy lamb noodles on the menu.
New Leases
Jan. 14, 2015
Bonnie Slotnick’s Beloved Cookbook Shop Will Reopen in the East Village
She’s setting up in a brick rowhouse owned by a “book-loving family.”
The Chain Gang
Jan. 14, 2015
Chipotle Nixes Pork From Hundreds of Restaurants After Finding ‘Supplier
The company has been suspended.
No Yolk
Jan. 13, 2015
Hershey’s Promises America’s Cadbury Creme Eggs Won’t Change
Rest assured, everybody.
The Feeding Tube
Jan. 13, 2015
Momofuku’s Christina Tosi Joins
MasterChef Junior
and Original
She’s replacing Joe Bastianich.
Coming Soon
Jan. 13, 2015
Wahlburgers Will Open Its First NYC Location on May 1
Near the Coney Island Boardwalk, naturally.
Other Magazines
Jan. 13, 2015
David Chang Says Ramen Is Dead
Long live ramen!
Important Studies
Jan. 13, 2015
Study Claims Food Vendors Don’t Change Their Gloves Nearly Enough
56.9 percent of the time, to be more exact.
Pop-Ups
Jan. 12, 2015
Thomas Keller Launches Ad Lib, a ‘Temporary Restaurant’ Specializing
Don’t call it a pop-up.
RIP
Jan. 12, 2015
Rubirosa Proprietor AJ Pappalardo Has Died
He was 40.
Kiss-In
Jan. 12, 2015
Massive ‘Kissing Protest’ Planned for Café That Booted Lesbian
A manager told them they belonged “in a brothel and not in a traditional coffee house.”
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