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Pete Wells

  1. The Other Critics
    The Grey Lady Totally Digs Federal DonutsThe Times critic is a believer.
    By Collin Keefe
  2. The Other Critics
    Bill of Fare: Pete Wells Goes on His Own Personal Duck HuntIn the battle of Momofuku vs. Wong, it’s duck bun versus duck bun, duck broth against duck dumpling soup.
    By Hugh Merwin
  3. The Other Critics
    Here’s Pete Wells’s First Review As the Times’ NewHe offers his take on Wong, and he likes it quite a bit.
    By Alan Sytsma
  4. Mediavore
    Ye Olde King’s Head Owner Sounds Off on Stagnant Bank Loans; Pete Wells NamedSuddenly, those heart-warming commercials featuring Pink’s owners ring hollow.
  5. Other Cities
    Sifton’s Replacement at the NYT: Pete WellsHe’s been Dining Editor at the paper since 2006.
    By Jay Barmann
  6. The Other Critics
    Pete Wells Is the New ‘Times’ Restaurant Critic [Updated]Susan Edgerley is replacing him as the paper’s dining editor.
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  7. The Other Critics
    Pete Wells Is Asked to Kindly Loosen His Grip on Those StarsHis one-star review of the Standard Grill has rankled a couple of fellow writers.
    By Daniel Maurer
  8. Rumors
    Michael Nagrant, New York Edition?The Chicago food writer is on one blog’s short-list to replace Frank Bruni at the ‘Times.’
    By Helen Rosner
  9. Foodie Kiddie
    Times Succumbs to Kid-Foodie EpidemicDining editor Pete Wells chronicles raising a li’l foodie in the ‘Times Magazine.’
    By Aileen Gallagher
  10. Bruni’s World
    Bruni SpeaksThe ‘Times’ milks him for a podcast-like “audio slide show” in which he tells Dining editor Pete Wells why Michael’s is empty at night: “Part of the reason could be the food.”
    By Daniel Maurer
  11. Back of the House
    Who Will Replace Peter Meehan at the ‘Times’?Our candidates to write the “$25 and Under” column.
  12. NewsFeed
    ‘Times’ Confirms Meehan Is Over ‘$25 and Under’Peter Meehan leaves the ‘Times’ and his cheap-eats column.
  13. NewsFeed
    Bouley Closing Danube by End of YearDavid Bouley will close Danube and turn it into a traditional French restaurant.
  14. Mediavore
    John’s Is Back, If Not Better Than Ever; Colors in the RedDon’t worry about Lonesome Dove’s Tim Love. He’s doing fine back in Texas. [Fort Worth Star-Telegram] John’s reopens, none the worse for wear after their brief run-in with the Health Department. [amNY] Colors, the cooperative founded by former Windows on the World workers, continues to struggle with the economic realities of opening and running a Manhattan restaurant. [NYT]
  15. The Other Critics
    Meehan Rising Up Against Oppressors at ‘Times,’ Covering Ultracheap Peter Meehan, the Times’ “$25 and Under” critic, lately sounds more like the $7 and under critic. In the past three columns, he’s reviewed a Korean fried chicken and beer joint and most recently, a taco stand inside a garage in Bushwick. What Meehan is doing is actually far more radical than most readers realize. Twenty-five and under was conceived as a sop to the masses, a side order to the real review’s main course. And a lot of people, including new dining-section editor Pete Wells, have complained that $25 is an unrealistically low figure in this day and age. Covering ultra-ultra-cheap eats, meanwhile, seems to be Meehan’s idea of progress. Here’s hoping his next piece continues the trend. How do we know Pete Wells thinks $25 is too cheap? He told us so.
  16. Back of the House
    A Visual Guide to Your Favorite Food Critics Who in his right mind believes that there’s a food writer out there who looks “similar to Harrison Ford but more muscular and tan”? Tim Love, apparently. We already got some good mileage out of the same Forth Worth Star Telegram article on Tim Love opening his new restaurant, but Gastropoda pointed out something from it that we missed: There’s a “fat notebook” Love and his wife kept on the food media, tracking the aforementioned Ford look-alike as well as a “better, younger-looking Woody Allen.” If you ask us, half of the food-writing corps (Meehan, Peter; Asimov, Eric; Lee, Ted; et al.) resemble “nerdier Elvis Costellos.” But there are exceptions. As a gift to Mr. Love and his colleagues, we offer the following quiz.
  17. In the Magazine
    New ‘Times’ Dining Editor Talked Smack About Frank BruniPete Wells, the New York Times dining editor–elect, was supremely cautious when he spoke to us a couple of weeks ago about the staff he will soon take charge of. But he was considerably less guarded in March, when, in his Food & Wine column, he had a few choice words for the Sultan of Bruni. Read more here.
  18. NewsFeed
    New ‘Times’ Dining Editor SpeaksFor some time, readers have been calling for an overhaul of the New York Times “Dining & Wine” pages. Pete Wells, who was recently hired as the section’s new editor, might, in fact, be the guy to do it. (Disclosure: He’s a friend of ours.) Wells, a James Beard–award-winning writer and who is currently the food editor at Details, begins in October. We asked him how things will look after the regime change.