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The Other Critics

  1. q&a
    Why San Francisco’s Top Restaurant Critic Is Resigning After Just Four Years“I had one year of normal restaurant-critic stuff, then everything went to shit.”
    By Chris Crowley
  2. beef
    How to Eat in Eleven Madison Park’s ‘Secret Meat Room’The word is out: Daniel Humm still serves (some) beef at his high-end vegetable restaurant.
    By Alan Sytsma
  3. kicking the tires
    Michelin Is Awarding Stars Again. Here’s the Full List of New York Winners.After a COVID-related delay, the company’s latest rankings offer a few surprises.
    By Rachel Sugar
  4. au revoir
    Is This the End of the Road for Michelin in America?Even the storied guide realizes restaurants need support, not stars.
    By Alan Sytsma
  5. lists
    Here Are the Winners of the 2020 James Beard Foundation Media AwardsCongrats to all.
    By Chris Crowley
  6. lists
    Here Are Food & Wine’s ‘Best New Chefs’ for 2020Including New York’s Eunjo Park and Trigg Brown.
    By Chris Crowley
  7. lists
    Here Are GQ’s Best New Restaurants for 2020Brett Martin’s list includes a couple of New York restaurants — and one in Los Angeles that has already closed.
    By Chris Crowley
  8. conversations
    The Anglo-American Restaurant Criticism Divide“Go crazy, make people mad, and on to the next thing.”
    By Adam Platt and Jay Rayner
  9. the other critics
    The New York Times Demotes Sushi Nakazawa From Its Highest RatingManhattan is now home to one less four-star establishment.
    By Nikita Richardson
  10. the other critics
    Michelin No Longer Dreams of JiroThe organization stripped the famed sushi chef’s restaurant of its three stars for a surprising reason.
    By Nikita Richardson
  11. the other critics
    Here Are Esquire’s Best New Restaurants of 2019Five New York City restaurants made the cut this year.
    By Nikita Richardson
  12. the other critics
    This Zero-Star Review of Peter Luger Steak House Is Brutal“…there is the unshakable sense that I’ve been scammed.”
    By Nikita Richardson
  13. the other critics
    Here Are Bon Appétit’s 10 Best New Restaurants in AmericaOne New York City restaurant made the cut.
    By Nikita Richardson
  14. the other critics
    Here Are Bon Appétit’s 50 Best New Restaurants in AmericaFour New York City restaurants made the cut.
    By Nikita Richardson
  15. lists
    Here Are the ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ for 2019The always-controversial ranking of restaurants arrives — and Noma isn’t No. 1.
    By Chris Crowley and Nikita Richardson
  16. meh
    Where Does Au Cheval Go From Here?What happens when critics take issue with a restaurant’s core concept?
    By Chris Crowley
  17. drama
    Michelin Trolled All of Los Angeles — and It WorkedWhy did America’s most forward-thinking food city fall for the tire guide’s tired publicity tricks?
    By Karen Palmer
  18. lists
    Here Are Food & Wine’s Best New Restaurants of the YearAdda and Frenchette made the cut.
    By Chris Crowley
  19. lists
    Here Are GQ’s Best New Restaurants for 2019Henry at Life Hotel and Shabu Shabu Macoron made the cut.
    By Chris Crowley
  20. lists
    Here Are Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs of 2019Including Atomix’s Junghyun Park.
    By Chris Crowley
  21. the other critics
    Is Chez Panisse a Good Restaurant or What?The celebrated restaurant gets reviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle’s brand-new critic.
    By Chris Crowley
  22. interviews
    Meet Soleil Ho, America’s Newest Restaurant CriticHo takes over at the San Francisco Chronicle after the previous critic held the job for 30-plus years.
    By Clint Rainey
  23. the other critics
    The San Francisco Chronicle Names Soleil Ho Its New Restaurant CriticShe succeeds Michael Bauer, who retired earlier this year.
    By Chris Crowley
  24. the other critics
    Here’s Esquire’s List of the Best New Restaurants in AmericaNew York highlights include Atomix, Don Angie, and Misi.
    By Nikita Richardson
  25. the other critics
    Is Misi a Good Restaurant or What?Depends on whether you ask Pete Wells or Ryan Sutton.
    By Chris Crowley
  26. the other critics
    The New York Times’ Restaurant Critic Just Gave a Star to a Slice JointPete Wells has found his perfect pizza.
    By Chris Crowley
  27. the other critics
    Is D.C.’s Sushi Nakazawa a Bust?A local critic says it’s crickets inside the lauded sushi destination’s Trump Hotel location.
    By Chris Crowley
  28. the other critics
    Here Are Bon Appétit’s 10 Best New Restaurants in AmericaOne New York City restaurant made the cut.
    By Nikita Richardson
  29. the other critics
    The New York Times Has Named Its First California Restaurant CriticIt’s the James Beard Award–winning Tejal Rao.
    By Chris Crowley
  30. the other critics
    Here Are Bon Appétit’s 50 Best New Restaurants in AmericaThree New York City restaurants made the cut.
    By Nikita Richardson
  31. obits
    Los Angeles Times Food Critic Jonathan Gold Has DiedThe Pulitzer prize-winning writer was 57.
    By Hugh Merwin
  32. the other critics
    Jonathan Gold on ‘World’s 50 Best’: ‘Perverse, Short-Sighted, and Wrong’The Los Angeles Times critic weighs in with some dissent.
    By Hugh Merwin
  33. the other critics
    The ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ List Had a Chance to Do Better — They Blew ItThe longer this organization qualifies the talent and work of women with a separate standard, the more irrelevant it looks.
    By Hugh Merwin
  34. lists
    Here’s the Full List of the ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ for 2018New York’s highly acclaimed Eleven Madison Park dropped down from the top spot.
    By Hugh Merwin
  35. the other critics
    Here’s Esquire’s List of the Best Bars in AmericaFeaturing the George Washington Bar, Brothers and Sisters, and others.
    By Chris Crowley
  36. lists
    Here Are Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs of 2018Jess Shadbolt and Clare de Boer of King rep New York City.
    By Nikita Richardson
  37. the other critics
    Where Are All the Black Restaurant Critics?“There’s a real systematic oppression in place that limits black voices, black stories, and black experiences.”
    By Nikita Richardson
  38. lists
    Here Are GQ’s Best New Restaurants of 2018New York is represented by Chez Ma Tante and Cote.
    By Chris Crowley
  39. lists
    Here Are Food & Wine’s Best New Restaurants of the YearFairfax, JuneBaby, and more.
    By Nikita Richardson
  40. restaurant reviews
    Here’s Another Look at How Far Restaurants Go to Trick Influential Food CriticsD.C.’s fine-dining world is full of “spies” and “dossiers.”
    By Clint Rainey
  41. Critic Calls New D.C. Nobu ‘the Most Pretentious Restaurant in Washington’“The specialty of the house … is called obnoxious.”
    By Clint Rainey
  42. the other critics
    Here’s Esquire’s List of the Best New Restaurants in AmericaIncluding Felix Trattoria, the Grill and Pool, Olmsted, and more.
    By Chris Crowley
  43. the other critics
    Times Critic Discovers That the Pool’s Renovations Violated Landmark LawsMajor Food Group didn’t get permits for at least three major changes.
    By Clint Rainey
  44. pizza wars
    Times Critic Says New York’s Best Pizza Is in New JerseyHe awards three stars to Jersey City’s Razza.
    By Chris Crowley
  45. the chain gang
    Washington Post Critic Warns McDonald’s Sriracha-Kale Burger Is a ‘Cry for Help’“The fast-food equivalent of watching your Dad sport rompers and pledge his undying love for Drake.”
    By Clint Rainey
  46. the other critics
    The New York Times Just Awarded 3 Stars to a Sichuan Restaurant in FlushingCritic Pete Wells calls it “a new kind of Sichuan restaurant for New York.”
    By Chris Crowley
  47. Maybe a Zero-Star Times Review Means You Can Finally Get Into Sugarfish“The fish is uniformly soft and pretty, but none of it tastes much like fish,” writes Pete Wells.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  48. the other critics
    Times Critic Gives Zero Stars to Chefs’ Altruistic Fast-Food ConceptPete Wells writes that the food needs a lot of work at Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson’s Locol.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  49. rip
    Renowned Journalist and Restaurant Critic A.A. Gill Has DiedThe British columnist was 62.
    By Alan Sytsma
  50. The Other Critics
    Esteemed Critic Tejal Rao Joins the New York TimesShe’s a two-time winner of the James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant Review Award.
    By Sierra Tishgart
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