Restaurants
Dining guides, chef spotlights, and restaurant coverage from a team of editors and writers who don’t miss a meal.
Coronavirus
This Dish Tells the Story of How COVID-19 Broke the Food System
When a restaurant suffers, so does every supplier that relies on them.
holiday issue 2020
The Year That Changed Restaurants—and What Happens Next
The restaurant world reflects on the year that turned everything upside down, and how to turn it around.
Restaurants
I Can't Go to Dallas to Eat Beef Jerky at Khao Noodle...But It Can Come to Me
Laced with lemongrass, garlic, and fish sauce, this jerky is my ultimate WFH snack.
Restaurants
Their Restaurants Shut Down. They Got Laid Off. But They All Kept Cooking.
In the wake of chaos and closures, food industry folks have found each other to do the thing they miss through a new wave of pop-ups.
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I Love Haenyeo’s Salad Dressing So Much, I Asked the Chef How to Make It
It's a salty, sweet, perfectly balanced dream.
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I Never Thought of Cecilia Chiang as an Icon. She Was Just My Best Friend.
We were total opposites, but we shared the same vision in life: having fun, working hard, gathering people, and making sure they were happy.
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Everything That Goes Into a Hot, Luscious Bowl of Mohinga at Brooklyn’s Rangoon
Chef-owner Myo Moe introduces diners to the flavors of her Burmese childhood, starting with one iconic comfort dish.
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My Perfect Nice Day Order Includes, Uh, One of Everything
By which I mean: Get the shake shake shrimp.
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It Took a Pandemic for Chef Chanthy Yen to Open the Restaurant of His Dreams
The crisis forced him to stop, reflect, and start making the food that inspired him to become a chef in the first place. Now, his Cambodian pop-up Touk has lines down the block.
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My New Life Goal Is to Make Motzi Bread My Local Bakery
Yes, I'm considering moving to be closer to bread.
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Restaurants Will Never Be the Same. We’ve Never Loved Them More
Despite all the setbacks of 2020, restaurants across the country are fighting, dreaming, and building for a better future.
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When Life Gives You Lemons, Have a Lime
At Cane in D.C., Peter and Jeanine Prime are channeling the communal joy of the beloved Trinidadian hangouts known as limes. It just looks a little different than they thought it would.
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When Life Gives You Lemons, Have a Lime
At Cane in D.C., Peter and Jeanine Prime are channeling the communal joy of the beloved Trinidadian hangouts known as limes. These days, it just looks a little different than they thought it would.
Restaurants
No Us Without You Is Feeding the Essential Workers Who’ve Fed Us
Cofounder Othón Nolasco on the true meaning of hospitality.
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How Our Pandemic Plan Became Our New Restaurant
Chef-owners Tom and Mariah Pisha-Duffly loved Oma’s Takeaway, their restaurant’s pivot in response to COVID-19, so much they gave it its own permanent brick-and-mortar location.
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What I Learned Covering Restaurants During the Pandemic
Restaurants are broken, but hospitality isn’t.
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"There's More to Salvadoran Food Than Pupusas"
Anthony Salguero, chef-owner of Popoca in Oakland, is spreading the gospel of Salvadoran cuisine.
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“I’m Still Waiting On My Dream Restaurant”
Chef Parnass Savang grew up watching his parents simplify Thai food for American palates and promised himself that his own restaurant, Atlanta’s Talat Market, would never compromise. Then the pandemic hit.
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I Spent One Week Eating Like There Was No Tomorrow. Then Tomorrow Never Came.
Editor at large Amiel Stanek was ready to embark on a cross-country search for the Hot 10—until the pandemic hit.
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Every Soup Tells a Story. And Shy*Boyz Club Has Some Stories.
Chefs Eric Sze and Lucas Sin both make Chinese beef noodle soup—but they are nothing alike.
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“I’m Cooking the Way That Nigerians Always Do When They See Their Community in Need”
Simileoluwa Adebajo started feeding the food insecure at her SF restaurant Eko Kitchen, and she's not going to stop even once the pandemic is over.
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How the Best New Restaurants of 2019 Are Faring Now
Last year’s Hot 10 have weathered the pandemic with resiliency, creativity, and grit. Here’s how each of them met the moment.
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“I Want to Show People That Salvadoran Food Is Unique, That There's More to It Than Pupusas”
Anthony Salguero, chef-owner of Popoca in Oakland, is spreading the gospel of Salvadoran cuisine.
Restaurants
“I’m Still Waiting On My Dream Restaurant”
Chef Parnass Savang grew up watching his parents simplify Thai food for American palates and promised himself that his own restaurant, Atlanta’s Talat Market, would never compromise. Then the pandemic hit.
Restaurants
Being a Black Chef in a White-Led Restaurant Industry Isn’t Easy—But I’m Not Giving Up
Navigating a decades-long culinary career, Deborah VanTrece has encountered racism at nearly every turn. And she’s done keeping quiet about it.
Restaurants
In Philly, a New Clubhouse for Coffee, Samosas, and Mutual Aid
Mina’s World is a community-oriented, QTPOC-owned and -operated coffee shop.
Culture
The Restaurant at Guantánamo Bay
The food was bland, sparse, sometimes non-existent. But five years in Guantánamo Bay drove chef Ahmed Errachidi to create the most vital meals of his life.
Coronavirus
It Took a Global Pandemic For Me to Stop Cooking Like a "Chef" and Just Chill
Chef Meherwan Irani remembers the real reason why he cooks.
Where to eat
Our 17 Rules For Road Tripping
Where to go, what to bring, where to eat, and of course, how to do it all safely.
Where to eat
This New England Road Trip Itinerary Is Just an Excuse to Snack
Our ideal eating, drinking, and ferrying route from New Haven, CT, to Portland, ME.