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The Mindy Project’s Ike Barinholtz Loves Instant Coffee, Hot Wings, and...
"I have to check myself before I wreck myself.""Food is my jam," says Ike Barinholtz, who writes, co-produces, and acts (as Morgan Tookers) in The Mindy Project, which had its mid-season premiere this...
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Junior’s Scion Walter Rosen Has Died
It was just this week, when Hillary Clinton stopped by Junior's and stared longingly at cheesecake, that she reminded America of the restaurant's enduring legacy. Walter Rosen, whose father started...
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First Look at Barano, the Williamsburg Restaurant From Rubirosa’s Former Chef
Mozzarella board: The mozzarella is hand-pulled to order, and served with a choice of salumi or verdure like eggplant caponata or pickled vegetables.Albert Di Meglio might be an alumnus of Le Cirque...
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Grub Street’s Restaurant Power Rankings: Fancy Chicken, New Ruebens, and More
Welcome to Grub Street's weekly survey of the most-talked-about, must-visit restaurants in New York City. The list below features spots both new and old ranked according to one important,...
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Truly Awful Customers Leave Hateful ‘Tip’ for Lesbian Server
Come on now.Another group of customers have left their server a delightful non-monetary "tip" this week at a Charlotte, North Carolina, restaurant. This time, it was a group of women at a café called...
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The Gjelina Team Is Opening a New York Restaurant
There will be kale.The rumors are true: Chef Travis Lett and his partners in Los Angeles smash-hits Gjelina and Gjusta, Fran Cemaj and Shelley Armistead, are opening a restaurant on Bond Street with...
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East Village Dive Dempsey’s Will Close After 24 Years
It's all over on Sunday.Another survivor from the old East Village bites the dust. It's last call this Sunday at longtime neighborhood pub Dempsey's, which opened nearly a quarter-century ago as an...
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A New McDonald’s Will Offer All-You-Can-Eat Fries
Time for a refill.Now that it's dispatched its healthiest menu item, McDonald's can refocus on devising ways of getting more grease into customers' bodies. (This "The Simpler the Better" thing is...
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Another Major Chef Is Moving to Los Angeles
One of his many creations.French Laundry alum Tim Hollingsworth, Pok Pok's Andy Ricker, and Madcapra's Sara Kramer and Sara Hymanson are all chefs who've recently decided to set up camp in Los Angeles...
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Chipotle’s Problems Dumped 3 Years of Growth Down the Drain
Are you ever getting back together?There's a brand-new context in which to consider Chipotle's food-safety scare. Already, it's been noted that the disaster cost its co-CEOs more than half their...
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Cronut Inventor Feasts on Japanese Water Cake in Ultimate Moment for Viral...
Dominique Ansel ushered in the age of viral desserts with his world-conquering Cronut, and now he reigns supreme over his sugary empire of hybrid pastries and crazy milkshakes. Plebians must make the...
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Even Splashy New York Restaurants Can’t Resist the Appeal of Fried Dough
Covina’s lángos.Who doesn’t like fried bread? Indians have puri. Bulgarians have mekitsi. Neapolitans have montanara pizza dough deep-fried then finished in the oven, while their carbivore countrymen...
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Fairway Working on Bankruptcy Deal to Keep the Struggling Chain in Business
It's bleak.The end of Fairway could be near. Once New York's favorite homegrown gourmet grocery store, Fairway has experienced a swift, sad collapse courtesy of rapid misguided growth. CEO Jack Murphy...
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Noma Co-Founder Claus Meyer's Agern Opens Next Week at Grand Central Terminal
Raw beef heart with pickled onions, salsify mayonnaise, and sumac.Claus Meyer is new to the city’s culinary scene, but his reputation precedes him: The Danish food magnate co-founded Noma with René...
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Is a Disgruntled Employee Calling in Fake Health Complaints Against Shake Shack?
Watch your back.According to the New York Post, the Upper East Side location of Shake Shack has received more 311 complaint records than any other New York restaurant within the past year — mostly over...
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10 Big Cooking Tips From This Weekend’s New York Culinary Experience
Amanda Freitag, dropping some knowledge.This past weekend, some of the country's best chefs chopped veggies, shucked oysters, baked bread, and just generally cooked a ton of food with hungry guests at...
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Anthony Bourdain on His New Film About Legendary Chef Jeremiah Tower
Bourdain at the premiere of Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent.At the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, executive producer Anthony Bourdain and director and executive producer Lydia Tenagalia...
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New York Post Forces Reporter to Endure French-Fry Feeding Frenzy
How long can he last?The New York Post has Facebook Live all figured out: It's for testing the limits of the human stomach, and breaking employees' spirits in the process, through culinary torture....
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Le Coq Rico Puts a Lighter Spin on an Alsatian Peasant Classic
Le Coq Rico's chicken baeckeoffe.According to Larousse Gastronomique, the peasant dish baeckeoffe was once a popular Monday-night special among the townsfolk of Alsace. Monday was laundry day, when...
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Caviar Expands Its Delivery Service to Queens
The Queens Kickshaw's on it, in case you're really too wiped to make your own grilled cheese.When Caviar launched in 2013, it had just 12 restaurant partners. Over the past three years, the delivery...
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