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Where to Eat and Drink Outdoors Now That It's Finally Warming Up
Hang time at Nowadays.It's getting to be a great time of year, when it's warm enough to sit outside but not so hot that you'd rather be in the comfort of air-conditioning. And after spending months...
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Dunkin’ Donuts Takes Aim at Starbucks With Its New Coffee Strategy
Get them while you still can.Dunkin' Donuts' war on Starbucks has gone full-scale Daenerys Targaryen now that it's exposed signs of weakness. The new plan of attack apparently includes three...
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Watch Key and Peele Go Crazy Eating Hot Wings
During the promotional rounds for their new cat-centric movie, Keanu, Key and Peele were somehow convinced (tricked?) by First We Feast to go on their show Hot Ones and eat five increasingly spicy...
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Vegan Restaurant Owners Receive Death Threats Over Animal-Slaughter Scandal
The original location, where a protest is planned for tomorrow.The husband-wife team behind Cafe Gratitude, a super-trendy California vegan chain, say they've started getting death threats, and of...
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Enrique Olvera Opening Casual Mexican Spot in Noho
Here to stay.If the $69 duck carnitas at Cosme are too much of a splurge, good news: Enrique Olvera has signed a lease at 372 Lafayette, and his second New York restaurant, set to open by the end of...
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Lucky Peach’s Chris Ying Follows Strangers for Late-Night Papas Rellenas
"I co-wrote the Mission Chinese cookbook, and I love the place and the people there deeply."It was a good week for the editor-in-chief of Lucky Peach: Chris Ying led his team to victory at the James...
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Two Men Indicted in Massive French Laundry Wine Robbery
Will TK break out one of those world-class bottles to celebrate?Thomas Keller got most of his fancy wine back last year, and now the cops may have found the men who raided his cellar. Alfred Georgis...
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Grub Street’s Restaurant Power Rankings: Jose Garces Opens, New New Nordic in...
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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Pizza Inside a Delivery Box Made of Pizza Changes Everything
Pizza that tastes like the box is the worst, but flip that around and you've got yourself a divine act. Sean Berthiaume, co-owner of Vinnie's, the same pizzeria that invented Pizza Inception (a pizza...
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Starbucks’s Plan to ‘Revitalize’ Ferguson Might Actually Work
The new location, in the flesh.So far, Starbucks's various social causes have mostly led to a lot of cringing. Solving racism by writing on cups didn't work out, telling underpaid baristas to "be very...
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Raccoon Lodge Closing on June 30
Time to say good-bye, at least to the original.Despite facing certain doom, Tribeca dive Raccoon Lodge has managed to stave off closing since it was announced last May that its building would be razed....
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Here’s What to Expect When Alinea Reopens
The mastermind.Chicago's famed Alinea has been closed since January 1, and as chef Grant Achatz and partner Nick Kokonas operated pop-ups in Madrid and Miami, they also set in motion the plan for...
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This Triple-Pork Salteña Is a Soup-Dumpling-esque Marvel
Bolivian Llama Party's triple-pork salteña.In the world of Latin American turnovers, the salteña lives in the shadow of the empanada. The Bolivian-American brothers Patrick, David, and Alex Oropeza,...
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Starbucks Sued for Putting ‘Too Much’ Ice in Its Drinks
On some thin ice.Maybe Starbucks's next drink should just be called the "Goldilocks"? One month after someone sued the coffee chain for allegedly underfilling lattes, another person in Illinois has...
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Tony Danza’s Side Hustle Is Selling Mozzarella
The boss.Surprise: When Tony Danza's not working on his NBC comedy pilot, he can often be found selling cheese in New York's Little Italy. The actor, who's also an avid home cook, is a partner at...
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Will Chickpea Water Be the Next Kale?
A whipped "cream" topping that's actually made with chickpea water, sugar, and vinegar.When chef John Fraser was opening his vegetarian restaurant Nix earlier this year, he gave his pastry chef Italivi...
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Grumpy Del Taco Manager Fired After Not Understanding How Easy It Is to Post...
Yikes.Two Del Taco drive-through customers in Arizona have gifted the internet with a gloriously epic customer-service fail after they requested extra sauce and instead got an F-bomb-laden rant from an...
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Taliban Fighters Are Unimpressed With McDonald’s Food
Meh.Some common ground you might have with the Taliban: McDonald's just opened up its first location in the Pakistani city of Quetta, reputedly home base for the Taliban's ruling council, and a...
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FBI Looking for Man Who Sprinkled ‘Unknown Liquid Substance’ Around Whole Foods
Just here for a quick mass-poisoning.The FBI's Detroit office says it has a couple of questions for a local idiot caught pouring a weird liquid onto the unpackaged food at an Ann Arbor Whole Foods. The...
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Here Are 2016’s James Beard Restaurant and Chef Award Winners
Suzanne Goin took home this year's award for Outstanding Chef.Tonight, the James Beard Foundation whittled down its list of finalists and honored America's top culinary talent. Some notable winners:...
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