Articles in the “food” category

The dining room. (via Landmarks Preservation Commission) The historic Gage & Tollner building is officially being restored to its former Gilded Age glory after years of heinous repurposing efforts that transformed the storied restaurant after it...

The beloved Wegmans supermarket chain will open its first New York City location on October 27th. As previously reported, the 74,000 square foot grocery store will be located in Brooklyn on Flushing Avenue in the Admirals...

(Photo by Hampton Catlin) It was over seven years ago when we first discovered that the Chelsea's Westside Market cheesemonger was printing his labels with unexpected little messages—lines from famous books, song lyrics, and even religious...

(Scott Lynch / Gothamist) The legendary White Horse Tavern, one of the oldest bars in New York City and a venerable literary haunt, closed on Sunday night for renovations, a tipster informed Gothamist. The Greenwich Village...

(Courtesy Sweetgreen) In addition to its reputation for creative salad combinations and long lunchtime lines, the fast-casual chain Sweetgreen is also known for its innovative but controversial cashless payment system. The no-cash policy at Sweetgreen locations,...

Mary Ann Siwek has been coming to the Lower East Side’s Essex Street Market for 30 years. “It’s cheap and the vendors are very friendly,” she explained recently in front of her favorite fishmonger. Plus, the 68-year-old...

Lumberjack sports, so hot right now. (Wikimedia Commons) Listen, we live in an occasionally enraging metropolis and I'm not going to sugarcoat that for you, because I imagine doing so would be tantamount to dumping fuel...

Whisk's Williamsburg location will close on April 30th. (Courtesy of Lindsey Smith) The cooking supply store Whisk will shutter their Williamsburg, Brooklyn location at the end of April, owner Natasha Amott has told Gothamist. During lease...

(Flickr User Wally G) Brooklyn's outdoor drinking enthusiasts had quite a scare yesterday, after rumors began circulating online that Gowanus Yacht Club had quietly set sail for the dive-farm upstate. Thankfully, however, reports of GYC's death...

An enticing-looking pile of bologna, which is probably good to stay away from...for now. (Glane 23/Creative Commons) Deli-sliced meats and cheeses, a staple of many discerning New Yorkers' daily and late-night diets, have been linked to...

Nope. (kubais/Shutterstock) May I present a concept scientifically engineered to freeze your blood in its veins? Okay, here it is: An influencer experience designed around Instagram's favorite summer bev—rosé, natch—and staged in the second floor of...

Don't do it! (designs by Jack/Shutterstock) The CDC and FDA is urging sushi eaters to steer very clear of ground raw tuna originating from Jensen Tuna in Houma, Louisiana. The seafood purveyor voluntarily recalled an unknown...

(Facebook) The Sunday night fire that engulfed Tatiana, the beloved Russian eatery and nightclub located on the Brighton Beach boardwalk, was started by a lit cigarette under the boardwalk, the Fire Department said Monday. The two-alarm...

Plastic garbage on the beach, Dakar, Senegal (Herbert Berger / imageBROKER/Shutterstock) Mayor Bill de Blasio has instructed all city agencies to stop purchasing single-use plastic foodware, as part of an effort to reduce the city's plastic...

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Lucky Lee's. (via Yelp) A white woman who recently opened a "clean" American Chinese restaurant in the West Village is fending off a wave of criticism decrying her marketing strategy as racist and culturally appropriative. Nutritionist...

(Flickr / Gina Herold) How much should you tip? On the one hand, a team of chronically underpaid human beings are literally waiting on you hand and foot, catering to your every desire, and whisking your...

It's hard to believe it was six years ago that Cronuts, the combination croissant and donut from inventive pastry chef Dominique Ansel, hit New York with such fervor that an online black market cropped up in exchange...

(Shake Shack) With the final season of Game Of Thrones coming in just over a week, all the brands are trying to get in on the action, whether it's special Oreos or athletes and Migos singing...

Grimaldi's, February 2019. (Jen Carlson / Gothamist) Renowned Arizona pizzeria Grimaldi's is finally opening up an outpost in Brooklyn, in an extremely iconic location the pizza-loving among you will surely recognize: 1 Front Street in DUMBO....

The shuttered Moishe's Bake Shop, replete with paper on its windows. (Paula Mejía/Gothamist) It appears that the East Village's venerable Moishe's Bake Shop may just be renovating, and not closing forever, despite clashing reports. In the...

A server at the Grand Central Oyster Bar (Mike Dresser / Flickr) Last year, under the direction of Governor Andrew Cuomo, the state Department of Labor held a series of hearings to explore ending the tipped...

The White Horse Tavern, 1961. (Library of Congress). The building housing the White Horse Tavern, a historic, no-fuss dive located at 567 Hudson Street in Greenwich Village, has been sold to the notorious landlord Steve Croman,...

Scott Lynch / Gothamist A preservation group is asking the city to grant landmark designation to the interior of the White Horse Tavern, the legendary New York literati gathering spot that was recently sold. In what...

Conservative activist Dion Cini celebrating a pro-Trump banner drop in November (via Facebook) An Upper West Side Trump supporter is contemplating legal action against the sports bar Jake's Dilemma, after he claims he was kicked out...

This is not the "most expensive latte you can drink." (immmguy_62/Shutterstock) A concept, for your consideration: A digital-media-slash-designer-coffee-slash-commerce brand plans to lure customers to its forthcoming Manhattan storefront with the promise of "the most expensive latte...

The massive disco ball at The Fleur Room, overlooking the Empire State Building (Courtesy of Michael Kleinberg for Moxy Chelsea). New York and Los Angeles nightlife scenes have always been wildly distinct entities. They are by...

Photograph by Orin Blomberg / Flickr The legendary White Horse Tavern, the literary watering hole where Dylan Thomas had his last drink(s), has been sold, along with other buildings on the same West Village block—and it...

Joe Bastianich (left) and Mario Batali (right) show Mayor Bloomberg some pasta at the 2010 opening of Eataly. (Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock) Disgraced celebrity chef Mario Batali formally divested himself of his restaurant empire on Wednesday, over a...

(Photo by Aaron Johnson) UPDATE, 3/14: Moishe's Bake Shop, a longstanding kosher bakery located in the East Village, is not closing, as originally reported. It is currently shut and undergoing renovations. Last night, the shop's owner,...

A Pączki paired with chamomile tea, perfect for a snooze (Photo by Lablascovegmenu/Creative Commons). Last Thursday, Polish communities celebrated Tłusty Czwartek, a sugar-filled feast preceding Lenten lean times. A centerpiece of the Fat Thursday festivities, Pączki...

The Abbey, pictured over the summer (Via Googlemaps). Another Williamsburg watering hole is biting the dust. Bedford and Bowery reports that tonight will be The Abbey's last night open. The Abbey, located at 536 Driggs Avenue,...

What insidious objects lurk inside this ham brick? (innakreativ/Shutterstock) An astounding 13,224 pounds of ham-based deli meats have been released into the national market, with surprise "extraneous materials" embedded inside—just in time for Mardi Gras! Unfortunately,...

A food service worker lays out lunch for students (U.S. Department of Agriculture/Creative Commons). A damning report released this week by NY1 revealed that nearly 1,000 New York City public school cafeterias were slammed with health...

No Bar pictured on opening night (Photo by Samantha Nandez/BFA.com). No Bar, a new wave gay bar housed inside the Standard East Village, opened in the ground floor of the lively hotel on Wednesday night. The...

Stone's take on braised green beans with roasted sardines and lemon. (Courtesy of Mina Stone) For the past fifteen years, chef Mina Stone has been an integral part of the art world's dining table. Stone, who...

Grimaldi's, February 2019. (Jen Carlson / Gothamist) The Brooklyn pizzeria famous for toppings like giant olives and metal shards seems to have shut its doors under mysterious circumstances: According to an anonymous tip Gothamist received Tuesday,...

Three women from Buenos Aires have opened the city's first yerba mate bar.

(CJ Holm) At the start of the month, the Department of Health announced that it had begun ordering all restaurants and bars in the city to stop selling CBD-infused products, citing an FDA ruling from December...

Bye? (Michael Wels/Shutterstock) The city may expand the scope of its Plastic Battles, potentially catching in its crosshairs disposable plastic forks, knives, and spoons—all single-use plasticware, really, could be targeted for banishment. On Wednesday, Councilmember Rafael...

A Soppressata pie at Fornino. (Alexis Lamster/Creative Commons) Pizza mainstay Fornino appears to have closed its Williamsburg location, on South 2nd and Kent Avenues. A pizza-deprived tipster informed us on Monday that the space is now...

Filippo Milone, pictured in an ad in the May 9, 1903 issue of Il Telegrafo, an Italian newspaper published in New York City, that Regas found in his research. [Peter Regas’ scan/New York Public Library] Update...

The exterior of Rosemary's Greenpoint Tavern. (Photo by Eden, Janine and Jim) The venerable Rosemary's Greenpoint Tavern, a no-frills dive bar in Williamsburg known for its cheap drinks and punk rock soundtrack, will close at the...

Taking over the former site of BKW Wine Bar on Crown Heights’ bustling Franklin Avenue, Claire Sprouse opened Hunky Dory (alongside co-owner Chad Arnholt) last month, where she has adopted a sustainability ethos and "waste not" approach...