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You’ve probably heard of the Potato Potato Potato dish at Somssi, the newest restaurant from Na:eun Hospitality. The triple-layered potato dish is the most labor-intensive dish on the menu but has also become the most popular order, with the kitchen going through up to 100 pounds of potatoes each week. The whimsical, caviar-topped dish really […]

This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more first-person accounts, advice, and interviews. Now Open is a yearlong series celebrating some of 2026’s most exciting new restaurants. Throughout the year, we’ll check in with teams in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C., to hear what […]

Recently I spent a few days exploring Prince Edward Island, a place that embraces its local foodways with gusto. There’s a complex history here, with roots in Indigenous Mi’kmaq, Acadian, Irish, Scottish, and other cultures. And if one thing unites these histories, it’s the island’s abundance of seafood and produce, which have helped earn it […]

A version of this post originally appeared in Eater Today, which spotlights the freshest news and stories from across the food world every day. Subscribe now. These days, Bushwick is perhaps best known for its graffiti art, ecuavolley, and queer bars; the Brooklyn neighborhood is famous for its family-owned taquerias, American-Italian pastry shops, and the […]

There was a time, not too long ago, when a purse shaped like a baguette felt like a thrilling — even subversive — novelty. Now, we hardly bat an eye when we see that Moschino has made a trompe l’oeil celery purse, or that Big Bud Press is making a hot-dog-and-pretzel-print jumpsuit in collaboration with […]

When Yelp was first launched in 2004, it flopped. The company’s initial model of an email-based referral service failed to take off until its creators realized users were taking the platform into their own hands; in lieu of sending one another recommendations via email chain, they began using a “hidden” link at the bottom of […]

The hottest new spot in Washington, D.C. focuses on the traditional heat-packed cooking methods of northern Thailand, while still using local ingredients from around the DMV. Alfie’s, from chefs Justin Ahn and Alex McCoy, started as a pop-up in Petworth in 2017 before traveling around the world, serving diners in New York and London. This […]

This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more first-person accounts, advice, and interviews. When Chanita Chayaluk decided to open her restaurant and wine bar Taan, she hoped “to showcase Thai food in Chicago in a different light,” she says. “The first [wave of] immigration of Thai […]

This review contains spoilers for the film You Can See Everything. A version of this post originally appeared in Eater Today, which spotlights the freshest news and stories from across the food world every day. Subscribe now. I saw You Can See Everything — the new documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, co-directed by […]

In the suburbs of Chicago where they both grew up, it was just pizza, according to Brittany and Brennan Grosvenor, the couple behind Proof in Portland, Oregon. Ordering came down to the question of “thin-crust, deep-dish, or double-dough,” Brittany recalls of her family’s Friday night tradition. The Grosvernors sell the former at Proof, though the […]

Chef Eric Sze, the owner of NYC’s Wenwen, shows us the bakeries, pizzerias, and restaurants he visits weekly for everything from simple baguette sandwiches to oversized wontons. Sze starts his day off with a sandwich at Bakeri; his go-to order is honey, apple, and brie layered on a crunchy baguette. Then he heads to The […]

Ah, a perfectly made martini. When in the right mood, is there anything better than its bracing crispness? Then there’s the saline hit of the brine, should you take yours dirty, and the yield of an olive’s flesh between one’s teeth while your dining or drinking companion commiserates, flirts, or reveals gossip as juicy as […]

It’s a brilliant fall day on Carter’s Creek in Irvington, Virginia, and a small group is hauling baskets of oysters from the brackish waters. They aren’t Chesapeake watermen; they’re guests of the Tides Inn, and this is the best way they know to press pause on the noise of their everyday lives and be fully […]

At some hotels, food is an afterthought: Breakfast buffets are bland, in-room mini bars are stocked with generic snacks, and lobby bars are lackluster. But other resorts understand that we don’t simply factor food into an itinerary; many people plan their entire trip around eating, hoping to get to the heart of local cuisine and […]

American resorts are once again having a moment — and it’s not pickleball partisans driving the trend. A new generation of travelers, beset with decision fatigue in their daily lives, are embracing the all-inclusive stay where activities, amenities, and dining are all on the menu and usually just a short walk from their rooms.   Fortunately, […]

Plenty of resorts across the country have excellent restaurants, but travelers seeking more should explore the hands-on side of culinary resort experiences. From New York’s Hudson Valley to the South Texas Coast, adventurous food lovers can partake in workshops and experiences that get them out of the dining room and into the kitchen, garden, farm, […]

Do birthdays matter? Not really. But they are, at the very least, an excuse to do something you might not usually do as a middle-aged father of two. On this most recent occasion, my birthday was a reason to drag an assortment of friendship flotsam across the Los Angeles coastline, working our way down through […]

This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more first-person accounts, advice, and interviews. Now Open is a yearlong series celebrating some of 2026’s most exciting new restaurants. Throughout the year, we’ll check in with teams in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C., to hear what […]

I’ve always considered fall the true annual reset, if not the soft launch of the upcoming holiday season. I know, I know — we’re still in the month of October, and actively shopping for Jack O’Lanterns. My Instagram ads, however, have already started overflowing with advent calendars and early-bird holiday deals for food-lovers. As an […]

When Chateau Royale opened in New York City last year, it embodied the city’s rising “swankstaurant” moment, in which the saturation of the steakhouse gave rise to “a new age of gloss,” per Grub Street’s Matthew Schneier. At Chateau Royale, a single-bite beggar’s purse of caviar and crème fraîche went for $39. A $72 lobster […]