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Homemade scrapple and more at this new East Village sandwich shop.

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Las Vegas is betting on a new generation of superstar chefs and restaurateurs, including Kwame Onwuachi, Gabriela Cámara, and Simon Kim among those who have opened new restaurants. Who's next? Find out in the full report from Adam Robb.

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office announced OPEN for Small Business, 50 reforms aimed at helping small businesses. Many of these will impact the restaurant and bar industry.

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From a sweltering West Village dining room to a farmers market in Carmel, Ryan Bartlow, Caper Chef in Residence reflects on a broken AC, cooking in California, and the real reason he can’t say no to guest-chef gigs (hint: It’s not just about the money).

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Isabella Biberaj, the daughter of the Russian Tea Room’s owner, is working on a book, an anniversary party, and keeping the Midtown restaurant alive. Read about the 30-year-old caretaker of the 100-year-old Russian Tea Room.

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Ryan Bartlow, chef-owner of Ernesto's and Bartolo, is our Chef in Residence. Ryan’s column will cover the firsthand, behind-the-scenes of life and business as a restaurant owner and chef. Subscribe to read Bartlow’s new column.

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Jennifer and Nicole Vitagliano, the twin sisters behind Elizabeth Street Hospitality (Raf’s, The Musket Room), are set to reinvent the Bowery Hotel’s food program, including its attached restaurant, turning Gemma into Lio’s.

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Gracious Hospitality COO Alejandro Munoz-Suarez is a hidden hand in Simon Kim’s expanding restaurant empire (Cote, Coqodaq, Bar Chimera). How did he get there?

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HOW DID THAT GET THERE? is a monthly column from Annie Armstrong about how fine artworks end up in restaurants around the world. This month, find out how a Joan Jonas found its way on the wall at Ned Baldwin’s Hudson Square restaurant Houseman.

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Chris Crowley went to some of the only places in New York where people haven’t been having fun this summer: Italian restaurants run by operators in mourning over their country’s failure to make yet another World Cup.

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From olive oil tastings to life-changing anchovies, see inside Gustiamo’s warehouse sale, the premium Italian ingredient importer, which is only open to the public twice a year.

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What makes a museum restaurant successful? After trying the three newest art-adjacent restaurants in NYC (Marcel at Sotheby’s HQ, Zoli at Amant, and now, Oberon at New Museum), Annie Armstrong has thoughts.

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A negative New York Times review of Eddie Huang’s restaurant Baohaus sent the chef on a tirade. Now, the NYT has something to say back. Read it here: https://t.co/q70GRhPnaj

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Are dive bars dying? Rich Cohen, who has spent perhaps too much time in dive bars from New Orleans to Chicago to New York, asks what happens when they begin to vanish.

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Expertise is dead, influencers are in charge, and wine is firmly in its QVC era. A new generation of sommeliers and creators are using social media to blow up a century-old system.

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Comedian John Early’s new film Maddie’s Secret peels back the food influencer fantasy, and exposes the cost of performed appetite.

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Now that Mr. Chow's Miami Beach location is closed, Annie Armstrong wonders: Where will Larry Gagosian eat?

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Jerald and Nhung Dao Head turned one downtown New York block into a Vietnamese food destination with Mắm, Lai Rai, and Phê. Now, art imitates life as the couple stars in a film based on their lives.

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A $40K dining table? A beloved restaurant’s wine cellar? The auction circuit reveals a new chapter to the story of closed restaurants.

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The reservation wars rage on.

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