Dating App Bumble Extends Women-First Ethos to Its New Restaurant — With Male Chefs

Eater NY 10/21 9:56A Elisa Mala

Bumble Brew opens to the public on October 21 in Nolita at 98 Kenmare Street. | Aaron Thompson After experimenting with pop-up cafes, Bumble Brew opens its first permanent location in Nolita The...

New York’s Burgers Are Getting Smaller, and That’s a Good Thing

Eater NY 10/21 7:41A Luke Fortney

A burger made with two, 2-ounce smash patties at Best Burger. Thick burgers? In this economy? Stumble down Orchard Street before 3 a.m. on a Friday, and that’s where you’ll find it: a mess of lettuce,...

Bundle Up, NYC Restaurants Won’t Be Able to Use Propane Heaters This Winter

Eater NY 10/21 4:32A Luke Fortney

Propane heaters will not return this fall and winter, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. | Climber 1959/Shutterstock Plus, South Philly Barbacoa is bringing Philadelphia’s best barbacoa to Manhattan —...

Boozy Jelly Cakes Won’t Get You Wasted but They Will Impress Your Friends

Eater NY 10/20 9:24A Emma Orlow

A selection of cakes at Solid Wiggles. Solid Wiggles’ artistically designed, made-from-scratch jelly cakes are more than just grown-up Jell-O shots Initially, vaccine distribution in New York City...

Bangers and Mash Are Still Bangin’ at Tea & Sympathy

Eater NY 10/20 5:34A Robert Sietsema

You don’t just get a cup of tea at Tea & Sympathy, but a whole pot. The Greenwich Village mainstay’s English comfort classics continue to delight after 30 years Going back to colonial times, English...

A 24/7 Dim Sum Spot is Coming to Times Square

Eater NY 10/20 4:07A Emma Orlow

A selection of dim sum items. | Shutterstock Plus, a beloved lasagna pop-up is back — and more intel A dim sum spot called Awesum Dimsum — which plans to stay open 24 hours a day — is coming to...

The Freehand Hotel Breathes New Life Into Gramercy With a Revamped Latin American Restaurant

Eater NY 10/19 7:01A Emma Orlow

The beef tartare with chicharron at Comodo. | Gentl and Hyers/Comodo Tamy Rofe and Felipe Donnelly put comfort first at Comodo, a reincarnation of their first restaurant of the same name In 2019, when...

De Blasio Orders Restaurants to Tear Down Unused Outdoor Dining Structures ASAP

Eater NY 10/19 5:08A Bao Ong

The city has seen at least 10,000 outdoor dining setups rise since the pandemic | Gary He/Eater Plus, Starbucks employees say the company is hindering its unionization efforts — and more intel New...

The Masa Movement, Already Sweeping the Country, Blooms in Brooklyn

Eater NY 10/18 8:01A Luke Fortney

Gringas, costras, al pastor, and more at Sobre Masa Tortilleria. Sobre Masa, the city’s first tortilleria built solely on imported heirloom grains, opens on October 19 Zack Wangeman is doing the math....

NYC Restaurants Confront Homelessness Crisis Amid Bids to Make Outdoor Dining Permanent

Eater NY 10/18 5:08A Bao Ong

Many NYC restaurants, such as Atoboy here, had no outdoor dining setups until the pandemic. | Atoboy Plus, Long Island City restaurants are catering to the neighborhood’s growing Asian population —...

Pandemic Puts New York City Restaurants at Front of Homeless Crisis

NYTimes.com (Dining & Wine) 10/15 9:08A Christina Morales and Victoria P

As homelessness grows in New York City, owners seek ways to defuse conflicts between panhandlers and their customers and employees, from hiring guards to feeding the hungry.

Beyond Ph?: A Rice Paper Roll Platter Is Vietnam on a Tray

Serious Eats 10/15 5:43A Giao Châu

Vy Tran For many people, the first things that come to mind when they think of Vietnamese food are hot bowls of ph? and crusty bánh mi. But, for me, the meal that best represents Vietnamese cuisine is...

Freehand Hotel’s Star Restaurant Simon & the Whale Sinks — and More Closings

Eater NY 10/15 5:03A Eater Staff

The bar at Simon & the Whale, which anchored the first floor of the Freehand Hotel in Gramercy. | Alex Staniloff A regularly updated roundup of closed restaurants in New York City More than one year...

The Metrograph Theater Is Back Open for Dinner and a Show

Eater NY 10/15 4:35A Luke Fortney

Inside the upstairs restaurant at Metrograph theater. | Nick Solares/Eater NY Plus, Alamo Drafthouse has an opening date for its first Manhattan movie theater — and more intel After a more than...

Felidia, the Midtown Italian Restaurant That Launched the Bastianich Empire, Closes

Eater NY 10/14 10:01A Luke Fortney

Inside Felidia. | Google Maps Chef Lidia Bastianich has closed her decades-old restaurant Four decades after celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich opened Felidia, her esteemed Midtown restaurant has quietly...