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Annie Armstrong
Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Oct 30, 2026

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6 min read

New York’s Favorite Dive Bar

Tracy Westmoreland, and 30 years (more or less) of Siberia.

Annie Armstrong

Oct 30, 2026

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6 min read

Siberian Family Values

Tracy Westmoreland opened Siberia, one of New York’s most infamous dive bars, 30 years ago. The trusted bartender to David Carr and Anthony Bourdain gives his two cents on the state of drinking in New York.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Oct 23, 2026

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6 min read

The Chefs Feeding the 1% in Gstaad

Plus: Upstate NY's mysterious new artist-run restaurant.

Annie Armstrong

Oct 23, 2026

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2 min read

Hello, Dalí!

A real Dalí, a fake On Kawara, and a painter in the kitchen: Inside DFW, the artist-run bar and restaurant—or hotel lobby without any hotel rooms—in Margaretville, New York.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Oct 16, 2026

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5 min read

SCOOP: Cafe Gitane Returns to Manhattan

Plus, Jon Neidich’s Golden Age rings in its golden age.

Annie Armstrong

Oct 16, 2026

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3 min read

A Golden Age for Golden Age

Fresh off opening Saint Denis and grabbing the former Donohue’s lease, Jon Neidich’s Golden Age Hospitality has hired veterans from Simon Kim and Stephen Starr’s restaurant groups, with more projects on the horizon.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Oct 13, 2026

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3 min read

Where the New York Art World Eats

A Guide By Caper and Artnet News

Annie Armstrong

Oct 13, 2026

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16 min read

Where the New York Art World Eats

Here are 35 restaurants that art types enjoy—or should. A Guide By Caper and Artnet News.

Annie Armstrong, +1
LockSimple

Oct 9, 2026

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5 min read

Ari Emanuel’s Appetites

What the superagent’s new memoir reveals about Hollywood power dining.

Annie Armstrong

Oct 9, 2026

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3 min read

Ari Emanuel’s Appetites

The superagent’s new memoir, Roll the Calls, is a frenetic ride through Hollywood’s heyday, and a running log of his dining habits and restaurant loyalties.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Oct 2, 2026

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4 min read

Andy Warhol’s Last Supper

Plus, Penguin takes flight, a secret sushi spot, and a Horses comeback?

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Sep 25, 2026

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7 min read

SCOOP: Jon Neidich Grabs Donohue’s

PLUS: Chez Fifi’s Miró, Miró on the wall, another Happier Grocery, a Haring at Straker’s, and Café des Artistes returns.

Annie Armstrong

Sep 25, 2026

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2 min read

Artistes Back In Residence

A new team, an old name, an iconic space. Ariel Arce and Max Katzenberg are reviving the Upper West Side’s beloved Café des Artistes.

Annie Armstrong

Sep 25, 2026

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2 min read

How Did That Joan Miró Get There?

A Miró from a Paris flea market, a Calder from an Alabama yard sale, and a family portrait watching over it all—inside Chez Fifi, the Foulquer brothers’ tribute to their mother.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Sep 18, 2026

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7 min read

Daniel Humm’s Warholian Riff

And is Happier Grocery coming to Brooklyn?

Annie Armstrong

Sep 18, 2026

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2 min read

Daniel Humm’s Warholian Riff

The Eleven Madison Park chef-owner is launching his “elevated” take on boxed mac and cheese for the people. But is he also, maybe, taking a cue from Andy Warhol?

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Aug 31, 2026

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4 min read

The Most Unhinged Restaurant in America

Inside South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s $40 million kitschy, maximalist masterpiece.

Annie Armstrong

Aug 31, 2026

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3 min read

Oh My God, They Saved Casa Bonita

Matt Stone and Trey Parker sank more than $40 million of their South Park fortune into resurrecting Colorado’s most beloved, most unhinged restaurant slash dinner theater. Somebody had to.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Aug 24, 2026

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4 min read

Another Museum Restaurant Rises

Plus: Café Sabarsky returns, Humm gets hung, and Zoli just got hotter.

Annie Armstrong

Aug 24, 2026

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2 min read

PS1 Gets its Food Back

MoMA PS1’s long-empty cafe space is getting new life this fall, with chef DeVonn Charles Francis bringing his French-Caribbean cooking to Long Island City.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Aug 10, 2026

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11 min read

The Siberia You Want to be Seated In

And the drama behind Daniel Humm’s new West Village restaurant.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Aug 3, 2026

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7 min read

The American Psycho of Reservation Apps

Patrick Bateman couldn’t get into Dorsia. Now you can—for a price.

Annie Armstrong

Aug 3, 2026

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6 min read

Bateman, Party of Two

Dorsia was a joke about status and unattainability in American Psycho. 35 years later, it’s a members-only app that gatekeeps tables the old-fashioned way: Money.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Jul 20, 2026

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7 min read

The Bowery Is Getting the Vitagliano Treatment

The twins behind Raf’s are about to reinvent F&B at the celebrity hotspot hotel.

Annie Armstrong

Jul 20, 2026

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5 min read

The Vitagliano Twins Are Taking Notes On You

The sisters behind Raf’s and The Musket Room built a reputation on impossibly high standards and an 86’d list 275 names deep. Next, they’re taking over food and beverage at one of downtown’s most storied hotels, The Bowery.

Annie Armstrong

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