Emma Orlow
Annie Armstrong
Chris Crowley
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Jul 20, 2026
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7 min read
The twins behind Raf’s are about to reinvent F&B at the celebrity hotspot hotel.
5 min read
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.
Jul 13, 2026
Plus: L.A.’s hottest art gallery is...a Sizzler?
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Snarling at Ned Baldwin’s Houseman is a dog drawing by Joan Jonas. The chef and restaurateur takes us back to his Yale art school days, where he first encountered the seminal video performance artist.
Jul 6, 2026
6 min read
Three new restaurants are trying to crack it.
Zoli, Marcel, and now Oberon: Three major art-world institutions have opened restaurants this year alone. Inside the New Museum’s new Bowery spot, and what it says about the state of museum dining.
Jun 29, 2026
Is his artwork the ultimate restaurant status piece?
Jun 22, 2026
Expertise is out. Personality is in. Welcome to wine's creator economy.
Jun 15, 2026
Where will Larry Gagosian host his dinners now?
2 min read
The Larry Gagosian-favorite restaurant has closed in Miami Beach after 17 years. It’s the third location of the legendary, art-centric restaurant to close in the U.S.
Jun 8, 2026
And you can get one for $800 a pop.
Jun 1, 2026
Wild Cherry’s Gabrielle Buffong is the maître d’ with an art world rolodex.
4 min read
Gabrielle Buffong moved to New York to work in fine art. Through an illustrious hosting career at institutions like The Polo Bar, Metrograph, Frenchette, and now Wild Cherry, she’s been able to do just that.
May 22, 2026
Frank Stella walks into a bar...
Not one, but two Stellas hang quietly inside the East Village wine bar darling Stars.
May 13, 2026
9 min read
PLUS: The Corner Store crew bags another blue-chip space.
“When Tony started, there were ten years between Kitchen Confidential and when his show became a major cultural force. Now your show has to work in year one.”
May 8, 2026
An upscale members club is taking over a historic mansion on the Upper East Side.
May 1, 2026
1 min read
Every Thursday, the Estonian House, a members club on East 34th Street, welcomes non-members for dinner—complete with Soviet-era home cooking, Estonian vodka, and a choir rehearsing upstairs.
A Maximalist Florence import lands in Chinatown with confessionals, gnomes, and a bat-phone guest list, rejecting quiet luxury in favor of absurdist excess.
Chinatown’s bar Gosh will appear absurd to the skeptical, and unassailable to the irreverent.
Apr 24, 2026
The $14 billion multinational that found the key to successful food halls.
Apr 17, 2026
At Marcel, the phones connect to Sotheby's auction floor and the price of chicken will give your city councilman a nosebleed.
Marcel, the new restaurant in Sotheby’s HQ, opens with a bang.
Apr 10, 2026
The roving Bronx-based chef collective is opening its first brick-and-mortar with a $307 tasting menu.
