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Oliver Buchannon
Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Jun 15, 2026

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5 min read

The Twilight of Mr. Chow?

Where will Larry Gagosian host his dinners now?

Annie Armstrong

Jun 15, 2026

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2 min read

The Twilight of Mr. Chow?

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.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Jun 8, 2026

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6 min read

The Royal Bottles Smuggled Into Oriana’s Wine Cellar

And you can get one for $800 a pop.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Jun 1, 2026

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7 min read

She’ll show you to your table, and your Duchamp.

Wild Cherry’s Gabrielle Buffong is the maître d’ with an art world rolodex.

Annie Armstrong

Jun 1, 2026

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4 min read

She’ll Show You To Your Table, and To Your Duchamp

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.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

May 22, 2026

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5 min read

How did that get there?

Frank Stella walks into a bar...

Annie Armstrong

May 22, 2026

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2 min read

How Did That Frank Stella Get There?

Not one, but two Stellas hang quietly inside the East Village wine bar darling Stars.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

May 13, 2026

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9 min read

The Rise & Fall of Prestige Food TV

PLUS: The Corner Store crew bags another blue-chip space.

Annie Armstrong

May 13, 2026

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7 min read

The Rise and Fall of Prestige Food TV

“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.”

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

May 8, 2026

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3 min read

The British Are Coming (Again)

An upscale members club is taking over a historic mansion on the Upper East Side.

Annie Armstrong

May 1, 2026

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1 min read

Inside the Least Clubby Club

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.

Annie Armstrong

May 1, 2026

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3 min read

Gosh Almighty

A Maximalist Florence import lands in Chinatown with confessionals, gnomes, and a bat-phone guest list, rejecting quiet luxury in favor of absurdist excess.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

May 1, 2026

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5 min read

A “Niche Riche” Art Clubhouse Opens

Chinatown’s bar Gosh will appear absurd to the skeptical, and unassailable to the irreverent.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Apr 24, 2026

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5 min read

The Tourist Traps We Must Give Props To

The $14 billion multinational that found the key to successful food halls.

Annie Armstrong

Apr 17, 2026

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3 min read

Sole! For $175!

At Marcel, the phones connect to Sotheby's auction floor and the price of chicken will give your city councilman a nosebleed.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Apr 17, 2026

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5 min read

Sole! For $175!

Marcel, the new restaurant in Sotheby’s HQ, opens with a bang.

Annie Armstrong

Apr 10, 2026

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2 min read

Ghetto Gastro Lays Down Roots in SoHo

The roving Bronx-based chef collective is opening its first brick-and-mortar with a $307 tasting menu.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Apr 10, 2026

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6 min read

Wait, is Michael’s cool again?

How ’90s nostalgia is reviving the faded media elite power lunch spot.

Annie Armstrong

Apr 3, 2026

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4 min read

How Water Became the New Wine

As diners drink less alcohol, restaurants are turning to high-end water programs—complete with sommeliers, pairings, and $100 bottles—to make up the difference.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Apr 3, 2026

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7 min read

How Water Became the New Wine

$115 for a bottle of water?! Inside the luxury water boom.

Annie Armstrong

Mar 27, 2026

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4 min read

Where the Wild Things Are

How a FiDi Greek restaurant became the fringe internet’s favorite hangout.

Annie Armstrong
LockSimple

Mar 27, 2026

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5 min read

The Fringe Internet’s Favorite Restaurant

How a FiDi Greek restaurant became internet famous.

Annie Armstrong

Mar 20, 2026

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6 min read

The New Masters of Museum Dining

With buzzy openings at the Breuer, Amant, and the New Museum, the art world’s next power players might be restaurateurs.

Annie Armstrong

Mar 11, 2026

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4 min read

The French Dispatch

Annie Armstrong reports from Paris fashion week, with stops at legendary cookware shop E. Dehillerin, Mashama Bailey’s new Left Bank restaurant, and a visit with famed chocolatier Jacques Genin.

Annie Armstrong

Mar 5, 2026

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4 min read

What do Colbo, Stars, and Corner Bar have in common?

Tiny wine bars are bullish on big sound.

Annie Armstrong
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