Annie Armstrong

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

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

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

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

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

Jul 13, 2026

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5 min read

The Fyre Festival of Membership Clubs is Back

Plus: L.A.’s hottest art gallery is...a Sizzler?

Annie Armstrong

Jul 13, 2026

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3 min read

How Did That Joan Jonas Get There?

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.

Annie Armstrong

Jul 6, 2026

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6 min read

What Makes a Museum Restaurant Masterpiece?

Three new restaurants are trying to crack it.

Annie Armstrong

Jul 6, 2026

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5 min read

The Art of the Meal

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.

Annie Armstrong

Jun 29, 2026

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5 min read

Schnabel, Schnabel Everywhere

Is his artwork the ultimate restaurant status piece?

Annie Armstrong

Jun 22, 2026

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6 min read

Wine’s Influencer Era Has Arrived

Expertise is out. Personality is in. Welcome to wine's creator economy.

Annie Armstrong

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

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

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

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

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

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