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Oliver Buchannon
Chris Crowley
LockSimple

Jun 12, 2026

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7 min read

A Restaurant Love Story with a Hollywood Ending

And Kalshi comes to the James Beard Awards.

Chris Crowley

Jun 12, 2026

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5 min read

Empire of the Bún

Jerald and Nhung Dao Head turned one downtown New York block into a Vietnamese food destination with Mắm, Lai Rai, and Phê. Now, art imitates life as the couple stars in a film based on their lives.

Chris Crowley

Jun 8, 2026

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3 min read

A Brouhaha at the Breuer

An unflattering review of Marcel, the restaurant inside Sotheby's headquarters, has revived the lost art of restaurant review rage.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

Jun 5, 2026

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6 min read

Brutalist Bistro Backlash!

A Marcel takedown revives the lost art of restaurant review rage.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

May 29, 2026

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6 min read

Meet me at Dishoom?

I’ll send you the address. Andy Baraghani’s rumored restaurant, too.

Chris Crowley

May 29, 2026

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2 min read

Cue the Queue

London’s popular Indian restaurant Dishoom—best known stateside as the place every one of your friends claims to have discovered—is landing in Manhattan in 2027.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

May 20, 2026

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7 min read

Hello, this is 1-800-Parcelle.

How can we help you?

Chris Crowley

May 20, 2026

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5 min read

The Operator

Grant Reynolds built Parcelle into a cool-kid wine empire. Now he’s quietly helping other independent restaurants flourish with his hospitality group’s behind-the-scenes support.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

May 15, 2026

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9 min read

David Chang, give this man a raise.

PLUS: The cauliflower crisis, The Times 100 list, and a Reservation Wars addendum.

Chris Crowley

May 15, 2026

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3 min read

David Chang, Give This Man a Raise

With The New York Times naming Kabawa the best restaurant in New York, it isn’t just a win for its chef Paul Carmichael, it’s a lifeline for the Momofuku restaurant brand.

Chris Crowley

May 15, 2026

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5 min read

The Cauliflower Correction

Extreme weather and volatile supply chains are turning basic vegetables into luxury ingredients, forcing chefs to rethink menus, food costs, and obsess over the price of cauliflower.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

May 6, 2026

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5 min read

The Reservation Wars

SevenRooms poached The Corner Store for how much?

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

Apr 29, 2026

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2 min read

The Golden Globes of Food Is in Turmoil

An International Association of Culinary Professionals director made a sudden exit amidst awards season.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

Apr 29, 2026

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6 min read

The Golden Globes of Food Is in Turmoil

Plus, a rumored Resy payday.

Chris Crowley

Apr 22, 2026

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5 min read

The Spice Wars

Burlap & Barrel makes your favorite chef’s favorite seasoning, turning single-origin spices into $10 million in sales last year. It’s also suing the Trump administration over tariffs.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

Apr 22, 2026

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8 min read

The Spice Company Taking on Trump

Burlap & Barrel is suing the administration over tariffs.

Chris Crowley

Apr 15, 2026

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3 min read

You Deserve a Better Sports Bar

New York’s top taqueria goes all in on soccer. Sorry, football.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

Apr 15, 2026

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5 min read

You Deserve a Better Sports Bar

New York’s top taqueria goes all in on soccer. Sorry, football.

Chris Crowley

Apr 10, 2026

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1 min read

Launch Party Report

At a packed Chinatown bash for Caper, media types, downtown fixtures, and first-time-out new parents squeezed into Bar Oliver—proving New York’s party spirit is very much alive, even on a Monday.

Chris Crowley

Apr 9, 2026

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3 min read

The Math Isn’t Mathing at Time Out Market

Just six months after the Union Square location opened, splashy stalls including Kwame Onwuachi’s Patty Palace, have already exited.

Chris Crowley

Apr 8, 2026

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2 min read

Chef’s Table Cashes In

The Netflix show is breaking the fourth wall with branded dinners, airline menus, and festivals—turning prestige TV into a sprawling, high-end experiential business.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

Apr 8, 2026

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7 min read

Chef’s Table Cashes In

How the Netflix series turned prestige TV into an experiential business.

Chris Crowley

Apr 1, 2026

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6 min read

A Dive-bar Soap Opera Heads to Court

As the notorious 169 Bar fights eviction, its landlord moves to take not just the space, but the brand itself.

Chris Crowley
LockSimple

Apr 1, 2026

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8 min read

A Dive Bar Coup

And OpenTable paid a restaurant how much to ditch Resy?

Chris Crowley

Mar 23, 2026

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5 min read

Brooklyn’s Restaurant Row Reset

On Smith Street, signs of life—tacos!—return to a faded dining strip, just as Ayat, one of the borough’s biggest success stories, confronts an uncertain future in Bay Ridge.

Chris Crowley
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