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Chris Crowley

Chris Crowley is a city and investigative reporter covering New York’s restaurant industry.

Before joining Caper, he was at New York Magazine for over ten years. He has covered all aspects of the city’s restaurants, from real estate drama to profiles of unlikely restaurant owners to scene reports to obituaries. He is interested in observing the city’s changes through restaurants, and has written about the emergence of the Bronx’s Little Yemen, the gentrification battle over Rolo’s in Ridgewood, and why so many Australians ended up in Williamsburg. Got a good tip? Send him one: [email protected]

Articles by Chris


Chris Crowley

12 hours ago

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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

1 week ago

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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

2 weeks ago

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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

2 weeks ago

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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

3 weeks ago

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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

0 months ago

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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

1 month ago

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7 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

1 month ago

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5 min read

A Current Affair

Inside the months-long battle with Con Edison that ended a beloved Queens bakery.

Chris Crowley

1 month ago

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6 min read

Split the ₿

Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since its peak. But at PubKey, the Greenwich Village dive bar turned crypto clubhouse, the faithful remain convinced the future belongs to crypto.

Chris Crowley

1 month ago

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4 min read

The Noma Crisis

The scandal engulfing the world’s most influential restaurant has overshadowed one of the year’s most anticipated restaurant events.

Chris Crowley

2 months ago

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5 min read

The Longest Line in Brooklyn is for...Seltzer?

At a Cypress Hills warehouse, fourth-generation seltzer maker Alex Gromberg is cutting Brooklyn Seltzer Boys’ famously long delivery waitlist—thanks to a newly acquired, century-old bottling machine.

Chris Crowley

2 months ago

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5 min read

The ICE Rumors Flooding the Group Chat

“This is a total game of telephone right now.”

Chris Crowley

2 months ago

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8 min read

Victory Declared in Decades-long Food Fight

After years of organizing, New York’s street vendors pushed through sweeping reforms to the city’s vending laws.

Chris Crowley

2 months ago

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5 min read

Prominent NY Restaurateur in Epstein Emails

Emails suggest a close friendship between the two.

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