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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

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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

5 days ago

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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

2 weeks ago

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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

3 weeks ago

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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

0 months ago

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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

0 months ago

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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

1 month 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 month 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

1 month 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 months 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

2 months 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

2 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

2 months ago

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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

2 months 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

3 months ago

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5 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

3 months ago

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3 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

3 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

3 months ago

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4 min read

The ICE Rumors Flooding the Group Chat

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

Chris Crowley

4 months ago

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7 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

4 months ago

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4 min read

Prominent NY Restaurateur in Epstein Emails

Emails suggest a close friendship between the two.