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Andy Baraghani’s New Test Kitchen

Plus, the first Straker’s review, the Rednote Effect, and Dua Lipa’s favorite restaurant arrives downtown.

Chris Crowley

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5 min read

The Schnabel Scion Opening a Restaurant

Plus, the World's 50 Best pile on.

Emma Orlow

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4 min read

Please Forward to Dua Lipa

Because she deserves a New York restaurant of her own.

Dana Brown

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4 min read

Restaurant Ads Worth Framing

When Florent, Odeon & Indochine met Paper, Spy & Interview.

Emma Orlow

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8 min read

Confessions of a Private Chef

Plus: The election night food fights you might have missed.

Chris Crowley

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9 min read

DoorDash’s $17 Billion Order

Hope they tipped. Plus, the Michelin-starred Tokyo ramen shop coming to New York.

Annie Armstrong

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4 min read

The October surprise is...Cheesecake Factory?

How the humble chain became a political hot potato.

Dana Brown

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3 min read

New York’s Favorite Dive Bar

Tracy Westmoreland, and 30 years (more or less) of Siberia.

Annie Armstrong

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6 min read

The Private Chef Pipeline

How money, lifestyle, and social media are luring young cooks out of restaurants.

Chris Crowley

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11 min read

Mario Batali in Exile

Is the disgraced chef plotting a second act?

Dana Brown

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11 min read

You Can Eat Everything

Starring Nathan Fielder and Thomas Straker.

Dana Brown

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3 min read

The Chefs Feeding the 1% in Gstaad

Plus: Upstate NY's mysterious new artist-run restaurant.

Annie Armstrong

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6 min read

Who’s going to the 50 Best in Lima? Not this chef.

Awards and listicle fatigue, plus, the pop up goes global.

Chris Crowley

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4 min read

A Bittman Bread Feud Escalates

Plus: A new industry hangout, the Automat returns, and a new restaurant from Roberta’s alums.

Emma Orlow

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7 min read

Fashion, Food, and Rage Bait

Plus, celebrating Ryan Bartlow.

Dana Brown

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2 min read

SCOOP: Cafe Gitane Returns to Manhattan

Plus, Jon Neidich’s Golden Age rings in its golden age.

Annie Armstrong

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5 min read

So You Want to Write a Cookbook?

Ryan Bartlow’s Essentially Basque, from pitch to print.

Dana Brown

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10 min read

Trying to Solve a $300 Billion Restaurant Problem

Plus: Bad Boy Butter Baron Thomas Straker has landed & is Williamsburg’s Milk Bar expiring?

Chris Crowley

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5 min read

Where the New York Art World Eats

A Guide By Caper and Artnet News

Annie Armstrong

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3 min read

The Startup Powering Pop-Ups

How one company built the infrastructure behind the scenes.

Emma Orlow

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6 min read

Twilight of the Restaurant Critic

A.A. Gill vs. Gordon Ramsay, and the end of criticism.

Dana Brown

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7 min read

Ari Emanuel’s Appetites

What the superagent’s new memoir reveals about Hollywood power dining.

Annie Armstrong

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5 min read

ICE Detains Longtime Carbone Staffer

Plus: How broken is the restaurant industry? And is Roberta’s closing in Williamsburg?

Chris Crowley

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6 min read

SCOOP: The team behind Estela is working on a new restaurant

Plus, a Cote alum and a Sip & Guzzle partner have new spots in the works.

Emma Orlow

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5 min read

Food’s $1.5 Trillion Year

And why restaurants matter more than ever.

Dana Brown

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3 min read

Andy Warhol’s Last Supper

Plus, Penguin takes flight, a secret sushi spot, and a Horses comeback?

Annie Armstrong

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4 min read

Rise of the Reservation Machines

Did your bot get you banned from Resy?

Chris Crowley

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6 min read

Hollywood Doubles Down on Food

An influencer’s $25 million deal, Chef’s Table returns, Oysterman Matthew Rhys, and Superiority Burger hits LA.

Emma Orlow

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8 min read

A Cocktail Confession

Plus, dining 60 stories above Manhattan.

Dana Brown

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4 min read

SCOOP: Jon Neidich Grabs Donohue’s

PLUS: Chez Fifi’s Miró, Miró on the wall, another Happier Grocery, a Haring at Straker’s, and Café des Artistes returns.

Annie Armstrong

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7 min read

Confessions of a Chef on Ozempic

GLP-1s are the industry’s quiet secret. One chef tried the drugs and can’t stop thinking about them.

Ryan Bartlow

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8 min read

The Sticker Shock Economy

$135 pie, $60 rye, $19 tacos...oh my!

Chris Crowley

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7 min read

Danny Meyer’s Latest Museum Move

PLUS: Parmesan goes Hollywood, the “sauna wars,” & Zohran’s first-date spot burns down.

Emma Orlow

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6 min read

The Restaurants That Beat the Odds

Two 10-year restaurant anniversaries and one triumphant return.

Dana Brown

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3 min read

Daniel Humm’s Warholian Riff

And is Happier Grocery coming to Brooklyn?

Annie Armstrong

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7 min read

Charlie Bird’s Nine Lives

PLUS: Alison Roman’s reno bill and the Time Out Market exodus continues.

Chris Crowley

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5 min read

SCOOP: Gjelina Alums Opening New NYC Restaurant

Plus, a battle over the Brooklyn Grange.

Emma Orlow

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7 min read

A Cult Food Book Turns 20

A look back at the moment food took over culture.

Dana Brown

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4 min read

The Bushwick Dive Bar-ification of London

What’s driving the U.K.’s scuzzy Americana boom?

Chris Crowley

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8 min read

SF Restaurants Feast on the AI Gold Rush

Tech’s new nobility is reshaping Silicon Valley’s dining landscape.

Dana Brown

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9 min read

How Food Won the U.S. Open

Inside the evolution of sports and food.

Dana Brown

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4 min read

A Decades-Old Katz’s Deli Rival Returns

Why is Lucien Smith’s FOOD “closed until further notice?”

Emma Orlow

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7 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

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4 min read

McNally Family Values

A restaurant dynasty has a new heir, and he’s opening blocks from where it all began.

Dana Brown

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5 min read

Souped Up Soft Serve Summer

Soft serve has entered its maximalist, line-around-the block, anything-goes-topping-avalanche, Instagram-ready era.

Chris Crowley

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7 min read

“The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World”

Glamour, grief, and resilience at Windows on the World.

Emma Orlow

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9 min read

Another Museum Restaurant Rises

Plus: Café Sabarsky returns, Humm gets hung, and Zoli just got hotter.

Annie Armstrong

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4 min read

Need Restaurant Recs

Plus, who wants to cook for Mamdani?

Dana Brown

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3 min read

The Toughest New Old Table in Town

Ugly Baby’s back, Resy makes more moves, and Salt Hank sells out.

Chris Crowley

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5 min read

This Burger is on the Move

Plus: A beloved diner’s uncertain future, the bread whisperer, and Bourdain’s long-lost crime novels.

Emma Orlow

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6 min read

What’s Eating the Hamptons?

Ryan Bartlow heads out East.

Dana Brown

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6 min read

Boom, Bust, Repeat

The lifecycle of food culture.

Dana Brown

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3 min read

The Battle to Land the Beards

Plus: Talking influence, listmaking, and the Natoora effect with Vittles.

Chris Crowley

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7 min read

Has the Restaurant Cookbook Boom Gone Bust?

Why is it so hard to sell a restaurant cookbook?

Emma Orlow

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10 min read

The Siberia You Want to be Seated In

And the drama behind Daniel Humm’s new West Village restaurant.

Annie Armstrong

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11 min read

Farmstand Gatekeeping

Plus: Caper hosts the hosts.

Dana Brown

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3 min read

How Pop-Ups Became Big Business

And a subsidized marketing machine no one is complaining about.

Chris Crowley

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8 min read

Frog Club’s Life After Death

Plus: The designer behind the Korean restaurant boom.

Emma Orlow

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6 min read

The American Psycho of Reservation Apps

Patrick Bateman couldn’t get into Dorsia. Now you can—for a price.

Annie Armstrong

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7 min read

A 500-Pound Tuna & Two Dogs Named Zeus

A dispatch from the North Fork.

Dana Brown

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2 min read

Eli Sussman Has Left the Kitchen

The master of memes and Gertrude’s chef tells Caper about his big move.

Chris Crowley

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6 min read

Burrito Bros Take Manhattan

Plus: That was fast! Chef exits New Museum restaurant.

Emma Orlow

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5 min read

Kwame Onwuachi, Grant Achatz, and Gabriela Cámara are all here.

Las Vegas is rolling the dice on a new wave of superstar chefs.

Dana Brown

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16 min read

Eat, Drink, and be Merry

My lunch with Anthony Bourdain

Dana Brown

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3 min read

A Cyclosporapacolypse for Salad Chains?

And the head chef at Ambassadors Clubhouse bolts for a rival.

Chris Crowley

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5 min read

Ryan Bartlow Unfiltered

The chef-owner of Bartolo and Ernesto's writes about the chaos, calls, and choices nobody sees from the dining room.

Dana Brown

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9 min read

A Century of Theatrics, Kitsch, and Caviar

The Russian Tea Room at 100

Emma Orlow

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9 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

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7 min read

Confessions of an Oyster Addict

And what you missed this week at Caper.

Dana Brown

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3 min read

Simon Kim’s Secret Weapon

From Wall Street to peeling carrots to helping build a restaurant empire.

Dana Brown

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5 min read

SCOOP: Wild Cherry & Bridges Alums to Open New Restaurant

Plus, another major app defection escalates the Reservation Wars.

Emma Orlow

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4 min read

The Fyre Festival of Membership Clubs is Back

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

Annie Armstrong

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5 min read

The Caper of Record

Le Dive watch party, jobs in food, and a natural wine mystery.

Dana Brown

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2 min read

The Saddest Place to Watch the World Cup

Everyone’s celebrating; Italian restaurants are not.

Chris Crowley

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6 min read

Why An Influencer Returned His Meta Glasses

Plus, the Bridges team is opening a new restaurant.

Emma Orlow

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6 min read

What Makes a Museum Restaurant Masterpiece?

Three new restaurants are trying to crack it.

Annie Armstrong

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6 min read

Booze & Books

Caper staff recs for your weekend.

Dana Brown

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4 min read

Where Industry Insiders Find What’s Next

A snack convention, a premium Italian warehouse sale, and other secrets of the trade.

Emma Orlow

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7 min read

The Rise & Fall of Eater

“It’s impossible to talk about Eater now without it feeling like a eulogy.”

Dana Brown

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15 min read

Schnabel, Schnabel Everywhere

Is his artwork the ultimate restaurant status piece?

Annie Armstrong

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5 min read

$80 Pies & Fast Food Diplomacy

Thought for food.

Dana Brown

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3 min read

Eddie Huang’s Got Beef with The NY Times

“Top 10 Reasons Food Criticism is A$$.”

Chris Crowley

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5 min read

A world without Dive Bars? No thanks.

The case for preserving America’s greatest creation.

Emma Orlow

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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

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6 min read

Going Negative on Ketchup

Plus: Josh Hart’s Romanée-Conti, Food Influencers, and World Cup watch parties.

Dana Brown

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5 min read

Kiki’s Million-dollar Tax Problem

Meanwhile, they’re still serving souvlaki.

Chris Crowley

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4 min read

What Food Influencers are Really Selling

A new film exposes the hidden toll of turning hunger into content.

Emma Orlow

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6 min read

The Twilight of Mr. Chow?

Where will Larry Gagosian host his dinners now?

Annie Armstrong

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5 min read

Dom Pérignon & Red Lobster

Plus: An En Japanese Brasserie resurrection

Dana Brown

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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

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7 min read

The Noma Comeback Nobody Asked For

Plus: A Roberta’s co-owner has a new spot, and Gramercy Park & EMP alums land on the LES.

Emma Orlow

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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

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6 min read

Martinis, Michelin Stars & Mild Scandals

Plus, the Reservation Wars: Enter Danny Meyer.

Dana Brown

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5 min read

Brutalist Bistro Backlash!

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

Chris Crowley

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6 min read

Tartine’s Co-Founder Is Opening a New York Bakery

But it won’t be a Tartine.

Emma Orlow

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5 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

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7 min read

The last thing worth gatekeeping in The Hamptons?

No you can’t have my fish guy’s number.

Dana Brown

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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

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6 min read

Your Neighborhood Restaurant’s Day Job

Plus, a pancake bar backed by Jon Neidich, an oyster bar from the Hart’s team, and more.

Emma Orlow

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7 min read

Savage Gourmet Market Wars!

Plus: The Private Chef Mafia, Richard Prince, and edible Earth.

Dana Brown

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5 min read

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