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Siberian Family Values

Oct 30, 2026

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6 min read

Siberian Family Values

Tracy Westmoreland opened Siberia, one of New York’s most infamous dive bars, 30 years ago. The trusted bartender to David Carr and Anthony Bourdain gives his two cents on the state of drinking in New York.

Annie Armstrong
Annie Armstrong

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The Private Chef Pipeline

Oct 28, 2026

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10 min read

The Private Chef Pipeline

Private cheffing was once a late-career move for veteran chefs. Thanks to social media highlight reels of Hamptons’ mansions, the promise of six-figure salaries, and book deals, it’s now the dream job for a generation of young cooks, and New York restaurants are paying the price.

Chris Crowley
Chris Crowley

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You Can Eat Everything

Oct 27, 2026

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2 min read

You Can Eat Everything

Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary and Thomas Straker’s SoHo restaurant have one thing in common: You’ll need good luck getting in.

Dana Brown
Dana Brown

Contributors

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Mario Batali in Exile

Oct 26, 2026

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10 min read

Mario Batali in Exile

Almost a decade ago, Mario Batali fled New York for Michigan after a sexual misconduct scandal ended his career. Is he auditioning for a second act? The author went to Traverse City to find out.

Adam Robb
Adam Robb

Annie Armstrong

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Hello, Dalí!

Oct 23, 2026

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2 min read

Hello, Dalí!

A real Dalí, a fake On Kawara, and a painter in the kitchen: Inside DFW, the artist-run bar and restaurant—or hotel lobby without any hotel rooms—in Margaretville, New York.

Annie Armstrong
Annie Armstrong

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The Automat, Born Again

Oct 19, 2026

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4 min read

The Automat, Born Again

Horn & Hardart was a symbol of affordable, quick-service dining in New York for over a century. Now, the heritage brand is getting a reboot.

Emma Orlow
Emma Orlow

Dana Brown

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A Basque Night on East Broadway

Oct 16, 2026

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2 min read

A Basque Night on East Broadway

Chefs, writers, and Ryan Bartlow’s family packed Ernesto’s to celebrate his cookbook Essentially Basque on the day it hit shelves.

Dana Brown
Dana Brown

Annie Armstrong

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A Golden Age for Golden Age

Oct 16, 2026

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3 min read

A Golden Age for Golden Age

Fresh off opening Saint Denis and grabbing the former Donohue’s lease, Jon Neidich’s Golden Age Hospitality has hired veterans from Simon Kim and Stephen Starr’s restaurant groups, with more projects on the horizon.

Annie Armstrong
Annie Armstrong

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Oct 15, 2026

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9 min read

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Caper’s Chef in Residence spent years wandering through the cookbook aisles, imagining a day his own book would sit on those shelves. This week, with the release of Essentially Basque, it was.

Ryan Bartlow
Ryan Bartlow

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Can a Startup Fill the Private Dining Room?

Oct 14, 2026

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3 min read

Can a Startup Fill the Private Dining Room?

The reservations platform Ande, which has raised $52 million, is betting that a corporate-only marketplace can fill restaurants’ empty PDRs.

Chris Crowley
Chris Crowley

Annie Armstrong

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Where the New York Art World Eats

Oct 13, 2026

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16 min read

Where the New York Art World Eats

Here are 35 restaurants that art types enjoy—or should. A Guide By Caper and Artnet News.

Annie Armstrong
Andrew Russeth
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Propping Up Pop-Ups

Oct 12, 2026

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5 min read

Propping Up Pop-Ups

How one company built the infrastructure behind the scenes.

Emma Orlow
Emma Orlow

Dana Brown

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The Twilight of the Restaurant Critic

Oct 10, 2026

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5 min read

The Twilight of the Restaurant Critic

A new book tells the story of 50 years of London restaurants, including critic A.A. Gill’s legendary feud with Gordon Ramsay, a reminder of what we lost when influencers took over the dining room.

Dana Brown
Dana Brown

Annie Armstrong

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Ari Emanuel’s Appetites

Oct 9, 2026

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3 min read

Ari Emanuel’s Appetites

The superagent’s new memoir, Roll the Calls, is a frenetic ride through Hollywood’s heyday, and a running log of his dining habits and restaurant loyalties.

Annie Armstrong
Annie Armstrong

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The Immigrant Workforce

Oct 7, 2026

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2 min read

The Immigrant Workforce

Volkan Guzey, a longtime Carbone front-of-house staffer originally from Turkey, was arrested and detained by ICE agents in Miami’s airport.

Chris Crowley
Chris Crowley

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Still Walking the Room

Oct 1, 2026

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3 min read

Still Walking the Room

Sebastien Silvestri, the CEO of Dinex, Daniel Boulud’s restaurant group, believes hospitality is still built the same way it always has been: By showing up.

Max Tcheyan
Max Tcheyan

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The Reservation Bot Arms Race

Sep 30, 2026

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3 min read

The Reservation Bot Arms Race

As AI agents flood booking platforms, the fight over who gets a table is turning into a war nobody asked for.

Chris Crowley
Chris Crowley

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Killer Meals

Sep 28, 2026

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3 min read

Killer Meals

True Crime dominates podcast charts. A new podcast, Outlaw’s Digest, promises to deliver one just for the food obsessed.

Emma Orlow
Emma Orlow

Annie Armstrong

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Artistes Back In Residence

Sep 25, 2026

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2 min read

Artistes Back In Residence

A new team, an old name, an iconic space. Ariel Arce and Max Katzenberg are reviving the Upper West Side’s beloved Café des Artistes.

Annie Armstrong
Annie Armstrong

Annie Armstrong

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How Did That Joan Miró Get There?

Sep 25, 2026

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2 min read

How Did That Joan Miró Get There?

A Miró from a Paris flea market, a Calder from an Alabama yard sale, and a family portrait watching over it all—inside Chez Fifi, the Foulquer brothers’ tribute to their mother.

Annie Armstrong
Annie Armstrong

Contributors

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Confessions of a Chef on Ozempic

Sep 24, 2026

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8 min read

Confessions of a Chef on Ozempic

Opening restaurants, and the grueling hours and bad habits that come with it, made Caper’s Chef in Residence gain weight every time. A shot in his love handle fixed the problem—until it created a new one.

Ryan Bartlow
Ryan Bartlow

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Taco Sticker Shock

Sep 23, 2026

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4 min read

Taco Sticker Shock

The Michelin-starred Mexico City import El Califa de León has New York griping about its taco prices ($19), but the real story is skyrocketing beef prices.

Chris Crowley
Chris Crowley

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Mashama at the Museum?

Sep 22, 2026

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3 min read

Mashama at the Museum?

Union Square Events applied to manage the restaurant at the forthcoming Canyon Museum on the Lower East Side with a “James Beard winning chef.”

Emma Orlow
Emma Orlow

Annie Armstrong

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Daniel Humm’s Warholian Riff

Sep 18, 2026

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2 min read

Daniel Humm’s Warholian Riff

The Eleven Madison Park chef-owner is launching his “elevated” take on boxed mac and cheese for the people. But is he also, maybe, taking a cue from Andy Warhol?

Annie Armstrong
Annie Armstrong

Dana Brown

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Host the Hosts Goes Up

Sep 18, 2026

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2 min read

Host the Hosts Goes Up

Caper’s second Host the Hosts traded a West Village basement speakeasy for a SoHo penthouse patio. Same result, different altitude.

Dana Brown
Dana Brown

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