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first taste

Adam Platt checks in on an East Village newcomer. By Adam Platt

best of new york The Absolute Best Restaurants in Rego Park and Forest Hills This corner of Queens has some delicious eats, especially if you’re in the mood for Uzbek plov, Georgian cheese bread, or spinach knishes. By Joe DiStefano
happy hour Could This Cocktail Be the New Cosmo? It’s got all the pieces — except a TV show to adopt it. By Chris Crowley
openings Inside Brooklyn’s New, Supersized Russ & Daughters The Navy Yard outpost officially opens today. By Christopher Bonanos
food fight Everything You Know About Pizza Is Wrong … Maybe Does America have a forgotten father of pies? By Chris Crowley
underground gourmet quick bite Chelsea Market’s Buon’Italia Has a Secret Pasta Kitchen The gourmet grocer slings a mean paccheri puttanesca and more. By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld
interviews Meet Soleil Ho, America’s Newest Restaurant Critic Ho takes over at the San Francisco Chronicle after the previous critic held the job for 30-plus years. By Clint Rainey

restaurant review At Leonti, Silver-Dome Dining Meets Bean Soup The ambitious Upper West Side restaurant has a short, focused menu, filled with northerly Italian specialties. By Adam Platt
first taste At the Psychedelic New Mission Chinese Food, Get the Riblets Adam Platt checks in on Danny Bowien’s Brooklyn outpost. By Adam Platt
restaurant review Benno Is Technically Precise, Anti-Fad, and Refreshingly Refined Former Per Se and Lincoln chef Jonathan Benno finds his own culinary voice at his eponymous restaurant at the Evelyn Hotel. By Adam Platt
the underground gourmet review Hot Hummus and “Mama Ghannouj” at Vish and Zyara Two pita-pocket-size spots serve up good cheer and great Middle Eastern grub. By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

the grub street diet Film Historian Karina Longworth Loves a Good Throwback Meal “Everything arrived looking like a magazine spread from the 1950s.” By Chris Crowley
the grub street diet Pastry Chef Claire Saffitz Is ‘Always in the Mood to Eat’ “I experience ‘hunger’ and ‘appetite’ as two totally distinct feelings.” By Chris Crowley
the grub street diet High Maintenance’s Ben Sinclair Likes His Bo Ssam Trippy “I took psychedelic mushrooms before dinner and it more or less worked out.” By Chris Crowley
the grub street diet Comedian Roy Wood Jr. Calls PB&J the ‘Thriller of Food’ “Everybody loves it. It’s been around forever.” By Chris Crowley