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Rob Patronite

  1. underground gourmet quick bite
    Little Myanmar’s Burmese Pancake Is Street Food Worth Sitting Down ForThe new restaurant brings Burmese cuisine back to the East Village.
  2. the underground gourmet
    This 86-Year-Old Nonna Is Known As the Pasta Machine“During the pandemic, I’d drop off flour outside her door and she’d give me pasta. It was like a drug deal.”
  3. trendlet
    How to Drink Like an Italian at New York’s Top Aperitivo BarsThere’s much more to it than the Aperol spritz.
  4. hot plate
    The Hummus We’ve Been Missing, Dueling Rosés, and More Food NewsWhat to eat, drink, and shop for right now.
  5. the underground gourmet
    Can New York Be a Great Herring Town Again?An undersung vestige of New York culinary history is the main event at a new Upper West Side sandwich shop.
  6. openings
    The Rise of the GastrotavernAt Inga’s Bar and several other recently opened places, New York’s oldest style of restaurant gets new life.
  7. reopening
    How the Mermaid Inn Weathered the PandemicAt one point, it looked like COVID-19 might decimate the mom-and-pop restaurant group. Instead, incredibly, it’s in expansion mode.
  8. openings
    Pebble Bar Opens Above Magnolia Bakery in Rockefeller CenterThe nightlife triplex from the scenesters behind the Jane, Ray’s, and Rucola asks the question: If you build it, will they come (to midtown)?
  9. the underground gourmet
    Vegan Birria Tacos From a Former Dirt Candy Cook in the East VillageAt Raíz, the birria is made with jackfruit and the churros are sparking heated debate.
  10. the underground gourmet
    Two Fresh Takes on the Meaty, Cheesy Italian SandwichA Florentine import and a Little Italy maverick.
  11. hot plate
    What to Eat, Drink, and See Right NowOps’ new gluten-free pizza, carry-out ice-cream pints at Caffè Panna, and a softer Jewish biscotti.
  12. taste test
    Patagonia’s New Pasta is Ecofriendly, But How Does it Taste?The pasta is made with super-grain Kernza that’s grown using regenerative farming practices.
  13. shopping
    The Cervo’s Team Launches a Preserved-Seafood Line“Our love of anchovies and sardines runs pretty deep.”
  14. the food biz
    Battle of the Roasted Garlic AchaarsA Trader Joe’s knockoff has put condiment-maker Brooklyn Delhi in a pickle.
  15. endorsements
    A Sharper, Snappier, Picklier Health SaladPoulet Sans Tête’s version goes heavy on the cucumbers and skips the sugar.
  16. urban forager
    At Té Company, the Persimmons Are Hung Up to Dry“The old way of preserving ingredients — for me, it’s fascinating.”
  17. openings
    Jody Williams and Rita Sodi Go Domestic With the Commerce InnHeirloom American recipes and tavern-style drinks in a historic West Village space.
  18. pop-ups
    Pizza Obsessive Anthony Mangieri Is Also a Panettone AddictThe dough maven is finally doing slices … but not of pizza.
  19. the underground gourmet
    An L.A. Chef Comes to New York Bearing PancakesBreakfast by Salt’s Cure’s Chris Phelps has been making his signature dish since he was 2.
  20. underground gourmet quick bite
    Breads Bakery’s Black-and-White Tastes As Good As It LooksIf you can’t fix it, laminate it!
  21. at the greenmarket
    Inside Union Square Greenmarket’s Festive EvergreeneryFor four weeks a year, some vendors rely on a distinctly inedible cash crop.
  22. hot plate
    What to Eat, Read, and Shop for Right NowA seldom-seen Neapolitan pizza, David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum’s weighty tome, and Hungarian breakfast for lunch.
  23. openings
    Emmett’s on Grove Is a West Village Version of a Wisconsin Supper ClubIt opens tonight with Chicago-style thin-crust pizza and baby back ribs.
  24. openings
    French Bistro Marian’s Opens in the West VillageChef Christian Rowan cooked at Bouley and Le Bernardin.
  25. the underground gourmet
    Barbuto Is Back AgainAnd so is the roast chicken and kale salad … but not Jonathan Waxman’s beard.
  26. openings
    Tropical Cocktails Meet Modern Techniques at Sunken Harbor Club“We didn’t want every drink to be just a big bucket of rum and juice,” St. John Frizell says.
  27. underground gourmet quick bite
    St. Jardim Isn’t Your Everyday All-Day CaféMoravian Muscat, labneh omelets, and Brazilian banana candy on a prime people-watching West Village corner.
  28. hot plate
    What to Eat, Cook, and Shop for Right NowRick Bayless’s terrific tortas, Hillary Sterling’s latest pasta innovation, Fly by Jing’s fiery hot pot base, and more.
  29. encounter
    Talking (And Shopping) With Superiority Burger’s Brooks HeadleyAs he prepares to expand his deceptively ambitious, Greenmarket-fueled veggie-burger joint.
  30. q&a
    Eric Adams Wants to Change the Way We EatIf elected mayor this fall, will he try to veganize New York?
  31. plant-based
    Are Vegetables Winning?From celery-root muffulettas to eggplant unagi, plant-based food is sweeping the city.
  32. underground gourmet quick bite
    7th Street Burger Has One of the Best New Burgers in TownSubstitutions, customizations, and special requests are not encouraged.
  33. fall preview 2021
    21 Fall Restaurant Openings You Need to Know AboutFrom a destination pizza pop-up to Chicago-style baby-back ribs.
  34. fall preview 2021
    Zou Zou’s Brings Eastern Mediterranean Cooking to Manhattan WestThere will be zhoug on the fluke, hazelnut dukkah on the sweet potato, and barberry mignonette on the Kumamoto oysters.
  35. fall preview 2021
    A Win Son Alum Cooks Homestyle CantoneseThe most elaborate dish on the menu takes the form of a whole deboned rainbow trout: “It’s like a giant fish sausage.”
  36. fall preview 2021
    Torrisi Italian Specialties Is Reborn As Torrisi Deli and RestaurantIt’s right up the block from their first venture.
  37. fall preview 2021
    At Lodi, Ignacio Mattos Wants to Fulfill All Your Midtown Noshing NeedsIt’s part café, part bar, part bakery, and part gourmet food shop.
  38. fall preview 2021
    Hillary Sterling Stokes Up the Grill at Danny Meyer’s Latest Italian Restaurant“It would be like if you came to my house.”
  39. fall preview 2021
    Court Street Grocers Team Will Resurrect Eisenberg’s As Eisen Coffee Shop“It’s roughly going to be the menu that’s always been there.”
  40. moves
    Brooks Headley’s Superiority Burger Is Relocating to the Old Odessa Diner Space“It’s always been my dream space.”
  41. underground gourmet quick bite
    A Gluten-Free Pastry That Takes the CakeKnead Love’s Cinny Buns are dark, dense, gluten-free, vegan, and mind-blowingly good.
  42. lunch
    The Top Tuna Sandwiches in New YorkTuna melts, tuna tramezzini, Tunisian tunas, and more.
  43. scandals
    TonnogateIs celebrity butcher Dario Cecchini really selling tuna fish at his meaty new sandwich shop?
  44. the dish
    Shukette’s Summer Cherries Are for Chile HeadsA fruit salad that should come with a Scoville rating.
  45. underground gourmet quick bite
    The Andouille-Sausage Corn Dog at Sidney’s Five Is Bar Food ExtraordinaireThe new East Village restaurant gives the state-fair staple a superb sweet-and-spicy southern flavor.
  46. hot plate
    What to Eat, Drink, and Watch Right NowDaniel Boulud’s oysters Vanderbilt at Le Pavillon, Audrey Saunders’s sour glass collab, the Wolfgang Puck biopic, and more.
  47. endorsements
    This Gin Rickey Is Summer’s Thirst-Quenchingest CocktailEven better than a G&T.
  48. q&a
    Legendary Pastry Chef Claudia Fleming Returns to the Danny Meyer Fold“I feel like the scene today is a baker’s paradise.”
  49. previews
    Here’s Where You’ll Be Eating NextSaraghina Caffè, Sixty Three Clinton, Runner Up, and more.
  50. where to eat
    66 of the Best New (or Newly Relevant) Places to EatHere’s your official summer 2021 restaurant guide.
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