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Closing Restaurants Is the Right Call. Now the Government Must Save Them.

“We went from a little money in the bank to bled dry. It was not a slow, steady decline — it was a straight drop.” By Alex Stupak

coronavirus Mayor Announces Bar and Restaurant Shutdown in New York Services will be limited to food delivery and takeout only. By Alan Sytsma
field notes What Is a Restaurant Critic’s Job in the Time of Social Distancing? And why does it feel like a rave review may do more harm than good? By Adam Platt
coronavirus Coronavirus Fears Leave NYC Restaurant Workers Particularly Vulnerable As business drops, jobs are being lost. By Chris Crowley
coronavirus James Beard Foundation Postpones Awards Until Summer 2020 The organization will reschedule ceremonies in New York and Chicago. By Nikita Richardson
legacies Gray Kunz Made an Entire Generation of Chefs Better “He was ahead of his time, in everything.” By Hugh Merwin
the grub street diet Art Dealer Sarah Hoover Respects Spicy Arugula “It makes other lettuces seem weak and pathetic.” By Chris Crowley

Restaurant Reviews

exits Our Restaurant Critic Says Good-bye After 22 years and one zillion meals, it’s time to move over. By Adam Platt
restaurant review Nudibranch Displays an Accomplished Sense of Personal Style Soba and so much more. By Adam Platt
restaurant review At Patti Ann’s, the Kids’ Menu Is the Only Menu Pigs in a blanket and chicken-fried pork chops just like Mom never used to make. By Adam Platt
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.” By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

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the grub street diet L Morgan Lee Searches for the Joy in Dinner “I had my first bite and felt my spirit start to stir.” By Zach Schiffman
the grub street diet Filmmaker Rebeca Huntt Is Serious About Breakfast “I made my oatmeal pancakes and watched Before Sunrise.” By Alan Sytsma
the grub street diet Sarah Thankam Mathews Eats Lychees on the Beach “I feel a happiness so intense and sudden it leaves me gelatinous.” By Rima Parikh
the grub street diet Jacqueline Novak Prefers the Big Bags of Chips “This all goes back to the source bag, the Tostitos bag of my youth, humongous, the size of my torso.” By Alan Sytsma

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