#Letters to the Editor — Oct. 17, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Oct. 17, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Oct. 17, 2021” ‘Othello’ outrageHave we all become so thin-skinned that we cannot hear or see a world that is less than ideal (“Prof loses class over ‘Othello’ blackface,” Oct. 10)? A renowned professor at the University of Michigan was replaced from a class he was teaching for showing the…

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#How the NYC restaurant scene defied the pandemic

#How the NYC restaurant scene defied the pandemic

“#How the NYC restaurant scene defied the pandemic” For New York City’s restaurants, the future is mostly the past – and that’s a good thing. The pandemic has not “changed everything” — despite outdoor seating, no-contact menus and earlier eating hours — as many predicted it would. The overlooked, underappreciated, mind-boggling – and happy —…

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#New Yorkers spending big money on luxury fine dining

#New Yorkers spending big money on luxury fine dining

“#New Yorkers spending big money on luxury fine dining” Here’s some hard-to-swallow news for grinches who say the pandemic has doomed fine dining in favor of share plates, butt-busting seats and ear-shattering noise levels. On the contrary, restaurants are returning to luxurious creature comforts and classically inspired cooking — and the astronomical prices that go with them. It…

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#Seaport District now home to NYC’s best new restaurants

#Seaport District now home to NYC’s best new restaurants

“#Seaport District now home to NYC’s best new restaurants” From tourist trap to culinary nirvana. That’s been the long, strange trip of Pier 17 in the Seaport District, previously known as the South Street Seaport. Current Seaport owner the Howard Hughes Corp. lured marquee-name chefs — Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Andrew Carmellini and David Chang — and their arrival has…

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#NYC’s new mayor must put an end to outdoor dining eyesores

#NYC’s new mayor must put an end to outdoor dining eyesores

“#NYC’s new mayor must put an end to outdoor dining eyesores” New Yorkers who expected a swift, surgical removal of the pandemic-driven outdoor dining sheds — along with their loud, late-night music and wholesale colonization of streets and sidewalks — will be disappointed.  The shantytowns will be with us until 2023, according to the Department…

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#NYC restaurants are now being destroyed by woke complaints

#NYC restaurants are now being destroyed by woke complaints

“#NYC restaurants are now being destroyed by woke complaints” The newest threat faced by New York City restaurants isn’t high rents or the pandemic. It’s employees who use credulous media to air beefs that chefs and owners aren’t being nice enough to them. A handful of restaurants truly were cesspools of misconduct deserving to be…

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#Why early-bird dining is here to stay

#Why early-bird dining is here to stay

“#Why early-bird dining is here to stay” The Big Apple may be losing its rep as the city that never sleeps thanks to the throngs of New Yorkers who have decided to stick with the early-bird dining habits they developed in the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic. Take Jennifer Leuzzi, a food writer and…

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