#The best new NYC restaurants to try this fall

#The best new NYC restaurants to try this fall

“The best new NYC restaurants to try this fall” After navigating not one, but two highly unusual years, 2022 turned out to be a different kind of unexpected for New York’s dining scene, with restaurants thriving all over town while the city otherwise struggles to find its post-pandemic footing. Thus far, we’ve had some memorable…

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#Jean-Georges’ Mercer Kitchen to close after 25 years in NYC

#Jean-Georges’ Mercer Kitchen to close after 25 years in NYC

“Jean-Georges’ Mercer Kitchen to close after 25 years in NYC” After a quarter century, the end is reportedly nigh for this trendy downtown eatery.  The illustrious chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Manhattan restaurant Mercer Kitchen will mark its last service before the end of this year. Eater first reported news of the impending closure.  A hot spot…

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#NYC restaurateur expands empire to Tribeca with Smyth Tavern

#NYC restaurateur expands empire to Tribeca with Smyth Tavern

“NYC restaurateur expands empire to Tribeca with Smyth Tavern” A veteran restaurateur behind some of the city’s trendiest eateries is betting that diners are still willing to dig deep into their wallets amid the economic belt-tightening. John McDonald, who launched his first hit, MercBar, in Soho in 1993, is opening Smyth Tavern this week in…

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#Applebee’s launches lip glosses that taste like chicken wings

#Applebee’s launches lip glosses that taste like chicken wings

“Applebee’s launches lip glosses that taste like chicken wings” Move over, Kylie Jenner. Applebee’s has entered the lip gloss game. The national restaurant chain and makeup company Winky Lux have flocked together to create Saucy Gloss — four wearable shades that allegedly taste like the restaurant’s wing sauces. Brave buyers can choose between the creamy…

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#NYC’s Agata & Valentina launch new gluten-free Italian market

#NYC’s Agata & Valentina launch new gluten-free Italian market

“NYC’s Agata & Valentina launch new gluten-free Italian market” Italian gourmet market Agata & Valentina has been called “New York’s original Eataly.” But its celebrated pasta, pizza, breads and prepared dishes remained mostly off-limits to gluten-intolerant sufferers of celiac disease since the store opened in 1993. Its Sicilian-inspired products are in demand for social gatherings and…

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#The surprising winner of NYC’s latest pizza feud

#The surprising winner of NYC’s latest pizza feud

“The surprising winner of NYC’s latest pizza feud” What’s more delicious than a New York pizza? A New York pizza feud. Say hello to one of the city’s roughest flour dust-ups yet — the bitter battle of the Belluccis. We’re not stretching the dough too far to say that the owners of Bellucci Pizza and…

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