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Why Do We Love Diners So Much?
“As soon as you tell people you’re opening a diner, their eyes LIGHT UP.”
 • Christene Barberich and Erin Cunningham
On Our Radar
The dishes, drinks + design details we’re most excited about this fall — straight from the people behind them.
 • Erin Cunningham and Eliza Dumais
6 Things I Highly Recommend—October Edition
A $259 cookware giveaway, a pancake mix worth buying in bulk, + a Lower East Side pasta standout.
 • John McDonald
A Life in Restaurants
Someone recently asked what I’ve learned most from 30 years in the dining world. Here are 11 things I came up with.
 • John McDonald and Christene Barberich
Last Call for Le Chateaubriand
“It [was] the sexiest place in Paris...it was a restaurant you could party at.”
 • Erin Cunningham

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My Kitchen: Amanda Hesser
The editor, author, + Food52 founder on building a cookbook collection, her most-used tool (AND what she uses it for), plus the seven knives every home…
 • Erin Cunningham
“It's like the old days when shit was just cool.”
AD100 designer Christine Gachot on thinking like André Balazs, her “psych test” for clients, and the ONE thing that always makes a restaurant hit.
 • Erin Cunningham
17 Fall Things Worth Noting
Plus an exclusive drop-in with Florence Fabricant + her 🔥 new memoir (guess which departed NYC restaurant she’d bring back for one night!?)
 • Erin Cunningham, Christene Barberich, and John McDonald
Dinner + a T-shirt
An edit of our most wanted—and rarest—NYC restaurant merch.
 • Erin Cunningham
6 Things I Highly Recommend—September Edition
A walk-in-only pizza joint, a wine comedy sketch show, + an easy recipe from my friend Chris Bianco.
 • John McDonald
What It Means to be a Regular
On the House is going PAID. Here’s what you need to know.
 • John McDonald
Taste Maker: Augusta Hoffman
NYC’s most sought-after interior designer on her favorite places to eat in the city — including her own moss-green kitchen.
 • Erin Cunningham
McNally House Rules
George’s long-awaited restaurant has finally opened. Is Faux the real deal?
 • CAKE ZINE
Practical Magic
30 impeccable kitchen gadgets from the food world’s finest. PS: Is it too early to add these to your holiday list??
 • Erin Cunningham
When Dinner Goes Analog
For a BONUS Weekend Dispatch: 28 special touches that take a meal the extra MILE.
 • Erin Cunningham
Sandwich Nirvana
Where to find the BEST in NYC, and why the perfect at-home sandwich “is eaten off a paper towel.”
 • Erin Cunningham
No Reservations (App)
Here’s how to get a table without the fuss.
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