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When Dinner Goes Analog

For a BONUS Weekend Dispatch: 28 special touches that take a meal the extra MILE.

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Erin Cunningham
Aug 22, 2026
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A few weeks ago, Eater published a piece on restaurants leaning into handmade details. Writer Bettina Makalintal touched on the way something as small as a handwritten menu or embroidered napkin can read like an act of rebellion in the age of AI — how, in the same-ification of, well, everything (but particularly New York City dining), we’ve found oursel…

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