Grub Street

One of writer Aymann Ismail’s favorite foods from his hometown of Newark is a tuna sandwich on a Portuguese roll. ‘As a kid, I used to only get the roll, which was 40 cents,’ he writes in this week’s Grub Street Diet. ‘It’s now a whopping 60 cents.’ grubstreet.com/article/writer…

This weekend, fans said good-bye to Pencil Factory, and — in many ways — to the version of Greenpoint that made the beloved bar possible in the first place. grubstreet.com/article/pencil…

Kate Sidley has been a writer on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.’ A few days before the show’s cancellation, she tracked everything she ate for this week’s Grub Street Diet. grubstreet.com/article/late-s…

This city is filled with wild, amazing new ice-cream sandwiches made from brownies, blondies, babka, bread pudding, and more. grubstreet.com/article/the-be…

‘New York’ Magazine’s restaurant critic Matthew Schneier reviews Adda. The popular Indian ‘canteen’ recently relocated to the East Village, and has become a bigger, better version of itself. grubstreet.com/article/adda-e…

Goat brains and veal kidneys now cost an arm and a leg: Even with prices rising, chefs continue to embrace offal at their restaurants. grubstreet.com/article/offal-…

In Sagaponack, a newly revived general store is a blockbuster and a destination. A dozen miles away, it’s a very different story. How hard is it to open a cute little general store in the Hamptons? For two local brothers, it might be impossible. grubstreet.com/article/spring…

Doctors have long warned about the risks of eating too much sodium. But in an era of Maximum Flavor, chefs say we crave it more than ever. grubstreet.com/article/truth-…

To find out how much sodium is in some of the city’s most famous food, we sent dishes like Carbone’s spicy rigatoni, Claud’s chocolate cake, and Via Carota’s green salad to a food lab to have them tested. grubstreet.com/article/fine-d…

Michael Anthony has spent months perfecting his version of the classic Waldorf salad: He’s ready to open his new restaurant, Lex Yard, inside the newly refurbished hotel and Manhattan icon. grubstreet.com/article/michae…

In her Grub Street Diet, Parvati Shallow says dinner in Central Park reminded her of competing on ‘Survivor’: “I sat down on a rock, started to eat my salad, and then I saw the rats.” grubstreet.com/article/parvat…

Ten years after opening, the Four Horsemen in Williamsburg is a New York institution. Now owner James Murphy, chef Nick Curtola, and their team are opening I Cavallini, a new Italian restaurant across the street in Brooklyn. grubstreet.com/article/i-cava…

Matthew Schneier and Tammie Teclemariam offer their picks for the best new food — from restaurants such as Kabawa, Banh Anh Em, Santi, and more — for the first half of what is already a very strong year in NYC restaurants. grubstreet.com/article/best-n…

He’s not the milkman. He’s the Milk Guy. And he’s delivering raw, possibly illegal dairy to rich, unvaccinated customers all over town. grubstreet.com/article/raw-mi…

Novelist Rachel Kushner was a vegetarian for 30 years before embracing meat during the pandemic. Now, as she writes in this week’s Grub Diet, she makes pork chops once a week: ‘They are delicious,’ she says, ‘perhaps more so to me.’ grubstreet.com/article/rachel…

Joey Chestnut is returning to the Nathan’s hot-dog-eating contest this year, but he’s not the only hot-dog expert coming back to Coney Island. Jamie Loftus, the comedian and author of ‘Raw Dog,’ will be covering the contest live for Grub Street. grubstreet.com/article/jamie-…

On social media, anything worth eating comes with a line. Each month, our critic dutifully queues up to see which viral foods are worth the wait. grubstreet.com/article/five-l…

Musaek, a new restaurant opening this July, focuses on Korean seafood dishes not as commonly seen in NYC. grubstreet.com/article/musaek…

This season’s arrivals already fit in: luxury chains, revived originals, and a few favorites from the city. grubstreet.com/article/best-n…

“Where should we go tonight?” New York Magazine’s food team has the answers with its ruthlessly efficient picks for its favorite restaurants to try right now. grubstreet.com/2025/07/best-n…