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Bring a Collaborator to Black Walnut

Bring a Collaborator to Black Walnut

Today we’re going to look at Black Walnut. Like, really look at it. Because there’s some beauty to behold there. But first, some facts: Black Walnut is a restaurant. A Brooklyn restaurant housing the chef from Nightingale Nine and Wilma Jean. It’s open now. When you eat there, you’ll notice it combines some Southern elements with some Asian elements.

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A Pastis Chef Has Landed on His Feet

A Pastis Chef Has Landed on His Feet

We miss Pastis. How could we not? But the New York real estate development situation being as merciless as it is, we’ll continue to live without it for the foreseeable future. That said, we bring tidings of great joy for you, the like-minded enjoyer of spacious French brasseries. Tidings of Boucherie, a meat-centric French indulgence with 2.5 floors of

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Dim Sum Straight From Hong Kong

Dim Sum Straight From Hong Kong

We love a good dive or greasy spoon as much or more than the next person. But we really don’t like to use the word “cheap.” Sure, the concept can be a great thing. There’s just something about the word that leaves us grasping for more civilized euphemisms. When you can also incorporate the phrase “Michelin-starred” in there though, it seems like a pretty

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We Did Some Good Eating This Year

We Did Some Good Eating This Year

Some things were not so great about 2016. That day in November—the one after that significant civic event, where it felt like we were walking through a citywide funeral procession—comes to mind. We could have done without that. But there was also a lot to enjoy in this, our elitist cultural bubble, and we should be proud of that. Today, we look back at

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Pretty Southern

Pretty Southern

Good afternoon. Welcome to real January, and the taking of our collective mind off it. Our assistant: Pretty Southern, a Southern-as-strained-through-a-Brooklyn spot for takeout or real casual dates. It’s opening today, courtesy of Sam Talbot, of Top Chef and Surf Lodge fame. It’s in the Five Leaves–Sauvage district on the Williamsburg/Greenpoint

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Pig Bleecker Is Not Healthy

Pig Bleecker Is Not Healthy

Two days before the inauguration, us New Yorkers will have a place for smoked hot chicken and cheesy grits, and soft-serve hot fudge brownie sundaes. A place that’s also rich in cocktails. In other words, here comes the restaurant we need right now. It’s Pig Bleecker, a sleek, wooded place for “fuck it” dinners and cocktails from the Pig Beach team.

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