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A Hot Spot on the Sedate Upper East Side? At Least in Terms of Chiles.
Lungi is the latest New York destination for the cooking of southern India, as well as Sri Lanka.
Turin holidays
‘A slap-up meal for €12’: my search for the perfect old-school Turin tavern
Piòle are the Italian city’s working-class neighbourhood taverns. Of the few that survive, many have gone upmarket – but I was looking for the real deal and affordable home cookingTurin…
Skof, Manchester M4: ‘Proof that fine dining can be magical’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
Clever, emotional – and well worth the hypeI couldn’t get a table at Skof for ages: it was too full, too booked up and far too busy. It seemed there’d…
How Curry Shops Got Caught in Japan’s Immigration Crackdown
Under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, new visa rules are forcing some foreign business owners, who have put down roots in Japan, to leave.
In the Los Angeles Mayoral Race, Restaurants Are One of the Hottest Issues
In advance of Tuesday’s down-to-the-wire mayoral primary, several candidates have made the hospitality industry part of their platforms.
Where the Swedes Go in Summer
The pastoral region of Österlen has some of Sweden’s most stunning scenery and a new creative energy.
Find Hokkaido Scallop Wellington From an Atomix Alumnus at 28 Nomad
The Silent Sea brings more seafood to City Island, the Ludlow Room provides more seating for Katz’s and more restaurant news.
Chefs
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Announces Its 2026 North America List
At a ceremony in New Orleans on Thursday, a Midwestern fine-dining standout took the top spot.
The Dream of a $50 Dinner Is Still Alive at These Restaurants
Drinks, two entrees and an appetizer or dessert don’t have to break the bank.
Restaurant Review: Komal in Los Angeles
At Komal, a molino and restaurant inside Mercado La Paloma, the chef Fátima Juárez dials in the rich beauty of Mexican antojitos.
A Long List of Top Restaurants? For These Marathon Eaters, It’s a Dare.
As rankings proliferate, a cadre of completists have made it their mission to sample every single place on them.
Basque Region (Spain)
Inventor of the Basque Cheesecake Plans to Retire. His Secret: He Prefers Chocolate
Santiago Rivera is widely credited with creating the “burnt” cheesecake in the 1980s, though he doesn’t love the spinoffs it has spawned. Decades later, he’s preparing to hand over his…
Food
Fenix, London W1: ‘Big, bright, brash, dumbed down, shameless and open to all’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
Can taramasalata, hummus or moussaka ever be fancy? Short answer: yesFenix, a new Greek restaurant on Piccadilly in Mayfair, is very much part of what I’m calling the “maximalist” group…
Sianis, Sam (1934-2026)
Sam Sianis, ‘Cheezborger’-Flipping Owner of Chicago’s Billy Goat Tavern, Dies at 91
His dive bar became famous thanks to Mike Royko’s columns, a baseball curse and a “Saturday Night Live” skit.
New York City
Three Great Bars From Three Great Restaurants
Three new drinking holes to try from the minds behind Red Hook Tavern, Claud and Corima.
Hooters
Hooters Says Bring the Kids
The chain known for skimpy uniforms and “bikini nights” is trying to change its image. Hooters onesie, anyone?
Restaurants
A New Brasserie Tempts With French Delights
Michael Lomonaco offers the classics at Brasserie Cognac Américain, Drāvida brings new tastes from the Indian diaspora, free Champagne dinners and more restaurant news.
Burden, Belle
‘Strangers’ Author Belle Burden Doesn’t Want Eggs Outside Breakfast
The New York City native on her food life, from a childhood on the Upper East Side to an adulthood in TriBeCa.
Restaurants
Restaurant Review: Meju in Queens, the Korean Restaurant in Our Top 5
Meju, in Queens (No. 4 on The Times’s list of New York’s 100 best), focuses first on healing and nourishment. Bonus: The food tastes terrific.
Restaurants
Auguste, London E8: ‘Some fleeting moments of greatness’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
As is the peril with most small plates restaurants, this meal is more a collection of loose ideas than a coherent dinnerAuguste, a brand spanking new Italian restaurant in Hackney,…
Restaurants
Mitsu, London EC2: ‘Determinedly fun and delicious’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
It won’t win any plaudits from Japanese purists, but there’s still much to admire hereNo spoilers, but I knew even before I’d reached for my chopsticks that Mitsu would be…
Food
Willy’s, Margate, Kent: ‘It chortles in the face of small plates’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
This cute and jovial eatery is reason enough to make a break for the coastAs summer looms, and with it the urge to stampede towards the edges of Britain in…
Food
Impala, London W1: ‘Shamelessly, brilliantly too much’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
Impala is like no restaurant I’ve ever been to, yet it somehow has echoes of almost all of themLate last month, Impala drove into Soho already flaming hot in the…
Food
Holy Carrot, London E1: ‘As good as plant-based dining gets’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
This place is about so much more than just a portobello mushroom in a white bap masquerading as dinnerHoly Carrot has, cough, taken root in Spitalfields, east London. It’s the…
Restaurants
How African Restaurant Baobab Fare Found Success in Detroit
Hamissi Mamba, a refugee from Burundi, knew little of American culture when he arrived eight years ago and learned English watching the “Peppa Pig” cartoon. But he opened his dream…