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  1. cheap eats 2017
    13 Places to Get Next-Level Soft-serve Ice Cream This SummerWhat had long been the sole province of boardwalk stands and Dairy Queens has trickled up to boutique bakeries and major restaurant groups.
  2. cheap eats 2017
    Think of Breakfast As the New Happy HourHow do you get celebrity chefs’ cooking at a discount? Wake up early and eat breakfast at one of their new casual, all-day canteens.
  3. the undergound gourmet digest
    The Best New Things to Eat and Drink Right Now, RankedRadicchio burgers, sweet-potato bread, schnitzels, and more.
  4. the dish
    Is Hemp the Next Kale?At Norman, the young lettuces salad features the highly unusual green.
  5. the underground gourmet quick bite
    Wylie Dufresne Debuts Egg Sandwich Like No Other at Du’s DonutsThink patty melt minus the patty, plus eggs.
  6. openings
    aRoqa Brings Creative Indian Fusion to ChelseaExpect kataifi-wrapped mushrooms with goat-cheese relish and pork dumplings with bacon crumble and vindaloo sauce at Gaurav Anand’s new restaurant.
  7. openings
    Greenwich Village Is Getting a Middle Eastern Dumpling ShopKubeh is a 60-seat restaurant devoted to and named after the Levantine dumplings served in broth.
  8. openings
    The Hart’s Team Is Opening a Seafood-Heavy Portuguese Spot on the LESCervo’s menu includes raw oysters, preserved seafood, vegetables flavored with anchovies or bottarga, and whole fish cooked on the plancha.
  9. closings
    Fort Greene’s Lulu & Po to CloseThe neighborhood restaurant will serve its last New York firehouse–style chicken on Wednesday.
  10. the dish
    Could Sunchokes Be Your Next Vegetable Obsession?Hemlock’s roasted and raw preparation with kumquat curd could do for sunchokes what David Chang’s fish-sauce vinaigrette did for Brussels sprouts.
  11. the urban forager
    Blue Hill’s Bone-Ash Cheese Is Now Available for Retail SaleSaxelby Cheesemongers’ new Bone Char Pearl is made in Maine, aged in Brooklyn, and coated in animal-bone charcoal from Blue Hill at Stone Barns.
  12. the underground gourmet quick bite
    Ignacio Mattos Debuts Sensational New BurgerYou can find it at lunch at Café Altro Paradiso.
  13. the underground gourmet digest
    The Best New Things to Eat Right Now, RankedCurry cauliflower, cheesecake babka, porchetta mac ‘n’ cheese, and more.
  14. (almost) free stuff
    Daily Provisions Selling $1 Scoops of Salt & Straw Ice Cream This ThursdayIt marks the beginning of a bicoastal partnership.
  15. the dish
    Daily Provisions Will Be Serving This Custom-Churned Rye Ice Cream This SummerThe salted-caraway-rye-with-strawberry-cheesecake ice cream is one of three flavors that the café will start scooping May 19.
  16. trendlet
    How the Shishito Conquered New YorkWill this periodically hot pepper ever cool off?
  17. The Absolute Best Patty Melt in New YorkThe ideal is a gooey, greasy, meaty, crisp-but-tender synergistic package.
  18. the underground gourmet quick bite
    Daily Provisions Launches Dinner With a Killer Patty MeltCan Danny Meyer do for beef patties on griddled rye what he’s done for smash burgers?
  19. the underground gourmet
    Two Great New Noodle Shops Feature the Seldom-Seen Yunnanese Rice VarietyLittle Tong and the Rice Noodle bring mixian to downtown Manhattan.
  20. the dish
    Atla’s Fish Milanese Is a Sleeper SensationIt’s deceptively simple, yet transcendent — a neighborhood-restaurant dish in spirit, but one wholly worth leaving your neighborhood for.
  21. openings
    The Grill at the Former Four Seasons Opens May 2Can the Major Food Group do for mock-turtle soup and Amish ham steak what it did for rigatoni alla vodka?
  22. openings
    Two Café Altro Paradiso Vets Bring Chez Ma Tante to BrooklynThe new Greenpoint restaurant takes inspiration from the foods of France and England.
  23. the dish
    The Arrival of Fresh Sauerkraut at abcV Is GroundbreakingFrom Sabrett hot-dog cart to star chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s menu, the abcV recipe replaces round white cabbage with its frilly Savoy cousin.
  24. big little meat
    Lalito’s Baby Steak Is All About Big Flavors in Small PackagesIt’s more steak tapas than steak dinner.
  25. comebacks
    Sara Jenkins Is Bringing Porchetta Sandwiches Back to the East VillageThe roast-pork-sandwich shop is popping up for six weeks at Porsena Extra Bar.
  26. the dish
    Hundred Acres’ New Middle-Eastern Menu Will Be Previewed This WeekendThis spring, chef Ayesha Nurdjaja completes the restaurant’s Levantine transformation with a new focus on kebabs and shareable spreads.
  27. Best of New York
    The Absolute Best Italian Restaurants in New YorkThe foremost practitioners of New York’s favorite cuisine.
  28. trendlet
    Why Is Safe, Predictable Prime Rib Suddenly So Sexy?The slab of meat most often associated with wedding banquets and bar mitzvahs has carved out a new niche for itself.
  29. the underground gourmet quick bite
    So How Are the Sandwiches at Eggslut NYC?The extended pop-up at Chefs Club Counter ran out of eggs in two hours.
  30. the underground gourmet quick bite
    Does Eating Standing Up Make the Steak Taste Better at Ikinari?Stunt or no, the experience is surprisingly fun (and tasty).
  31. opening
    What to Eat at the Spaniard, Opening April 3 in the West Village“It’s an old Irish pub meets a New York tavern,” inspired by classic New York watering holes like Old Town and P. J. Clarke’s.
  32. the underground gourmet quick bite
    Your Sicilian Nonna’s Pizza Has Nothing on Dan Kluger’s New Grandma PieOnce found primarily at a smattering of Long Island pizzerias, the grandma pie makes its move into upscale-restaurant territory.
  33. trendlet
    Congee Is the Original Grain BowlPart comfort food, part blank canvas, it’s no wonder that the ancient dish is being embraced as an ultramodern health food.
  34. the dish
    The Vietnamese Sundaes at Hanoi House Are So AddictiveAn inspired version of chè, layered with black-sesame ice cream
  35. collaborations
    What to Eat on St. Patrick’s Day: The Katz’s and Black Tap Reuben BurgerAvailable for one weekend only.
  36. Best of New York
    The Best of New York Eating 2017Including beef-fat potatoes, transporting fish stew, and Indian egg toast.
  37. the dish
    Untitled’s Lettuce Wrap Is a Fish Taco So Good It Doesn’t Need a TortillaIt’s chef de cuisine Suzanne Cupps’s favorite item on the menu.
  38. openings
    What to Eat at A&E Supply Co., Opening Tonight for DinnerExpect burgers, a “steak o’ the day,” and chicken nugget gnocchi.
  39. grub guides
    13 Promising Restaurants Opening Before SpringIf winter is beginning to seem endless, take heart (and sustenance) in these newcomers, all poised to arrive before spring’s first ramp.
  40. underground gourmet review
    At April Bloomfield’s White Gold It’s All About The MeatYou’ll find it house-cured, smoked, ground, grilled, and confited, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
  41. Lalo’s Kasha Varnishkes Are a California-Inspired Take on a Jewish FavoriteGerardo Gonzalez’s rendition of the buckwheat groats and bow-tie pasta dish takes inspiration from his mom’s parsley-and-mushroom salad.
  42. grub guides
    Where to Eat Along the Second Avenue SubwayA seeming culinary wasteland has turned into something of a gastronomic hot zone. Here’s a brief guide to what to eat after riding the Q.
  43. openings
    Inside Norman, the Nordic-Inspired Café From Fredrik Berselius and Claus MeyerThe hyperseasonal, locally-sourced, made-from-scratch restaurant opens next week in Greenpoint.
  44. Union Square Cafe’s Next-Door Takeaway Shop Opens This FridayDaily Provisions will offer breakfast sandwiches, rotisserie chicken, and glazed crullers.
  45. the dish
    Llama Inn’s Rabbit Potpie Is a Triumph of Fusion Comfort FoodAn ají de gallina–style stew of rabbit-leg meat, turnips, Swiss chard, rutabaga, and toasted walnuts topped with a crisp pastry lid.
  46. openings
    A Shop Devoted to Safe-to-Eat Raw Cookie Dough Is Opening in New YorkDO will serve it in cups and cones, frozen into ice-cream “sanDOwiches,” half-baked into brownies, and folded into Blue Marble ice cream.
  47. openings
    At This New Vegan Coffee Shop, Next-Level Porridge Takes Center StageThe Good Sort is serving sweet and savory congees and color-coded non-dairy lattes in Chinatown.
  48. trendlet
    Why Chefs Can’t Resist Reviving the French DipIt’s not just a sandwich, it’s sandwich fondue.
  49. openings
    Barbecue Meets Fine Dining at Pig Bleecker, Opening This WeekEven the salt is smoked.
  50. taxonomy
    2017 Is the Year of the Square PizzaWith the arrival of Detroit-style and newfangled grandma and pizza al taglio, plain old Sicilian suddenly has company.
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