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A storied butcher shop in Queens closes its doors.
Abortion crusader Cecile Richards.
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Matt Gaffney’s latest puzzle.
Readers sound off on polyamory and how the anti-Trump coalition crumbled.
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
Caitlin Moscatello examines the post-Varsity Blues college admissions ecosystem.
An enduringly appealing desk lamp.
John Legend’s favorite fryer, unstainable work shoes, and tiny oil paintings for the kitchen.
Dinnerware for the under-5 crowd.
Witnesses a dance battle at the Perelman Center.
The apartment in an East Village yoga studio.
Turnip cakes meet tater tots at Figure Eight.
San Sabino is the next-door sibling to TikTok’s favorite red-sauce joint.
Fer and Noodle Lane deliver on the dream of perfect wontons and sesame noodles at home.
Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel’s script for breaking up and — temporarily — making up.
From wry classics to animated tropes to, yes, Mandy Patinkin.
In Sarah J. Maas’s fiction, trauma leads to supernatural love. Plus, 11 more authors to know.
How Michael Mann wrecked a Ferrari.
Tótem is as tender as its characters.
The surface-level glory of Masters of the Air.
Tschabalala Self’s “Bodega Run” honors the complexity of local nostalgia.