The city’s best block party required all night pig prep starting at 1 a.m. A rare sight in the middle of Manhattan, these photos contain graphic imagery and might not be for everyone.
Restaurants
Customers still line up across the city for pops made from crops like cantaloupe and corn.
The romance behind Mimi Cheng’s Dumplings only extends so far. We dropped by right around closing time to see what happens after you’ve eaten your fill of dumplings.
We dropped by just at the beginning of the vampire shift at Black Seed Bagels, when head baker Dianna Daoheung and her crew were getting the oven up to temperature and rolling the very first batches.
When I read a couple of weeks ago that WD-50 was closing – possibly to move elsewhere, possibly not – due to the cannibalistic, devour-your-young realities of NY real estate, I froze for a second.
Everyone thought Adam Block was nuts to open an ambitious eatery on far West 48th between 11th Avenue and the West Side Highway, also know as nowheresville.
We stop by at 4:30 in the morning to see what the James Beard Award winning team is up to…
At his new location, Bill Telepan kicks it down a notch.
Unlike other industry veterans, you’ll still find Anita Lo at Annisa five days a week. She’ll be working the line, taking care of emails and bills and delivering her cooks drinks after the last ticket of the day.
Coffee bars are serving up high-quality cups full of complexity and nuance.
We take a look at restaurants in the wee hours of the morning, after you finish paying the check.