MAY 28 — Food
Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Headed to Brooklyn's Hotel Bossert
Union Square Hospitality Group will open its first full-service Brooklyn restaurant at the historic Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn Heights, a 3,200-square-foot…
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MAY 26 — Food
Shaver Hall Food Hall Opens in the Former Lord & Taylor Building
Shaver Hall, a 35,000-square-foot food hall with 11 chef-curated eateries and a Michelin-pedigree omakase, opened June 26 at 424 Fifth Avenue, Amazon's NYC…
MAY 21 — Food
Katz's Reopens Its Ludlow Room, a Dining Space Sealed Since 1949
Katz's Delicatessen reopened the Ludlow Room, a 68-seat dining space closed to the public since 1949 — when it was converted into the deli's giant walk-in…
MAY 04 — Food
Queens Taste Returns May 12 to a Long Island City Waterfront Studio
The Queens Taste food festival returns May 12 to Sound River Studios in Long Island City, with about 50 borough restaurants and bars, organized by the Queens…
APR 22 — Food
Marcel Opens Inside the Breuer Building, Sotheby's New Home
Chef Marie-Aude Rose's French restaurant Marcel opened in spring 2026 on the lower level of the Marcel Breuer building at 945 Madison, now Sotheby's…
APR 07 — Food
Edgar's Cafe to Close After 38 Years on the Upper West Side
Edgar's Cafe, a no-laptops European-style coffeehouse at 650 Amsterdam Avenue, will close April 30 after 38-plus years, with its owner citing unaffordable…
MAR 09 — Food
Gabriel Kreuther Opens Wood-Fired Brasserie Saverne in Hudson Yards
Two-Michelin-star chef Gabriel Kreuther opened Saverne, an Alsatian-inflected, live-fire brasserie, on March 2 at 531 West 34th Street, at the base of the…
FEB 04 — Food
City Council Overrides Adams Vetoes, Expanding Street Vendor Licenses
The City Council on Jan. 29 overrode former Mayor Eric Adams' vetoes of a street-vendor reform package, clearing 2,200 new food-vendor licenses a year…
NOV 22 — Food
Sushi Sho Earns Three Michelin Stars as Masa Falls to Two
The 2025 Michelin Guide to New York promoted Sushi Sho to three stars and stripped Masa of one, keeping the city's three-star count at four.
NOV 20 — Food
Ess-a-Bagel to Move to the Buchanan in Midtown East
The 1976-vintage bagel institution Ess-a-Bagel will leave 831 Third Avenue and open a new flagship at the Buchanan, 160 East 48th Street, in the fourth…
NOV 20 — Food
Michelin 2025: Bridges, Huso and Yamada Among New York's New One-Star Picks
Beyond Sushi Sho's leap to three stars, the 2025 Michelin Guide for New York handed first stars to a Chinatown bistro, a Tribeca caviar room and a kaiseki…
NOV 03 — Food
Basta Pasta, Flatiron's Japanese-Italian Mainstay
Basta Pasta, the Flatiron restaurant famous for parmesan tossed tableside in a wheel of cheese, served its last meal at 37 West 17th Street on October 30…
OCT 10 — Food
Four NYC Bars Make World's 50 Best 2025
At the World's 50 Best Bars 2025 ceremony in Hong Kong, four New York bars made the global top 50, led by Superbueno at No.
SEP 29 — Food
Time Out Market Opens in Union Square as the Tin Building Collapses
Time Out Market's smaller-format food hall opened at 124 East 14th Street on September 26, 2025; months later the Tin Building shut after reportedly losing…
SEP 12 — Food
NYC Extends $21.44 Minimum Pay to Grocery Delivery Workers
After a veto override, New York's minimum pay law now covers grocery-delivery couriers on apps like Instacart and Shipt — closing a four-year gap with…
AUG 19 — Food
Elephant & Castle Closes After 52 Years in the West Village
The West Village brunch institution Elephant & Castle served its last meal on August 17, 2025, ending a 52-year run at 68 Greenwich Avenue.
JUN 18 — Food
New York Sweeps Top James Beard Awards
At the 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in Chicago, Jungsik Yim won Outstanding Chef and Atomix took Outstanding Hospitality, among several New…
FEB 19 — Food
New York's Ban on Reservation Scalping Takes Effect
The Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act took effect February 17, 2025, barring third-party platforms from reselling tables without a restaurant's written…