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Kim McCarty’s paintings hang on the walls, her husband works the room, and the city’s art crowd still lines up to kiss the ring.
Nov 6, 2026
Before the Internet, New York restaurants built names with print advertising—often with a conceptual bent. The designers, editors, and owners who defined that era look back on the heyday of the restaurant ad.
Nov 4, 2026
A former private chef on golden handcuffs, cross-country moves with a few hours’ notice, and the wealthy client who treated her like family—until she asked for a day off. As told to Caper.
Nov 2, 2026
A tuna tostada that traveled the world, and a humble burrito shop that may never leave its block. On Día de los Muertos in San Miguel de Allende, two very different ideas of legacy.
Oct 30, 2026
Tracy Westmoreland opened Siberia, one of New York’s most infamous dive bars, 30 years ago. The trusted bartender to David Carr and Anthony Bourdain gives his two cents on the state of drinking in New York.
Oct 28, 2026
Private cheffing was once a late-career move for veteran chefs. Thanks to social media highlight reels of Hamptons’ mansions, the promise of six-figure salaries, and book deals, it’s now the dream job for a generation of young cooks, and New York restaurants are paying the price.
Oct 27, 2026
Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary and Thomas Straker’s SoHo restaurant have one thing in common: You’ll need good luck getting in.
Here are 35 restaurants that art types enjoy—or should. A Guide By Caper and Artnet News.
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As AI agents flood booking platforms, the fight over who gets a table is turning into a war nobody asked for.
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How one company built the infrastructure behind the scenes.
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A new book tells the story of 50 years of London restaurants, including critic A.A. Gill’s legendary feud with Gordon Ramsay, a reminder of what we lost when influencers took over the dining room.
Sebastien Silvestri, the CEO of Dinex, Daniel Boulud’s restaurant group, believes hospitality is still built the same way it always has been: By showing up.
Caper’s Chef in Residence spent years wandering through the cookbook aisles, imagining a day his own book would sit on those shelves. This week, with the release of Essentially Basque, it was.
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