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Oh, Canada

The World’s 50 Best has been telling the story of global dining since 2002, one list at a time. In 2025 it added North America to its list of lists—this year, five of the top ten restaurants were Canadian, finally giving America’s polite neighbor to the north a seat at the table.

Ivy Knight

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Jun 10, 2026

Emma Orlow

Going Once, Going Twice, Going Somewhere New

A $40K dining table? A beloved restaurant’s wine cellar? The auction circuit reveals a new chapter to the story of closed restaurants.

Jun 8, 2026

Chris Crowley

A Brouhaha at the Breuer

An unflattering review of Marcel, the restaurant inside Sotheby's headquarters, has revived the lost art of restaurant review rage.

Jun 4, 2026

Kristen Hawley

Know Reservations

Danny Meyer has invested in, advised, and abandoned nearly every major booking platform. With his recent move away from DoorDash-owned SevenRooms to OpenTable, his Union Square Hospitality Group is back where it started, and the reservation wars have never been messier.

Jun 1, 2026

Annie Armstrong

She’ll Show You To Your Table, and To Your Duchamp

Gabrielle Buffong moved to New York to work in fine art. Through an illustrious hosting career at institutions like The Polo Bar, Metrograph, Frenchette, and now Wild Cherry, she’s been able to do just that.

May 29, 2026

Chris Crowley

Cue the Queue

London’s popular Indian restaurant Dishoom—best known stateside as the place every one of your friends claims to have discovered—is landing in Manhattan in 2027.

May 28, 2026

Christine Muhlke

The Great Hudson Square Restaurant Experiment

Developers and deep-pocketed landlords have spent millions luring ambitious restaurants to Hudson Square, betting that chefs can turn an in-between office district into New York’s next destination dining neighborhood.

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Know Reservations

Danny Meyer has invested in, advised, and abandoned nearly every major booking platform. With his recent move away from DoorDash-owned SevenRooms to OpenTable, his Union Square Hospitality Group is back where it started, and the reservation wars have never been messier.

Kristen Hawley

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6 min read

She’ll Show You To Your Table, and To Your Duchamp

Gabrielle Buffong moved to New York to work in fine art. Through an illustrious hosting career at institutions like The Polo Bar, Metrograph, Frenchette, and now Wild Cherry, she’s been able to do just that.

Annie Armstrong

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4 min read

In Depth

The Great Hudson Square Restaurant Experiment

Developers and deep-pocketed landlords have spent millions luring ambitious restaurants to Hudson Square, betting that chefs can turn an in-between office district into New York’s next destination dining neighborhood.

Christine Muhlke

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7 min read

The Rise and Fall of Prestige Food TV

“When Tony started, there were ten years between Kitchen Confidential and when his show became a major cultural force. Now your show has to work in year one.”

Annie Armstrong

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7 min read

Features

Origin Story: Simon Kim

The restaurateur behind Cote and Coqodaq built his success by pairing exacting craft with electric atmosphere. His next move is his biggest yet: a three-restaurant destination inside Midtown’s landmark 550 Madison Avenue.

Duff McDonald

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3 min read

All the Right Moves

When the former Vanity Fair editor and AIR MAIL cofounder took over the Waverly Inn, his ambition was simple: reinvent a Village classic just enough to create a new one. As the Waverly celebrates 20 years under his watch, he looks back at how it began.

Graydon Carter

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3 min read