Huda Is a Bistro With Shish Barak
Photo: Hugo Yu
The region we now call the Levant — from the French for “rising,” like the sun, a nod to its placement on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean — stretches ac...
The Best Halal Carts in New York City
Photo: Rahim Hashim
In 2017, Rahim Hashim was living in San Francisco, dismayed to discover that city’s near-total lack of the New York halal carts he loved. Feeling he had no oth...
Joanna Goddard Loves a Smash and Grab
Illustration: Adam Mazur
Joanna Goddard has been running her lifestyle website, Cup of Jo, for 16 years. Our friends at the Cut call it “the website equivalent of a Nancy Meyers m...
A Tasting Menu You’ll Actually Love
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While booming in its own right, Astoria’s restaurant scene remains more or less insulated from the check-bloating trends of Manhattan and Brooklyn. In Astoria, a great sli...
Elyssa Heller De-Stresses With Barney Greengrass
Illustration: Ryan Inzana
“Owning a business means I feel guilty not working at all times,” says Elyssa Heller, who opened Edith’s Sandwich Counter in Greenpoint after startin...
Lucia of Avenue X Expands With a Soho Alimentari
Photo: Matthew Gordon
In 2017, Salvatore Carlino was living in Berlin, making techno, and running his own label, E-Missions. He’d grown up in Manhattan Beach, east of Coney Island...
Greta Caruso Is Making Up for Her No-Candy Childhood
Caruso with her popcorn and Twin Snakes.Photo: Maanvi KapurWhen Greta Caruso launched her Substack, The Green Spoon, with Fanny Singer in November, the two friends, who both have backgrounds in the wo...