‘New York’ Magazine’s restaurant critic Matthew Schneier reviews Zoli, the rare restaurant that encourages its diners to get a little uncomfortable.
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- George McNally is building Faux, his first restaurant, without his famous dad. He’s adding steak-frites to the menu anyway.
- Despite being a burger guy, George Motz’s favorite part of eating meat might be the bone. ‘Chewing on it is one of the greatest experiences you can have,’ he writes in this week’s Grub Street Diet. ‘So base and primal and perfect.’
- A brutal summer of restaurants closings has begun: Tom Colicchio’s Craft is just one of the high-profile shutterings that’s been announced across New York City in recent days.
- Watch this year’s World Cup with New York’s hungriest fans: We’ve put together this list of forty places to find Paraguayan pilsner, Senegalese spring rolls, Algerian sausage — and yes, even some soccer.
- Whether you want to watch the World Cup, check out a club match, or just need an excuse to go to City Island, this list of New York’s best soccer bars has you covered.
- Where to eat during this year’s Tribeca Festival? Our restaurant critic offers a list of ihs favorite places to eat before or after a screening.
- Could a restaurant like Loring Place make it today? Dan Kluger’s locavore oasis is closing, and the chef says the goal of being both affordable and ambitious has become untenable.
- ‘Where should we go tonight?’ ‘New York’ Magazine’s food team has the answers with their ruthlessly efficient picks for their favorite restaurants to try right now.
- TASTE editor Matt Rodbard lives in what he calls the ‘not cool’ part of Hudson Valley. ‘We don’t have luxury hotels, Brooklyn chef transplants, or Aesop storefronts,’ he affectionately writes in his Grub Diet. ‘We have Stop & Shop and pizza shops.’
- ‘New York’ Magazine’s restaurant critic Matthew Schneier reviews Marcel, a new restaurant inside the Sotheby’s headquarters that is both overcurated and underwhelming.
- Alan Delgado (who runs Los Burritos Juarez) and Ivy Mix are heading up the team behind Titán, a new Dumbo cantina with margaritas on draft and an expansive backyard under the Brooklyn Bridge.
- We shouldn’t have taken Cozy Soup ’n’ Burger for granted. Rising rents and increased costs have claimed yet another landmark.

