The Food Scene
Putting the Breakfast in Breakfast Ramen
At the tiny food stall Ramen by Ra, Rasheeda Purdie combines Japanese technique with the flavors of morning in New York, including noodles topped with bacon, egg, and cheese.
A Tiny Brooklyn Restaurant with Big (and Bewitching) Ideas About Dinner
Cafe Kestrel, in Red Hook, offers cooking that is highly idiosyncratic but not confrontational, from applesauce sundaes to Sunday-night curry.
Three New Classic Cookies
An audacious take on chocolate-chip, a pastelito-style micro-pie, and a cookie-spiked cookie.
At Din Tai Fung, Soup Dumplings with a Side of Spectacle
The Taiwanese chain’s first New York location offers consistently excellent meals choreographed with the friendly inflexibility of a mass-entertainment experience.
Helen, Help Me: How Can I Tell a Buzzy Restaurant from a Great One?
Our food critic answers readers’ questions on where and how to dine out.
A Brooklyn Gas Station with Serious Grub
Inside a BP, Blue Hour offers a greatest-hits album of fast-food favorites made with high-quality ingredients and a considerable amount of care.
Le Veau d’Or Makes a Thrillingly Old-Fashioned Comeback
The restaurateurs behind Frenchette and Le Rock have face-lifted and spit-shined the city’s oldest surviving French restaurant while remaining obsessed with its history.
A “Top Chef” Winner Reheats at Il Totano
A buzzy new Italian-ish spot from Harold Dieterle doesn’t seem to know what kind of restaurant it’s trying to be.
The Most Anticipated New N.Y.C. Restaurants This Fall
Clemente Bar, Elbow Bread, and Joo Ok are just a few of the many openings.
Strange Delight Channels New Orleans in All the Right Ways
The new seafood restaurant in Fort Greene treats the Crescent City with subtlety and studiousness, without sacrificing any fun.