West Village
The Food Scene
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.
By Helen Rosner
The Food Scene
One Weird Night at Frog Club
If a self-consciously clubby restaurant suddenly becomes easy to get into, what’s the point of going at all?
By Helen Rosner
The Food Scene
Velvet Hauteur at Angie Mar’s Le B.
At her new venture in the former Les Trois Chevaux space, the chef returns to her downtown roots, leaning into vivacity and drama.
By Helen Rosner
Crown Colony
When the Anglophiles (and Angloskeptics) of New York Heard About the Queen’s Death
Mourning Queen Elizabeth II, or not, with the lovers of pork-and-Stilton pies, Scotch eggs, and Batchelors Chip Shop Style Mushy peas at a British specialty store in the West Village.
By Adam Iscoe
Tour Dept.
Spoon Gets Sidelined in New York
Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, from the Texas band Spoon, shot some pool to kill time ahead of a gig on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” before COVID rearranged their plans.
By Nick Paumgarten
The Pictures
Simon Helberg Remembers His Scales
The actor, who played Howard Wolowitz on “The Big Bang Theory,” used his childhood as an aspiring pianist to land a role in Leos Carax’s musical film “Annette,” with Adam Driver.
By Naomi Fry
The Pictures
A Retired Dominatrix Goes to Church
Julia Fox, the “Uncut Gems” star who appears in Steven Soderbergh’s “No Sudden Move” on HBO Max, visits Our Lady of Pompeii to discuss abuse, addiction, sex work, and starring opposite Adam Sandler despite having no acting experience.
By Naomi Fry
Eating Out
Feeding the Chef Who Fed Eisenhower and de Gaulle
The restaurateur Angie Mar, who recently closed the Beatrice Inn, visits Jacques Pépin with a chicken pie and a pair of cured pheasants to test the menu for her new brasserie, Les Trois Chevaux.
By Rachel Felder
Culture Desk
A Lighthouse for Magazines
After temporarily shutting down because of the coronavirus, Casa Magazines has returned as a living shrine to print culture in New York City.
By Nathan Taylor Pemberton
Culture Desk
The Revealing Reasons That People Visit the “Friends” Building
The show was shot in a studio in Los Angeles, but tourists keep coming to 90 Bedford Street, seeking a fictitious location in an idealized version of the West Village and often feeling disappointed to find a real place instead.
By Michael Schulman
Bar Tab
Literary Pilgrims Visit the White Horse Tavern
At the Greenwich Village taproom, which has been around since 1880, paintings and photos of bacchanalian beatniks have grown over the walls like bougainvillea.
By David Kortava
Tables for Two
The Chef of Berber Street Food Has the West Village Wrapped Around Her Finger
Diana Tandia worked in fine dining for years before courting repeat customers at her unpolished, homey new establishment inspired by the various cuisines of Africa and its diaspora.
By Hannah Goldfield
Tables for Two
A Falafel Master Turns to Couscous with Kish-Kash
The chef Einat Admony’s newest restaurant evokes North African and Middle Eastern home cooking.
By Hannah Goldfield
Tables for Two
A Restaurant for the Low-Key Rich
Günter Seeger is a new European-accented place that serves ten-course meals with exquisite simplicity.
By Daniel Wenger
Bar Tab
Ear Inn: The Bar from 1817
It is the latest tavern to be housed in the former home of James Brown, an African-American tobacconist who fought in the Revolutionary War.
By Colin Stokes
Work for Hire
Dog-Walking for a Wealthy Narcissist
I found myself fantasizing about somehow destroying the dog and walking away with the cash.
By Justin Torres
Tables for Two
The Unusual Alchemy at MIMI
The ambitious menu at this tiny bistro on a sleepy West Village block reads like an ode to Escoffier. But many classics have been tampered with.
By Shauna Lyon