Go to Cicoria for the food, stay for the opera
The Royal Ballet and Opera’s new restuarant should be a destination, whether or not Tristan und Isolde whets your appetite
Restaurants
Wednesday
Zohran Mamdani’s policies will make restaurants bland and expensive
Chain restaurants are likely to become even more dominant on his watch
Monday
When did restaurants get so boring?
A world that appears ‘diverse’ in its mosaic of faces and flags has become increasingly uniform in its cuisines
There’s more to Bordeaux than fine wine
The French city is rich in history, culture and class of all kinds
Dining with the Chinese food pioneers of New York
‘I feel like New York is the city that is always exploring new things. If you have a new idea, you put it here’
Tuesday
In praise of the Acropolis Museum Café and Restaurant
The menu includes many of the greatest hits along with enough neologisms to excite
Tuesday
Why Eleven Madison Park had to put meat back on the menu
Besides a handful of hippies, the market just isn’t there yet for such a vast variety of vegan menus
Why I was right to ban vegans
You cannot maintain a financially stable business by restricting the dietary options
Tuesday
Locatelli has entered the premier league of museum dining
The best Italian chefs walk the line between history and the future
Friday
Will one rotten rebrand spoil Cracker Barrel?
The restaurant chain has rebranded, but its charm lay in the farmhouse attic vibe
Tuesday
‘I don’t build new restaurants’: an interview with Tyler Florence
Throughout a widely varied career, the TV chef’s approach hasn’t changed
Thursday
Chet Sharma: chef, DJ, PhD
The experimental culinarian is coming to New York
Tuesday
MAGA tourism in the heart of DC
Butterworth’s has been profiled more often than the new Pope
Tuesday
Keith McNally’s memoir is strangely unappetizing
I didn’t enjoy I Regret Almost Everything
The rise of millionaires, valet parking and facelifts in Palm Beach
New-found popularity brings high-end problems
Friday
Ship shape: Normandie, the biggest French restaurant of all
As a symbol of that way of life, no space on any other ship could compare with Normandie’s grand restaurant
Thursday
Casa Bonita, the greatest restaurant in the world
How the South Park guys rescued a local icon of their childhoods and mine
Monday
Hotel hopping in Rome
I researched five of the very best hotels, resolving to uncover their secrets — as long as they had air conditioning
Thursday
Going ham in Andalusia
I didn’t think it was possible to eat all day, but when the food is this good and meticulously chosen, it is
Monday
Eating my way around Helsinki
The city’s established and rising culinary stars are making a special kind of magic
