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Bridges Opens Next Week With Eel Dumplings and Comté Tart

Chef Sam Lawrence cooked at Estela before striking out on his own. By Chris Crowley

restaurant review Cafe Mado Is a Worthy Return to Locavore Cooking A neighborhood café takes ingredient fetishism to the extreme. By Matthew Schneier
what to eat ‘True’ Bangladeshi Cooking Comes to Queens Mezban House specializes in authentic flavors not typically found in any of the city’s restaurants. By Chris Crowley
underground gourmet For the Very Best Granola, Get to a Bakery Yes, you could buy it at a supermarket, but it’s better when it’s fresh. By Tammie Teclemariam
coming soon Soho Is Getting a New Artists’ Restaurant Hauser & Wirth’s Manuela is equal parts showroom and restaurant. By Ella Quittner
the grub street diet Jeremy Salamon Runs on Cold Cuts “My staff likes to make fun of me because I keep a stash of deli meat in the basement.” By Emma Alpern
first taste Veselka Loses None of Its Charm in Its Move to Brooklyn Like so many before it, an East Village native tries out East Williamsburg. By Matthew Schneier

Restaurant Reviews

restaurant review Le Veau d’Or Is Excellent Again The Frenchette crew has taken over the 87-year-old restaurant, and the snails are as garlicky and the duck as pink as ever. By Matthew Schneier
restaurant review Does the City Need Another Chef’s Table? After an acrimonious exit at Brooklyn Fare, César Ramirez returns with a $400 tasting counter of his own. By Matthew Schneier
restaurant review Massara Charms, to a Degree Is the follow-up to Rezdôra bigger and better — or just bigger? By Matthew Schneier
restaurant review Bungalow Proves a Celebrity Chef Can Still Draw a Crowd Vikas Khanna’s downtown restaurant expands the reach of the city’s traditionally Punjab-focused Indian cuisine by venturing across the subcontinent. By Matthew Schneier

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The Grub Street Diet

the grub street diet Michelle Collins Rubs Elbows With Roger Federer at the Polo Bar “The bouncer swings the door open, and we are in.” By Alyssa Shelasky
the grub street diet Dan Kois Starts the Day With Diet Coke “I don’t love that at age 49 I still eat a cereal with a mascot … but oh, well.” By Rima Parikh
the grub street diet Priyanka Mattoo Has a Whole Plan for Dinner “Okay, yes, this is technically two dinners, but that means two batches of leftovers.” By Alan Sytsma
the grub street diet Ochi Vongerichten Is Working Through Her Summer Vacation “Everything tastes so much better when you eat with your hands.” By Zach Schiffman

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