Openings & Closings: Legend, Drybar, Perfect Polish, Stoopher & Boots, Big Nick’s Restaurants have closed, but a children’s store just expanded and a new blow-dry spot is open for business.
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Tech Companies Continue to ‘Innovate’ With New Tap-Water Subscription Service So what if New York City has the “Champagne” of tap waters? Reefill is the latest start-up hoping to disrupt the antiquated model of drinking water. The plan: Give paying…
Here’s What Makes Hanoi House’s Pho So Uniquely Fantastic The year-old East Village restaurant Hanoi House has quickly developed a devoted following thanks in large part to its menu full of expertly executed Vietnamese specialties. The restaurant’s top-selling dish is,…
Amazon Is Testing Two-Hour Whole Foods Deliveries for Prime Members Amazon is testing a service that provides two-hour deliveries directly from Whole Foods stores, the tech giant’s latest push toward selling groceries in a way that allows customers to avoid…
All of Maine Rejoices After Lobster Emoji Is Made Official In what is definitely the biggest news to hit the state of Maine possibly ever, there will soon be an official lobster emoji. The story was reported by Portland, Maine…
Records Show Years of Sexual-Misconduct Complaints at Applebee’s and IHOP Restaurants Since 2010, at least 60 employees from eight different states have sued Applebee’s and IHOP for sexual harassment. According to court documents discovered by Vox, this group of employees…
Here’s the NYC Subway If Every Station Were Actually a Subway Sandwich Shop According to the most recent statistics, there are exactly 1.5 trillion Subway sandwich shops in New York City. That completely accurate statistic made a group of Reddit…
Bar That Banned ‘Literally’ Now Being Trashed Figuratively by Online Critics Owner Trigger Smith made headlines this week after he hung a sign on the door of his East Village dive bar, Continental, threatening to ban anyone who uses the…
Internet Cheers After KFC Names Reba McEntire the New Colonel In a brilliant PR move, the role of KFC’s ever-changing Colonel will now be played by Reba McEntire. The legendary country singer appears in ads for KFC’s new Smoky Mountain…
France Descends Into Chaos Over Nutella Sales France was hit with a wave of cocoa craziness after supermarket chain Intermarché offered a 70 percent discount on jars of Nutella. This is, according to reports, not hyperbole. Jars were discounted from…
On Last Night’s Top Chef, Restaurant Wars Made Its Glorious Return The temperature, it is rising. After last week’s high-drama fiasco, in which Claudette threw Tanya under the bus and then Tanya succumbed to her bus-induced injuries, everyone’s feeling just…
John Birdsall Knows Salsa Can Save Sous-Vide Turkey If you care at all about food culture in America, you have probably read a story by John Birdsall. A former cook for 17 years, the James Beard Award–winning writer and Bay…