5 Female Kitchen Workers Sue McCormick & Schmick’s for Sexual Harassment A group of five Boston McCormick & Schmick’s employees have filed a sexual-harassment lawsuit against the seafood chain, equating working alongside the men in their restaurant’s kitchen to “being…
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The Trick to Ugly Baby’s Addictive Deep-Fried Sea Bream Ugly Baby, a new Thai restaurant in Carroll Gardens, has quickly gained a reputation among the chile-pepper cognoscenti for serving food that is off-the-Scoville-charts hot. But not every dish on the…
#SitOutSantaCon Campaign Asks Drunk Santas If They’re Cool Ruining Christmas for Kids New Yorkers, it’s time to activate the Early SantaCon Warning System — the annual slosh-fest returns on Saturday. Most rational beings, of course, hate the festive event that…
Real-life Sopranos Club Busted for Mafia Ties Satin Dolls — the Jersey Meadowlands strip club Sopranos fans instantly recognize as Bada Bing! — is in deep not-fictional trouble with state Attorney General Christopher Porrino. He and New Jersey’s Division of…
Beyond Meat Is Tripling Production Capacity of Its Plant Burger Burger disrupter Beyond Meat says it’s raised another $55 million in funding — enough to triple the production capacity of its “bleeding” meat alternative that’s seemingly already everywhere. Beyond and…
Chefs Are Lining Up to Help José Andrés Feed Displaced California Wildfire Victims Hunger-relief machine José Andrés announced yesterday that, oh by the way, he’s also now feeding people displaced by Southern California’s wildfires. In the last 48 or so…
What Went Down on Last Night’s Top Chef The moment has come. The moment is here. The moment is the new season of Top Chef. This year, we’re headed to Denver, Colorado, culinary capital of the Rockies (possibly true) and home to…
‘Pizza Is Life’ for Writer Stephen Satterfield After building a career as a food writer and media producer at Food52, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Civil Eats, Stephen Satterfield this year launched a print magazine, Whetstone, that explores the origins…
Restaurant Chain Fires Waiter for Posting Customer’s Anti-Gay Receipt on Facebook Customers are livid at a restaurant chain — once voted ESPN’s second-best sports bar — after it fired a waiter who publicized a homophobic receipt. Hickory Tavern has two…
Why Everyone Is So Excited for DaDong’s New York Opening DaDong goes through a lot of ducks. Specifically: DaDong serves 1,387,000 Peking ducks per year at the restaurant chain’s ten locations in Beijing, four in Shanghai, and two in Chengdu, including…
Chipotle Will Try Giving Its Queso Away for Free Chipotle has announced a fitting holiday promotion: Wear an ugly sweater into Chipotle, and the burrito chain will publicly embarrass you further by including a free side of the new queso…
England Shaken to Its Core After Great British Bake Off Winner Gets Leaked Early Chances are pretty good that Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith regrets getting out of bed this morning. The popular show’s eagerly awaited finale airs…
Whole Foods Is Actually Hiring Another 6,000 Human Workers When Amazon bought Whole Foods, analysts feared Jeff Bezos’s growth model — easy online shopping paired with an algorithm that dangles unnecessary items “frequently bought together” — could be a death…
13 Excellent Things to Eat, Drink, and Do in New York City This November Every month in New York, there’s a bewildering number of new dishes to eat, drinks to imbibe, and food-themed events to attend. Often, the hardest part…