Trump’s Labor Department Wants to Legalize Tip-Pooling Again The Trump administration has started putting the pieces in place to revoke an Obama-era rule that bans tip-pooling — essentially, a restaurant-industry practice not unlike socialism where servers’ tips get collected by…
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The Loyal Is a Brand-new Brasserie That Already Feels Familiar “So where’s my foie gras?” murmured the offal-loving guest to my left, as our little party of eaters processed the first wave of appetizers to descend on our crowded little…
I’m a Full-blown Coffee Snob Who Prefers Starbucks to (Most) Trendy Cafés I’ll be the first to admit that it’s difficult to drink coffee with me. I’ve spent eight years as a barista and coffee-shop owner, and I’m picky. Super…
FDA Killjoys Warn You Can ‘Overdose’ on Black Licorice Guess the FDA is dressing up as a party pooper again this year. Like it does practically every end of October, the agency has issued a last-minute reminder about Halloween’s inherent…
NYC’s Newest Fine-Dining Restaurant Costs 5 — Hold the Waiters David Bouley isn’t giving up on fine dining. This Thursday, the chef-restaurateur opens Bouley at Home in the Flatiron. The 1,600-square-foot restaurant will also be home to a bakery, cooking…
People Are Upset About Arby’s Venison Burgers Because Apparently There Aren’t Enough Real Problems in the World Right Now Ten glorious or very weird days ago, depending on how you feel about game meat, Arby’s locations nationwide started selling a…
New York Is Finally Repealing Its 91-Year-Old Law That Bans Dancing in Bars Karma has finally come for New York’s wildly outdated Cabaret Law: The bizarre, almost century-old regulation that makes it illegal to dance in more than 99 percent…
Cookbook Author Alison Roman Stops for Predinner Dumplings If you’ve ever cooked a recipe from Bon Appétit, it’s likely that Alison Roman created it. This week, the food writer and recipe developer — whose work also regularly appears in the…
Government Not Buying Liquor Brand’s Claim That It Invented Vodka With ‘Health Benefits’ A New Jersey spirits brand is hoping, without tacit federal approval, to flood liquor stores in the coming year with its line of special, purportedly “liver-friendly” alcohols.…
How a Culture of Aggression Blinds the Restaurant Industry to Abuse The restaurant industry has been rocked this week by the New Orleans Times-Picayune report detailing systemic sexual harassment and abuse within the company run by celebrity chef John Besh.…
‘Fan Favorite’ John Besh Still Welcome to Host His South Beach Wine & Food Festival Event Businesses wasted little time cutting ties with John Besh’s restaurant group after Saturday’s exposé on the widespread sexual harassment at the chef’s critically acclaimed…
Where to Celebrate Halloween in New York City It’s that time of year again, when adults carve cat faces into pumpkins and try not to wear the same costume as four of their friends. (Grub recommends Sean Spicer and the…
Why the World’s Most Celebrated Chef Is Returning to New York Right Now There are great chefs, and then there is Joël Robuchon, a culinary icon who has nothing left to prove. With a style defined by intense meticulousness on…
Study Says Starbucks’s Door Handles Are the Second-Filthiest Surface in New York City Men’s Health has some good news, should the new Zombie Frappuccino (out today) fail to satisfy your quota for scary things at Starbucks. On the magazine’s latest…