New York City, NY

Columbus, OH

Philadelphia, PA

Living in Philly for over a decade, I used to consider myself a cheesesteak fundamentalist — one who only prefers the traditional version of the iconic dish (made with sliced rib-eye, provolone, and fried onions, on a long hoagie roll). I hated chicken cheesesteaks because they didn’t have beef....

The Best Philly Cheesesteak Contains Oxtail, Not Steak

Oregon State

Portland, OR

Redditors and Pacific Northwest natives will argue through multiple conversation threads over the origin of the jojo — the default hot, crispy, pillowy potato of any dive bar in Portland, often served alongside a cheap lager. A common view, for Oregonians, at least, is that a crispy wedge-shaped potato is unquestionably a “jojo,” and not merely a potato wedge. So, what’s the difference?

Highly Opinionated: A Portland Food Expert’s Favorite Jojos

Chicago, IL

As locations go, the just-opened Legal Sea Foods couldn’t have found a more fitting setting than in Marina City, which offers sweeping views of the nearby Chicago River. Or as Matt King, president and chief operating officer of Legal Sea Foods, puts it, “It’s always nice whenever you’re eating seafood and you’re on the water.”

Legal Sea Foods Chicago Arrives Inside the Marina City Towers

Los Angeles, CA

Mona Holmes is a reporter for Eater Los Angeles and a regular contributor to KCRW radio. She has covered restaurants, dining, and food culture since 2016. In 2022, the James Beard Foundation nominated her for a Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award. Since 2020, Los Angeles natives Nick Schreiber and J.D....

Belle’s Bagels in Highland Park Just Morphed Into an All-Day Deli and Bar

Ashok Selvam is the editor of Eater Chicago and a native Chicagoan armed with more than two decades of award-winning journalism. Now covering the world of restaurants and food, his nut graphs are super nutty. A sea of restaurants has been lost since the pandemic’s start in March 2020 and...

The Bento Box Returns After a Fire — and the Pandemic — Closed The Bucktown Restaurant

Houston, TX

Jasmine Chida was on her honeymoon in Italy in 2010 when she first fell in love with gelato. Enamored with its silky texture and potent seasonal flavors, she returned to Houston in search of a similar experience, but the search yielded few results. And so began Chida’s journey to make her own superlative gelato.

At Houston’s SweetCup, Italian-style Gelato Gets a 713 Remix

Las Vegas, NV

Located just off-Strip, the AYCE Buffet at the Palms is one of the more popular buffets in Las Vegas, even among locals. And part of that appeal is for its themed dinner nights, dedicated to snow crab and prime rib on Fridays and to all things lobster on Tuesday and Wednesday. Predictably, those who pay the premium for the shellfish-laden events mean business — avid diners make multiple return trips to the buffet’s stations. Here is a by-the-numbers look at how much lobster, snow crab, and pork belly the buffet goes through each month.

900 Lobsters, 5,000 Pounds of Shrimp: Inside the Palms’ Wild All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

Straddling the line between spectacle and restaurant, the Las Vegas buffet is an entity unto its own. It’s a place where rules are meant to be broken; where diners can wander with towering plates of food in hand, pile in seven different desserts, and say things like, “I think I’ll try both flavors of melted butter.” But in order to have the best time — or at least the most cost-effective experience — there are guidelines to follow, ones that may spare you from long lines, overspending, or going in without a holistic game plan. Below, experts weigh in on the dos and don’ts of dining in a Las Vegas buffet.

Buffet 101: How to Win at the Las Vegas Buffet

Seattle, WA

Harry Cheadle is the editor of Eater Seattle. Pavement may be headlining Bumbershoot this year, but music fans won’t have to settle for eating “Carrot Rope” and drinking “Watery, Domestic” beer. Even as the post-lockdown reboot of the festival turns away from A-list music acts (sorry Pavement) and focuses more on visual arts — there’s something called a “Big Foot Deep Fake Competition” — it has kept the tradition going of featuring some of Seattle’s best restaurants and bars as food vendors.

What to Eat and Drink at Bumbershoot 2024

California State

San Francisco, CA

The Michelin Guide California ceremony took over the ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay on Monday, August 5, to announce the tire company’s selections for restaurants that would either receive new stars or retain their previously awarded status (Bib Gourmands were announced after the ceremony in a press release).

Overheard at the 2024 Michelin Guide California Ceremony

Philly has cheesesteaks, New York claims bagels, and Cincinnati deems chili its defining dish. Here in the Twin Cities, we have a superior (unofficial) state food in the savory, cheese-packed sensation that is the Juicy Lucy. (Or, if you’re eating at Matt’s, the Jucy Lucy.) For the uninitiated, a Juicy Lucy is a succulent burger stuffed with cheese — almost like a ravioli — then griddled.

Highly Opinionated: An Eater Writer’s Favorite Juicy Lucys in the Twin Cities

Daytona Beach, FL

Driving along the picturesque coast of Daytona Beach, you might feel like you’ve stepped into a timeless snapshot of Americana. Just when you think the scene couldn’t get any more nostalgic, a shining beacon of yesteryear appears on the horizon. StarLite Diner, with its gleaming chrome exterior and...

The 1950s-Style Diner In Florida That’s Straight Out Of A Norman Rockwell Painting

For the past fourteen years, Wilson Tang has spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about dim sum. In 2010, baby-faced and fresh out of a finance job, he helped bring new energy to Chinatown’s historic Nom Wah Tea Parlor and quickly rose to prominence in New York’s dim sum scene. It ended in colossal family drama, or what one publication described as a “blood feud” — but Tang still remains involved in the Nom Wah’s beyond the Doyers Street original.

He Helped Revive Nom Wah. Now He’s Onto a New Chapter.

Brooklyn, NY

The Chipotle effect has come for pasta: The East Village is now the nexus of a $10 takeout pasta trend that’s drawing lines down the sidewalk, six years after the hyped Pasta Flyer opened then closed; and Forma Pasta Factory, now with two Brooklyn locations, rolled out in 2019.

The $10 Pasta Trend Taking Over the East Village

Chapel Hill, NC

Late last month, Chapel Hill’s Southern cooking staple Mama Dip’s (408 West Rosemary Street) announced it would close on Sunday, August 17. The closure comes after 48 years spent at the edge of Chapel Hill’s historically Black Northside neighborhood. Grumblings of the restaurant’s closure have been simmering...

Southern Institution Mama Dip’s Vows to Continue Feeding Chapel Hill

Washington, DC

Tierney Plumb is the editor of Eater DC, covering all things food and drink around the nation's capital. Capital City Mambo Sauce started out small, selling at a dozen mom-and-pop stores around the nation’s capital. Fast forward 13 years later, its iconic squirt bottles can now be found at a whopping 3,000 retail stores nationwide.

Inside the Sweet Success Story of D.C.’s Capital City Mambo Sauce

Miami, FL

J. Wakefield Brewing, a Star Wars-themed brewery best known for its Florida weisse-style beers, which utilize local tropical fruits, has announced it will close its doors this Fall. In an Instagram post, the Wynwood brewery announced that, after nearly a decade of making beer, the brewery would be closing on...

Star Wars-Themed J. Wakefield Announces Closure

Jersey City, NJ

Hoboken, NJ

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How Indochine Became the Fashion World’s Go-To of the ’80s

New York City boasts an unparalleled wealth of restaurants, yet surviving in the city’s fiercely competitive culinary landscape remains a challenge. Economic pressures, rising food costs,...

How Indochine Became the Fashion World’s Go-To of the ’80s

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