Deanna Ting

Deanna Ting

Cities Editor

Deanna is a native Angeleno but has lived in New York for the past 15 years and counting — most of it in Jackson Heights — and she feels grateful to feel at home on both coasts. Prior to joining Resy in 2020, she was a longtime business reporter and travel writer, where she easily covered everything from mergers and acquisitions to how to craft the ideal itinerary while traveling to more than 30 countries. She has strong opinions on food, the strongest being that she’s always willing to give something a try at least once. And for those wondering: She really does attempt to eat at every restaurant she puts on Resy’s monthly NYC Hit List. Seriously.

Fun Facts

  • Lives in
    Queens, NY
  • First Resy ever made
    The Breslin in 2016.
  • Drink of choice
    Navy-strength gin martini with a twist.
  • Favorite food movie
    “Eat Drink Man Woman.”
  • Next on your bucket list
    Eating my way through Korea (again) and Thailand (for the first time).
  • Your Ratatouille moment
    Learning how to make egg rolls and dumplings with my mom and grandma.
  • Favorite food city
    Can I list five? In no particular order: NYC, Paris, L.A., Singapore, and Copenhagen.
  • Last meal on earth
    My grandma’s winter melon soup, mom’s egg fried rice, and dad’s Hainanese chicken.

Deanna’s Featured Stories

Illustration of a takeout container as restaurant, on a suburban block

Chinatown USA

Chinese American Food Is Its Own Great Cuisine. Time to Love It That Way.

Resy Spotlight

The Gospel of American Food, According to Unapologetic Foods

Street scene with New York City-style signposts, including an American flag and a sign depicting a bowl of pho

Resy Spotlight

Today New York Has Some of the Best Vietnamese Food in America. Here’s Why.

Chefs Samuel Yoo and Matt Mobilio prepare dishes from NY Kimchi

Resy Features

Golden HOF and NY Kimchi Revive Two Great Restaurant Traditions 

An illustration of Mark Canha with some of his favorite restaurant memories.

Guides

Major League Baseball’s Most Restaurant-Obsessed Player Shares His Top Meals of All Time

Dish By Dish

The Stories (and People) Behind the Menu at 53 in New York

Recent Posts


Resy QuestionnaireNew York

20 Questions With Vestry’s Shaun Hergatt

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The Hit ListNew York

The November Hit List: Semma, Kaiseki Room by Yamada, Sofreh Cafe, and More

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Barbuto's roast chicken.

InterviewsNew York

Barbuto Is Back. And Yes, So Is The Roast Chicken.

Three weeks: That’s exactly how long the new Barbuto was open before the pandemic shuttered its doors in March 2020.…

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Resy QuestionnaireNew York

20 Questions With Shuka and Shukette’s Ayesha Nurdjaja

In the Resy Questionnaire, we play a game of 20 questions with the industry folks behind some of our favorite…

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InterviewsNew York

Una Pizza Napoletana Is Coming Back. This Time, Only in New York City.

These days, one of America’s most celebrated pizzaioli is no longer sleeping on the floor somewhere in New Jersey, something…

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The ClassicsNew York

The Family Restaurant That’s Become New York’s Melting Pot for Nearly 50 Years

This March, one of New York City’s most beloved dim sum palaces closed its doors and the city lost a shared piece…

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Resy SpotlightMinneapolis

One of Minneapolis’ Hottest Restaurants Is Also One of the Country’s Most Important

“At this point, we don’t have any available reservations.” “We’re going to open up the next round of reservations in…

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Street scene with New York City-style signposts, including an American flag and a sign depicting a bowl of pho

Resy SpotlightNew York

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“It’s just a grilled chicken over rice,” chef Dennis Ngo explains, as he puts the final touches on a new…

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GuidesNew York

The Resy Guide to Vietnamese American Food in New York

New York City has never had a reputation for its Vietnamese cuisine, unlike other major U.S. cities, but that’s beginning…

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The RundownNew York

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Before you go to a restaurant, what do you want — or need — to know most? In our series,…

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