Author: Jon Bonné


InterviewsNew York

Balthazar Is Turning 25. Keith McNally Has … Thoughts.

Balthazar reaches the quarter-century mark this week, and having created one of New York’s most iconic restaurants, Keith McNally has…

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People say, we’re coming out of COVID. But we’re not coming out of problems. Our industry is always in turmoil, in some aspect." Chris Shepard with the Southern Smoke smoker. // Photo by Catchlight Photography Southern Smoke 2018 raises over $425,000 for charity at its 3rd annual event in Houston, Texas on September 30, 2018

InterviewsHouston

The Pandemic May Be Ending. But Chris Shepherd Is Just Starting to Make Restaurants Better.

Given the blur of energy that Chris Shepherd always is, you’d figure that even a pandemic wouldn’t slow him down.…

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The "Flamin' Hot Cheeto" at Bar Esmé; Photo by Dan Piotrowski, courtesy of Bar Esmé

Dining Access Hit ListNational

Ten Essential Restaurants Across America, Winter 2021 Edition

February is precisely that point at which winter begins to feel interminable, at least in the colder parts of the…

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Best of The Hit ListNational

The Best of The Hit Lists in 2021, From Coast to Coast

If anything could have been more surreal for restaurants than 2020, it was this year — with its bounce from…

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The bar at Miami's Café La Trova.

Dining Access Hit ListNational

Ten Essential Restaurants Across America, Fall 2021 Edition

Now comes autumn of the year we all hoped to get back out and see the world. To dine with…

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Photo EssaysNew York

Gage & Tollner Through the Years, Via Its Menus

There’s a particular art to reading a restaurant through its menus. And if some change constantly, the one thing you…

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Come for the fish, stay for the wine. // Photo courtesy of Dame

Wine Hit ListNew York

The Wine Hit List, Peak Summer Edition: Dame, LittleMad, Da Toscano, and More

We’re in this beautiful moment of grace right now, it seems, where New York wine lists are concerned. Who knows…

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The breakfast spaghetti at San Morello in Detroit. // Photo courtesy of San Morello

Dining Access Hit ListNational

Ten Restaurants That Define Great American Cooking Right Now

“Dinner is a meeting place for the sharpest minds, the most heroic hearts, the most independent spirits,” is how Balzac…

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Austin Power, center, wants everyone to find a context to drink sake. // Photo courtesy of Accidental Bar

InterviewsNew York

Accidental Bar’s Austin Power Wants Everyone to Love Sake

Forty days may be enough time for a biblical flood, but it is not much time to open a restaurant,…

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Courtesy of Vinegar Hill House

Wine Hit ListNew York

The Wine Hit List, Early Summer Edition: Vinegar Hill House, Clay, Bar Bête, and More

Wine is flowing into New York restaurants again, as budgets and buyers return. After a long year of drinking at…

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