Welcome to The Classics. America’s stories are told through restaurants. These are the places that, over decades, have come to define our communities, neighborhoods, and cities. These are the restaurants that have stood the test of time, and above all, the restaurants we love. And now is the time to honor and support them.
This week on Resy we’re exploring the many facets of French restaurants in New York. We unpack why New York…
Lois the Pie Queen just might be the oldest Black-owned restaurant in California. These days, it’s run by Lois’ son,…
Spago opened on a chilly evening in January 1982. The first night, 21 Rolls-Royces jammed into the restaurant’s tiny parking lot…
Time doesn’t always work against us. Sameer Eid and his Phoenicia restaurant in suburban Detroit are living proof — both…
We zipped down 75th Street for an early dinner the day that indoor dining reopened in Chicago last year, but…
This past summer, a chalkboard emblazoned with the message “WELCOME MOOSEWOOD!” with two columns of names written below hung outside…
In the summer of last year, I had some very meaningful time off from my chef duties, traveling with my…
Native and long-time Washington, D.C. residents link the words “Florida Avenue Grill” and “institution” much like they do with the…
When El Parador Café opened in 1959, it was one of just a handful of Mexican restaurants in New York…
Once upon a time in Los Angeles, people thought the idea of combining fried chicken and a waffle as a meal was absolutely crazy. Herbert Hudson thought otherwise.— Adrian Miller tells the story of Los Angeles icon Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles.
A couple of weeks ago, on a Sunday afternoon in August, I strolled up to the pickup window at Sylvia’s…
A family photograph — one with me cheesing harder than I ever have, wearing a frilly, powder blue dress and…
To own a restaurant is a labor of love. To own a soul food restaurant for 35 years, as Josephine…
Classic restaurants like Mama Ayesha’s in Washington, D.C. are beloved because of the traditions they have forged over the decades,…
One of my most vivid memories of working at Zuni Café was during Pride weekend. The energy within the walls…
I’ve been going to Mangal 2 for what feels like my entire life. I’ve always loved the flavours and the…
When I moved to DC, one of my first stops was Ben’s Chili Bowl. Since then, it’s still the first…
I was halfway through my pompano when a man in a gray wool suit stood up from his table along…
Some of my earliest restaurant memories come from Vicky’s Burritos. Vicky’s is a Mexican-American eatery in my hometown of Sacramento…
Any December night for the past 60 years or so, there has been a reliably warming beacon of hope for…
“Without atmosphere, a painting is nothing,” Rembrandt once said. Some would say the same about a signature dish at a…
Bowens Island gave me one of the most profound culinary experiences of my life, through a simple oyster. It was…
“Western cuisine, “edible history” and “frontier food” are terms that can be as well-worn and meaningless as an old cowboy…
When I bought the lease for my first restaurant, Union Square Cafe on East 16th Street, I made the deal with a…
Jongewaard’s Bake n Broil is equidistant from the hospital I was born in, and the home I grew up in.…
La Camaronera, where do I begin? We have a long history together. I was born and raised here in Miami.…
Burger joints are one of the most iconic landmarks a city can have.
This March, one of New York City’s most beloved dim sum palaces closed its doors and the city lost a shared piece…
Welcome to The Classics.
Cafe Sushi is not the place that my husband and I had our first date, nor did we get engaged…
One late evening in 2005, my roommate and her situationship picked me up outside Greyhound at the old Transbay Terminal…
Historically, there are no second acts for famous New York restaurants. Rector’s, Mama Leone’s, The Colony, The Quilted Giraffe’s, Maxwell’s…
You couldn’t tell the story of New York without its restaurants. Tightly woven into the fabric of the city, these…
Native and long-time Washington, D.C. residents link the words “Florida Avenue Grill” and “institution” much like they do with the…
Nom Wah Tea Parlor, as my family tells it, was the first Chinese restaurant I ate at. I can’t confirm…
On a hot August night in 1969, actress Sharon Tate and friends Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, and Abigail Folger sat…
For Ms. André Prince Jeffries, the owner of Prince’s Hot Chicken in Nashville, hot chicken is a way of life,…
House of Prime Rib is a unique restaurant that holds a special place in the hearts of San Franciscans. But…
Everyone who hangs out at Fanelli’s was a downtown kid, or their friends were. I realized this when I started…
I am eternally grateful for Arnold’s. It’s the first place I take a guest when they come to town, especially…
The psychic center of the White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village — still, even after decades of changes — is…
To the casual observer, Original Soul Vegetarian (a.k.a. “Soul Vegetarian East”), a Chicago restaurant with multiple locations across the country,…
Rafael “Ray” Vega opened his Casa Vega restaurant in 1956, near the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Fulton Avenue in…
Like an aging Hollywood star, the Formosa Cafe’s light may have dimmed a bit over the years, but it never…
When I moved to DC, one of my first stops was Ben’s Chili Bowl. Since then, it’s still the first…
2nd Avenue Deli is as New York as New York gets. I started going there decades ago, picking up orders…
If ever there was one perfect expression of Chicago on a dinner plate, it’d be Chicken Vesuvio: a meat-and-potatoes dish…
Ryan Legaux says that he’s probably eaten more po’ boys than most people alive. Having at least three or four…
Paschal’s restaurant does more than serve soul food. It is an Atlanta institution that serves as a monument to history…
I am eternally grateful for Arnold’s. It’s the first place I take a guest when they come to town, especially…
The first time I went to Great NY Noodletown, I didn’t walk there. I ran. I had recently moved to…
Back at the end of February, when there was talk of a citywide shut down, I met a friend at…
From its location in the heart of South Philly, the just off-center ordering process, and of course the whole “Whiz…
Mexican American food conquered America with its popular flavors of fresh and dried chiles stewed into hearty dishes thickened by…
