Tag: New York

6 Days After Calling DC Crime Crisis ‘Nonexistent,’ NYT’s Peter Baker Complains Trump Isn’t Fixing Crime

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Mary Beth Barone Has Sworn Off Hot Coffee

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:00:17 +0000

Illustration: Sarah Kilcoyne

After coming off of the press tour for Benito Skinner’s comedy series Overcompensating, comedian and patron saint of gay guys Mary Beth Barone has been back to working on stand-up. The break from the stage was nice, but it was time to return.

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Elephant & Castle’s Regulars Aren’t Ready to Say Good-bye

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:00:35 +0000
Photo: Courtesy Elephant & Castle
The howls of despair and rending of garments began last week. Among a certain type of tenured New Yorker — downtown in affect if not always in residence, artistically or bohemianly inclined, of a certain age, never leaving — the news spread quickly, as news of illness often does.
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Innovation Fest pitch winner touts unexpected treat: growing his animal health startup in Kansas

admin — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:52:36 +0000

Emmanuel Bijaoui’s first time in Kansas — for Tuesday’s Innovation Festival and onboarding for the incoming Plug and Play Topeka cohort — has left the Treat Therapeutics founder with a lasting impression of the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, he shared.
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When Marcus Samuelsson Moved to New York

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:09:44 +0000
Photo: Courtesy Marcus Samuelsson Group
It’s a beautiful Tuesday morning in Central Park, and Marcus Samuelsson is ready to Rollerblade. I meet him at 10 a.m. at a spot he suggested — the Duke Ellington Statue on 110th Street at Fifth Avenue, across from the Africa Center — and right on time, the chef comes flying down the pavement in purple track pants, a checked Dapper Dan Gap sweater and a red and white Kangol hat.
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There Is No Way To Moderate Transgenderism. It Must Be Destroyed

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:45:00 +0000
A New York Times author quietly made a series of admissions that, only a few years ago, would have been dismissed as reactionary bigotry.

A Chef Inspired by Nando’s and Her Nan

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Photo: Natalie Black
Chef Kwame Onwuachi remembers tough conversations he had with investors while trying to open a restaurant in Washington, D.C. It would be located on a redeveloped wharf, and his board suggested a menu of meze platters and lightly cooked seafood. “I was like, ‘My name is Kwame Onwuachi, and I am not cooking Mediterranean cuisine,’” he says.
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Report: DOJ Appoints Prosecutor To Probe Adam Schiff, Letitia James Mortgage Fraud Allegations

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:37:25 +0000
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Report: DOJ Opens Grand Jury Probe Into NY AG Letitia James’ Get-Trump Lawfare

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:49:50 +0000
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KC on top: Hat maker’s best-seller spotted on ‘GMA,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ as brand shapes its national profile

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:40:16 +0000

Sandlot Goods wears the spotlight well, said Thomas McIntyre, noting each high-profile media close up of its signature dad hat is another step toward establishing Kansas City’s only hat manufacturer as a national brand.
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Rooftop Cinema Club premieres its open-air movie theater experience in KC’s Crossroads

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:31:12 +0000

Pink dusk views of the Kansas horizon and a cityscape bathed in sunset only added to the silver screen experience for midweek movie-goers trying out the newly opened Rooftop Cinema Club in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District.
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Chef Carlo Mirarchi Never Thought He’d Become a Pancake Guy

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:00:40 +0000
Illustration: Margalit Cutler
In the 17 years it’s been open, Roberta’s has grown from a Bushwick pizza-and-tiki-bar pioneer to a citywide institution to a full international empire with outposts in L.A., Nashville, and Singapore (plus two other restaurants in New York).
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Pilot competition taps drugless mental health solution for latest tech-infused cohort

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:03:41 +0000

A Kansas City-connected startup that helps users see their feelings with its drugless biofeedback/neurofeedback technologies is among 10 companies selected for the latest pilot cohort from NXTUS in Wichita.
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Can the FBI Really Arrest Texas Democrats Who Fled the State?

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:15:52 +0000
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Is Vanderbilt Avenue Cursed?

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:30:52 +0000
Photo: Sebastian Mejias/The New York Times/Redux
Over the weekend, the chef Greg Baxtrom announced that he was closing his nearly decade-old Prospect Heights restaurant, Olmsted. The move had been, he says, in the cards for some time; the space was quietly advertised, in a broker email that didn’t disclose the address, back in May.
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