Tag: restaurants

  • The Best Restaurants in Austin

    The Best Restaurants in Austin

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    In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorite restaurants in cities across the United States. These lists will be updated as restaurants close and open, and as we find new gems to recommend. As always, we pay for all of our meals and don’t accept free items. East Austin | Wine…

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  • The Best Restaurants in Chicago

    The Best Restaurants in Chicago

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    In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorite restaurants in cities across the United States. These lists will be updated as restaurants close and open, and as we find new gems to recommend. As always, we pay for all of our meals and don’t accept free items. Logan Square Ramen Akahoshi…

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  • Korean food gets Michelin-star makeover in Seoul restaurants : NPR

    Korean food gets Michelin-star makeover in Seoul restaurants : NPR

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    Chef Joseph Lidgerwood prepares to cook beef over a wood fire at Evett restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 7. Jun Michael Park for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jun Michael Park for NPR Chef Joseph Lidgerwood prepares to cook beef over a wood fire at Evett restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 7. Jun…

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  • Why New York Restaurants Are Going Members-Only

    Why New York Restaurants Are Going Members-Only

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    On a recent Tuesday evening at 4 Charles Prime Rib, in the West Village, shortly after my party of four had settled in for dinner, a man who bore the gentle air of owning the place arrived at a neighboring table. As our server delivered our cocktails, she gestured at him and said, with a wink,…

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  • 5 Bold New Restaurants to Try in Brussels

    5 Bold New Restaurants to Try in Brussels

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    Brussels, long the realm of stuffy French restaurants packed with gray-flannel-suited diplomats, has suddenly gone bold and bright. Thanks to a crop of young chefs with iconoclastic ideas about flavor and sustainability, the city, in thrall to the rich sauces of Gaul for nearly two centuries, has emerged as one of the most exciting, and…

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  • AmEx members expensed $100 billion at restaurants last year

    AmEx members expensed $100 billion at restaurants last year

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    Photo: Scott Suchman for The Washington Post via Getty Images (Getty Images) They might not be flying as much, and they might be a skosh late on their bills, but American Express customers sure do love to eat. For the first time in 2023, they expensed more than $100 billion at restaurants around the world.…

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  • Ukraine sushi restaurants thrive despite war-battered economy : NPR

    Ukraine sushi restaurants thrive despite war-battered economy : NPR

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    Soldiers visit Om-Nom-Nom, a sushi and pizza restaurant in Sloviansk, Ukraine. Sushi restaurants are popular in Ukraine and represent a sense of normalcy during war. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Soldiers visit Om-Nom-Nom, a sushi and pizza restaurant in Sloviansk, Ukraine. Sushi restaurants are popular in Ukraine and represent a sense of…

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  • Sacramento Restaurants Worth Exploring – The New York Times

    Sacramento Restaurants Worth Exploring – The New York Times

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    On a recent evening in a dimly lit Japanese restaurant, nearly a dozen diners watched rapt from across the bar as a chef blowtorched a sliver of sturgeon until it was kissed with char. He topped the nigiri with crisped fish skin and a spoonful of caviar. The quiet veneration from the customers, the practiced…

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  • Restaurants are raising wages faster than their food prices

    Restaurants are raising wages faster than their food prices

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    No, you’re not imagining it—menu prices are rising. But US restaurant workers are seeing their pay increase even faster than food prices, and it’s helping to chip away at wage inequality. Holiday shopping credit card hacks | Your Wallet In the last decade, restaurant workers’ wages have risen about 66%, while prices for food consumed…

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  • Pro-Palestinian Protesters  Released Mice Inside 3  McDonald’s Restaurants

    Pro-Palestinian Protesters Released Mice Inside 3 McDonald’s Restaurants

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    Several McDonald’s restaurants in the U.K. have been filled with dozens of live mice, released by pro-Palestinian activists who have accused the fast-food giant of supporting Israel. The latest incident featured a group of masked men entering a McDonald’s in Birmingham, England shouting “Free Palestine” and throwing a box of mice on the floor near…

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