The Best Natural Wine Bars in NYC for 2026
Where the low-intervention list is actually good and the room is worth sitting in — from a Williamsburg legend to a 12-seat East Village newcomer.
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The Best New Restaurants in NYC for 2026
Seven openings that actually changed where I eat this year — wood fire in Nolita, Tokyo pizza on St. Marks, flour tortillas in Greenpoint.
Two Bridges Field Report
Manhattan's last unbranded sliver, under two bridge ramps: hand-pulled noodles on East Broadway, a scene grafted on at Dimes Square, one F train, and rising
The Aman New York Reviewed: $3,200 a Night, Worth Every Cent?
Two nights in the city's most expensive hotel suite. The Aman delivers on almost everything — but the math, even at this price, has its limits.
Pendry Manhattan West: A Field Review
Two nights in the Hudson Yards-adjacent tower. Excellent rooms, an art deco restaurant worth the trip, and a brand-new block still figuring out what it is.
Bedford-Stuyvesant Field Report
Bed-Stuy on foot, after dark: the brownstone blocks, the bars off Tompkins, and a million-dollar median that keeps rewriting who the neighborhood is for.
The Shed: The Building That Moves, and Whether It's Worth Your Night
A 200,000-square-foot arts center on the West Side with a roof that rolls on crane wheels to double its size.
The Best Breakfast and Bagels in NYC for 2026
Where to start a New York morning — a 1914 appetizing icon, the East Village bagel everyone lines up for, and the Chinatown diner worth the wait.
Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi Reviewed
Three years in, the room inside David Geffen Hall still runs hot. I went on a Tuesday, paid in full, and ate the oxtails.