This Spicy Oaxacan Liqueur Transforms Margaritas, Carajillos and More
The name started to stick once I’d seen it a third or fourth time. There was a maximalist Bloody Mary in Oaxaca. A spicy Gold Rush in Los Angeles. A …
View ArticleHow Two Groundbreaking Books Capture the Power of LGBTQ+ Place-Makers and...
Vnyl was a kitschy diner around the corner from my mom’s office in Manhattan, its walls decorated with things like old records and Elvis figurines, its bathrooms adorned with collage portraits of pop...
View ArticleBrandon Hurtado’s DFW Restaurant Guide for Diners Who Aren’t From Texas
Brandon Hurtado is no stranger to great food in Texas. The pimaster has made Hurtado Barbecue, with locations in Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Mansfield, a North Texas favorite, winning raves from...
View ArticleShrimp Doughnuts and Everything Bagel-Crusted Spring Rolls? At This Thai...
When Jeanine and Kate Royce, partners in business and life, first signed the lease on this space at 238 W. 56th Street and Eighth Avenue, on the border of Hell’s Kitchen and Midtown West, they didn’t...
View ArticleMajor Food Trucks Close This Month, And More Austin Restaurant Closings to Know
In a fast-paced place like Austin, restaurants come and go all the time. Know of an Austin area restaurant closure that’s not on this list? Drop us a line at austin@eater.com. East Side King Following...
View ArticleA Landmark Waterfront Restaurant Just Closed Out of the Blue
This is a curated list of the Bay Area’s most notable and permanent restaurant and bar closures, with new updates published once a week. See a closing we missed? Then drop us a line. For more news,...
View ArticleCraftsman and Wolves Serves Kalamansi Choux and Philly Cheesesteak Kouign...
Innovative bakery Craftsman and Wolves is opening its first permanent space outside San Francisco. On Saturday, June 7, the bakery swings its doors open to the Peninsula at 400 San Antonio Road, Suite...
View ArticleThe Best LGBTQ Bars and Clubs for Portland Pride
Queer nightlife spots in Portland are expected to roar with Pride music and life over the next two months, as the culturally recognized June Pride Month bleeds into the Rose City’s mid-July...
View ArticleMidtown Taco Mac Location Closes Within a Few Weeks of the Original
Just a few weeks after the announcement of the closing of the original Taco Mac in Virginia-Highlands, the Taco Mac in Midtown suddenly shut its doors. According to a report by Atlanta News First, a...
View Article7 Recent Metro Detroit Restaurant Shutters to Know
The once mighty Bobcat Bonnie’s has only one location left. At one point, the chain operated seven locations. Meanwhile, a food truck known for its bulgogi cheesesteaks won’t be out and about this...
View ArticleThe Best Gay Bars in D.C.
Dupont Circle is long one of the centers of D.C.’s LGBTQ community, with neighborhood institutions like JR’s, the Fireplace, and Larry’s Lounge still going strong. But D.C.'s evolving gayborhood has...
View ArticleThe Best NYC Bars and Restaurants to Celebrate Pride
Pride Month, aka June, is the time of the year when New York City’s queer bars, clubs, and eateries ramp up their parties and promotions — happy hours, drag shows, drink specials, and all sorts of...
View ArticleThe Best Queer Bars and Nightclubs in Las Vegas
While several Las Vegas bars, restaurants, and clubs offer special events throughout Pride Month, the Las Vegas Valley is home to LGBTQ-friendly bars that are open to the community every night of the...
View ArticleClassic Redondo Beach Steakhouse the Bull Pen Is a ‘Cheers’-Style Hangout in...
Friday at 4 p.m. marks the hour when the work day ends and socializing begins, at least in Redondo Beach. The Bull Pen has a handful of regulars dotted throughout the bar side of the restaurant as...
View ArticlePhilly Pride: The Best Bars, Restaurants, and Cafes to Celebrate the Month
In such a varied and diverse city, it’s no surprise that Philly is home to a long-thriving queer community. At a time when bars and restaurants are still struggling, it’s more important than ever to...
View ArticleThis Hand Roll Bar From a Sushi Master Is Opening in Highland Park
Los Feliz sushi spot Sogo Roll Bar is expanding with a second location along a busy stretch of York Boulevard in Highland Park. Opening on June 4 in the former Holcomb space, the restaurant will debut...
View ArticleD.C.’s Sensational Italian Pizzeria Is Coming to Union Market
Naples native Giulio Adriani, the award-winning pizzaiolo behind Slice & Pie and the adjacent Lucy Bar off the U Street NW corridor since 2022, will plant a flag inside Union Market this summer...
View ArticleThe Best Gifts for an Amazing Host, According to a Party Girl With Taste
Dear guest of someone else’s home: I hope you didn’t show up empty-handed. Bringing a host or hostess gift isn’t just chic; it’s good manners! Now, different situations (and different hosts or...
View ArticleA Popular Downtown Restaurant Is Moving in Next to the House of Blues
Four years after opening in Chicago, Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley is moving into a larger home. They’ll remain in River North inside a space that neighbors the House of Blues and in the shadow...
View ArticleWhat to Eat and Drink for Pride 2025 in Seattle
Pride this year is a celebration and an act of political resistance against a resurgent anti-LGBTQ brand of right-wing politics. In Seattle, as usual, the largest event will be the official Seattle...
View ArticleHow to Celebrate SF Pride 2025 Like a Local
Although San Francisco’s Pride Celebration is technically Saturday, June 28, through Sunday, June 29, everyone knows it’s truly a monthlong observance. This year’s theme is Queer Joy is Resistance, and...
View ArticleI Have Found a Surprisingly Great Meal Kit Plan for a Lazy (But Discerning)...
At their best, delivery meal kits have led me to some relaxing Blue Apron-sponsored ASMR videos; at their worst, the very mention of a meal kit stirs up memories of my late great-grandmother’s dreary...
View ArticleCan Good Chocolate Make a Macaroon....Exciting?
I have a tendency to anthropomorphize macaroons: I imagine their pain at being constantly mistaken for their more glamorous relation, the macaron, and suffering eternally by comparison. Where the...
View ArticleCostco Is Coming for Craft Beer
Ten years ago, craft beer fans couldn’t have imagined “line life” referring to anything other than the hourslong queue for a brewery’s latest limited …
View ArticleTake a Peek Into Taylor Sheridan’s Takeover of Cattlemen’s Steakhouse in Fort...
Taylor Sheridan, the showrunner for Yellowstone and its universe of spin-offs, Landman, and Lioness, along with his partners David Glasser and Dan Schryer, finally announced that they have purchased...
View ArticleThe Frick Museum Is Opening its Very First Restaurant in 89 Years
The Frick Collection is opening its new museum restaurant this week. Westmoreland will open on the Upper East Side at 1 East 70th Street, near Fifth Avenue, on the second floor starting on Friday, June...
View ArticleThank AI and Billionaire Dollars: Private Dining Rooms Are Going Gangbusters...
There’s a buzzy, classy vibe coursing through Wayfare Tavern for a Wednesday at 3 p.m., mid-century American jazz breezing along the spread wings of a taxidermied Canada goose. Fat racks of lamb, hints...
View ArticleNipsey Hussle’s Popular Marathon Burger Is Opening Its Next Location Just...
One of Los Angeles’s hottest burgers is about to make a major splash in Venice. After receiving a warm reception for its Melrose shop in March, Marathon Burger will debut its second location on...
View ArticleNew York’s Acclaimed Superiority Burger Is Coming to LA for One Day Only
One of New York’s buzziest restaurants, Superiority Burger, is headed to Los Angeles for a one-day-only pop-up at Chi Spacca in Hancock Park on Sunday, June 8. Founded by Brooks Headley in 2023,...
View Article15 Best New Restaurants in Charlotte Right Now
More often than not, tipsters, readers, friends, and family of Eater have one question: Where should I eat right now? What are the new restaurants? What’s everyone talking about? While the Eater 18 is...
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