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1 hour ago, backyardchef said:

The original grocery store was great, but the tiny Essex Street Market space was truly special. 

I loved that place. Like a restaurant in a model train set.

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our intrepid reporter discovers that $ talks

In interviews and messages, eight restaurateurs across the United States — who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they had signed nondisclosure agreements — said they had been offered cash deals from OpenTable that ranged from $40,000 to $95,000 to make the switch. (That’s a pittance compared with the $187 billion in swipe fees that American businesses pay credit card companies each year, according to the National Restaurant Association.)

This is because diners who frequent high-end restaurants are an especially coveted audience for credit card companies, as they “have more disposable income, higher net worth, higher credit scores,” said Nick Ewen, the senior editorial director at The Points Guy, a travel website that also reviews credit cards. In a report from the market research firm Mintel, dining was the No. 1 planned spending category in 2025 among customers ages 25 to 34.

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supposedly this place is numero uno according to priya:

New York is teeming with Indian restaurants. Yet before Semma, a deeply personal tribute to the chef Vijay Kumar’s upbringing in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the city’s diners had never seen Indian food like this. Punctuated with chiles, coconut and earthy curry leaves, Semma’s flavors are lingering and loud, yet restrained. Its dosa is the best in the city: a crisp specimen that’s heady with fermentation and slicked with ghee and fiery gunpowder spice. Semma altered the course of Indian dining here, and four years on, Mr. Kumar’s food continues to feel fresh.

this year’s list

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3 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

anonymity is canceled at last

Yup. "we are more or less 86’ing wigs,"

Personally, I think it was PK's penchant for wigs -- didn't she at one time boast of 10? -- that did her in. I only have six and they've sufficed at Foxface.

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