Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija has been a regular at Cafe Mogador for more than 40 years. It has, in that time, never changed. trib.al/2JXO1iT

“My favorite texture is mush,’ says Ruby Redstone, the fashion journalist and mother of two. Her Grub Street Diet includes lots of project cooking, trips to the Greenmarket, and a steady supply of scones. trib.al/U5CfhEO

“My favorite texture is mush,’ says Ruby Redstone, the fashion journalist and mother of two. Her Grub Street Diet includes lots of project cooking, trips to the Greenmarket, and a steady supply of scones. trib.al/gNNdxxY

Where Midwestern tourists ate eggs Benny next to Jake Gyllenhaal: Read Joshua David Stein’s brief oral history of the brunch at Prune. trib.al/2XEOZM2

Is Beefbar — a global chain with dozens of outposts — a worthy addition to the city’s steakhouse scene? Or is it the city’s most bizarre new restaurant? trib.al/aMsYdz2

For a time, every young writer in New York became attached to Café Loup, the Village haunt where the gossip was good and the affairs were plentiful. trib.al/0jwC8QQ

Nancy Reagan was a regular. Gwyneth Paltrow threw her 40th birthday there. How Elio’s became a power hub on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. trib.al/8vc7rBT

Thanks to dropping rents and the arrival of some younger residents, the Upper East Side’s reputation as a sleepy restaurant desert is changing. Here are a handful of places that are helping to shake up the neighborhood a little more. trib.al/9P0wq14

Gumbo, bone necklaces, and a very public break-up: Food was a 1970s Soho restaurant, set up by artists who just wanted to feed their friends. trib.al/Yl9mc27

‘We would just sit there and feel like we were fabulous.’ For law students, nothing was better than Nobu. trib.al/wD9a3ep

Sammy’s Roumanian, and Dani Luv, are back on the Lower East Side. The steakhouse will return to business full-time this June. trib.al/YMAI0p6

In the 1960s, when the restaurant Canton Village was in trouble, a team of investors — including ‘Time’ magazine staffers and Sidney Lumet — came to the rescue. trib.al/nCJzUO8

‘We’ll get every kind of root beer and then blindfold my kid,’ says Bikini Kill front woman Kathleen Hanna, who is enjoying some R&R in this week’s Grub Street Diet. trib.al/9aqXMX3

'The success of Flamingo East as a club sucked the air out of the restaurant, which served as a waiting room for the likes of Kate Moss (she only ordered a glass of ice water) and Marc Jacobs...' christopher bollen on being a 23 yo waiter Grub Street @nymag

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At Flamingo East, a 2000s-era East Village icon, Verizon’s ‘can you hear me now?’ guy waited tables while Kate Moss ordered the ice water. trib.al/Rd9Mcc0

‘People love to complain about the dining halls, but they usually kill it,’ says Avantika, who plays Karen in the ‘Mean Girls’ reboot, and who is balancing her freshman year at Columbia with Fashion Week fittings, auditions, and ‘SNL’ after-parties. trib.al/nWjHv5w

Every new bar and restaurant offers a signature martini these days — but even if they adopt the name, they bear little resemblance to the classic recipe. These are the 10 best ‘alt-inis’ in NYC. trib.al/sAP8zI3

Crunchy, crispy, tender, long-simmered carnitas are to the Chipotle stuff as wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas are to Domino’s. trib.al/5kaY1zi

Who makes the best flour tortillas in New York? Our Underground Gourmet columnist ranks her favorites, both new and old. trib.al/lx0kkqx

NYC chef Ignacio Mattos is no longer involved with Nine Orchard, the downtown hotel where he opened Corner Bar and Swan Room. trib.al/qHEmbnj