The people, places and plates that make restaurants pulse
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My New York Tastes Like This Pt 2
A year ago this week, I pressed publish on the first Rare Medium article.
When people ask what the newsletter is about, the easiest answer is restaurants. That’s true, but it’s a response that feels like it only tells half of the truth.
O...
Two Bar Seats, Please
It was one of those sticky June nights where even the thought of sitting outside felt exhausting.
We almost took a table in El Pingüino’s ivy-covered back garden, but the air wasn’t moving and there were plenty of open seats at the bar. It...
How a Neighborhood Becomes Yours
This week, New York has been completely, beautifully out of its mind. The city is vibrating at a frequency you spend years or even a lifetime hoping to catch.
It’s easy to say this is about basketball. In some ways, of course it is. But wh...
The Rise of the Micro-Bakery
In my memory of New York in the late 2000s and early 2010s, bakery culture still felt much more tied to neighborhoods and classic institutions than internet virality. Places like Balthazar Bakery, Levain, and Momofuku Milk Bar already had d...
The First Warm Days in New York
The first warm days in New York have always felt the same to me. As a kid, it was the shock of cold sprinkler water on hot concrete at the playground, running through it fully clothed until my socks squished inside my sneakers. It was learn...
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New York born and raised writer covering the people, places and plates that make restaurants pulse.
Investor at Torch Capital. Writer of Miscellaneous Good, a travel archive for the culturally curious.
Restaurateur and founder of A LA MODE Co. I build restaurants, shape brands, and spend a lot of time thinking about how people eat, gather, and experience food.
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