There’s yet another piece of entertainment currently in the works about late culinary figure Anthony Bourdain — and, this time, the Hollywood production is looking to involve Massachusetts restaurant workers in the project. According to Boston.com, Tony, an upcoming biopic about Bourdain’s early years spent working in restaurants in Provincetown — including local icon the…
Less than a few miles east of Montebello’s popular BLVD MRKT is a new food hall home to 15 food vendors plus a full bar. With similar concepts in San Juan Capistrano (Rodeo River Street) and a second one that’s Disneyland-adjacent (Rodeo 39), Rodeo 72 Public Market debuted on Saturday, May 3, in an expansive…
Following its closure on April 30, Genesis Steakhouse and Wine Bar will be resurrected as Exodus Bar and Grill. Owner Jason Goldstein, who will continue to run the new restaurant, tells CultureMap Houston that Exodus will not be kosher, unlike Genesis, which was certified kosher from its opening in 2014 until it lost that certification…
The stars braved the rain last night for the annual Met Gala — the hottest ticket in town held on the first Monday in May inside the famed Metropolitan Museum of Art. As a parade of A-listers sauntered up the paparazzi-packed staircase for all the world to see, a lavish dinner prepared by James Beard…
At his business, Tides Seafood Market and Provision, chef and co-owner Jon Walker works with local vendors to sell the freshest products possible in Safety Harbor, Florida. Behind the stone crab-filled seafood case, he’s turning top-quality seafood, grass-fed beef, and Florida grown vegetables into “damn delicious” dishes in the market’s kitchen. “Having that market-first mentality…
New allegations against former Turkey Leg Hut owner Lynn Price were released on Thursday, May 1, when an FBI agent testifying against Price in a bond hearing said that the agency collected evidence that the restaurant was used to store and sell large quantities of marijuana from out of state, reports the Houston Chronicle. This…
I’m pretty damn picky about the deals I add to cart these days. If I am treating myself to a little something from the sale section of my favorite home decor store, it really has to earn the precious counter (or cabinet) space it will take up in my small Brooklyn apartment; for an excellent…
In the Top Chef episode “Pickle Me This,” which aired on April 17, host Kristen Kish, in power clashing greens, announces that two teams of chefs must go head to head in creating an all-pickle dinner. The five-course meal was to feature different kinds of pickles in every course — not kimchi or achar necessarily,…
A version of this post originally appeared on April 30, 2025, in Eater and Punch’s newsletter Pre Shift, a biweekly newsletter for the industry pro that sources first-person accounts from the bar and restaurant world. This send is the first of a four-part series on restaurant growth, presented by Square. Organize all your orders —…
A few years ago, an Anishinaabe elder named Lucy was showing me the corn she grew in a small plot of land in Southwest Detroit. She pointed out an ear of corn peppered with swollen, irregular grey-purple growths and said she wasn’t sure what it was and why it happened. With excitement, I told her…
