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Tibetan, Nepali, Indian-accented, and swimming in tomato-cream sauce. By Joe DiStefano

restaurant review Nami Nori Is Cheap, Delicious, and Made for Millennials This improbable hit sushi restaurant focuses on temaki hand rolls that will slide neatly into your Instagram feed. By Adam Platt
the 2010s How This Decade Made Restaurants Better The New York food world became more thoughtful, more vibrant, and far more enjoyable. By Alan Sytsma
the 2010s The Best Meals We Ate This Decade, According to 37 Chefs Marinated crab, a genre-defining mortadella sandwich, fluffy rice grits, and more. By Nikita Richardson
enough is enough 10 Restaurant Trends We Never Want to See Again Tedious “innovations” our restaurant critic hopes to not encounter in 2020. By Adam Platt
the future What It’s Really Like to Eat a VR Dinner Feasting on light-filled pearls while flying through space. By Daniel Modlin
the dish Bumu’s Rabbit Tsukune Is a Desert-Island Meatball You dip it in carrot-BBQ sauce. By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

restaurant review Portale Is a Neighborhood Spot With Modest Ambitions and Praiseworthy Pasta It’s Alfred Portale’s eponymous second act. By Adam Platt
restaurant review Nami Nori Is Cheap, Delicious, and Made for Millennials This improbable hit sushi restaurant focuses on temaki hand rolls that will slide neatly into your Instagram feed. By Adam Platt
crawl A Food Crawl Through the Newest Russ & Daughters, Sahadi’s, and Di Palo’s How three of New York’s most iconic food shops are using new branches — and the universal appeal of the sandwich — to grow their brands. By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite
restaurant review Gotham Bar and Grill’s Modern Makeover Is Purely Culinary Trying to keep the Old Guard happy while developing a new crowd of regulars is no easy task. By Adam Platt

the grub street diet Comedian Shane Torres Chases Workouts With Popeyes “I know it’s New York and I am supposed to go eat an endive salad after, but fuck it.” By Chris Crowley
the grub street diet Hadestown Creator Anaïs Mitchell Gets Down With Fancy Jams “I was so excited to try this small-batch pear-rosemary compote.” By Chris Crowley
the grub street diet The New Pornographers’ A.C. Newman Has Always Loved ‘Hippy Cereals’ “They just taste better than the regular garbage versions.” By Chris Crowley
the grub street diet State Senator Jessica Ramos Likes Her Food Very Local “Anything Queens is always better.” By Chris Crowley