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Chef John DeLucie has turned up the heat at a new kitchen — with a different mindset and a changed perspective – nearly a decade after his restaurant empire went up in flames. DeLucie, who rose to fame at…

Forget free rent. How about free food? A Manhattan landlord is is asking an admittedly steep $20,000 a month to rent a three-bedroom apartment in Midtown — but meanwhile dangling a $20,000 monthly food…

The spirit of Lynyrd Skynyrd lives – in a new whiskey called Hell House, named for the “nasty little shack” where “Free Bird,” “Sweet Home Alabama” and the band’s other rock classics were forged. The…

A celebrity-magnet resort in the Hamptons is the latest high-profile property looking to cash in on the East End’s tight hotel market, Side Dish has learned. The Capri Hotel and Restaurant in Southampton —…

Celebrated chef Kwame Onwuachi will join a star-studded roster chosen to serve hungry tennis fans at the US Open this summer, Side Dish can reveal exclusively. Onwuachi, the Long Island born, Bronx-raised…

A trendy Lower East Side restaurant has been forced to shut down altogether after the city tore down its outdoor dining structure and garden — and its owner is planning to sue for property…

The tables have turned at New York City restaurants since the layoffs and furloughs of the COVID lockdowns — with bosses giving in to demands from prospective staffers that were previously…

Big Apple restaurants are cutting back their hours as they grapple with rampant crime and a chronic shortage of workers, industry insiders tell Side Dish.  Last month, top chef Jean-Georges…

Big Apple restaurants are gearing up for a smashing holiday season — not up to pre-pandemic numbers, but enough to keep their spirits, and bank accounts, up. Restaurant bookings have soared…

Fresh from his smash success opening a sublime rooftop bar on the 50th floor of the Ritz-Carlton Nomad, the world’s top Michelin-starred, humanitarian chef is opening his most elevated…