There’s plenty to look forward to this year including the debut of chef Daniel Boulud’s restaurant, Scarr’s Pizza, and a Filipinx bakery pop-up turned brick-and-mortar
Meet the Industry’s Future Leaders
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This week, we announced the 2021 class of the Eater New Guard, a group of future leaders that are making a positive change in the world of food. The people on the list chefs, restaurateurs, activists, and farmers are working towards building a better future, centered on serving their communities and supporting others.
Last spring when the pandemic hit and we paused our decade-long Young Guns program, it gave us a chance to think about how we would refresh the series in 2021 and what kind of leaders we want to highlight in a post-pandemic world. We decided to expand the mission to include up-and-comers who don’t necessarily work in restaurants but care deeply about food and their communities.
Relearning the Social Etiquette of Dining Out
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This post originally appeared on May 1, 2020 in Amanda Kludt’s newsletter “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week.
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In February, I dined in the quiet backyard of a trendy Mexican restaurant in Brooklyn with a friend I hadn’t seen in awhile. We caught up on each other’s lives, on work, on post-pandemic vacation dreams. And we gossiped. About someone in particular. At length.
Six Restaurant Openings to Watch as America Reopens
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Let’s hop right into the stories of the week: I’ve seen a lot about the efforts to vaccinate restaurant workers across the country. I love that Los Angeles is teaming up with nonprofits to focus specifically on the especially vulnerable population of street vendors. Some pretty fun openings this week, including Gatsby, an epic, Art Deco-inspired diner with desserts from my personal fave Umber Ahmad, and Donahue Lounge, an upscale cocktail bar, in D.C.; Vista, a wine bar and mezze spot on the 69th floor of a downtown skyscraper, in Los Angeles; Hinoki Sushiko, a two-floor omakase destination and Izakaya, in Chicago; and Dallas’s first Fuku. Meanwhile, here’s a look at the new Vegas outpost of Thai hit Night + Market.
Restaurant Owners Raise Awareness of Anti-Asian Violence
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This post originally appeared on April 3, 2020 in Amanda Kludt’s newsletter “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week.
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Consumption is never a cure for systemic problems. Buying a cake as a means to donate to a charity fighting for equity or against racism cannot alone solve the deep challenges we face nor can it get you off the hook for doing necessary personal work. (Related: Have you tried bystander training?)