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Eleven Madison Park's Daniel Humm is launching Riff, his “elevated” take on boxed mac and cheese, which, according to the Wall Street Journal, is a $2.3 billion industry. The packaging evokes Andy Warhol’s Brillo Boxes. caper.media/p/daniel-humm-…

Kebabwala, Unapologetic Foods’ house of beef bihari, has left the struggling Time Out Market Union Square.

The couple behind the West Village French restaurant Le Chêne, Ronan Duchêne Le May and Alexia Duchêne, are opening a members club a block away with a private underground wine cave.

Permits have been approved for work on Alison Roman’s Brooklyn Heights location of her Upstate market First Bloom. How much is the reno?

Every new hotel restaurant tells the same story: We don’t just want to be for the guests. But it's tough in a restaurant town like New York. The PUBLIC Hotel on the Lower East Side is the latest to try, with a new spot in the works from Gjelina alums. caper.media/p/gjelina-jake…

20 years ago, David Kamp’s cult food book “The United States of Arugula” argued that food deserved a seat at America’s cultural table. Now it’s hard to remember a time when it didn’t have one. Read his reflections: caper.media/p/united-state…

More Bushwick-esque dive bars have been opening up in Hackney, a trend that seems to be part of London’s obsession with hyper-regional American food and drink culture. caper.media/p/new-york-bus…

From secret tasting menus to maximalist playgrounds to investment checks, the Bay Area’s restaurant scene is being remade by tech’s newest nobility as AI booms. How will this new chapter of tech-meets-hospitality play out? caper.media/p/ai-money-hos…

Doris Hồ-Kane is crowdfunding for her Vietnamese American bakery Bạn Bè’s Cobble Hill expansion, after turning down investors who wanted to put her on chain store shelves. caper.media/p/ban-be-baker…

Matt Stone and Trey Parker sank more than $40 million of their South Park fortune into resurrecting Colorado’s most beloved, most unhinged restaurant slash dinner theater, Casa Bonita. caper.media/p/casa-bonita-…

Keith McNally helped build New York’s downtown dining scene. Now, Keith’s son George is opening his first restaurant blocks from where it all began. Dana Brown reports from friends & family night at Faux. caper.media/p/george-mcnal…

New York's ice cream scene has entered its maximalist era. Slews of shops like Caffè Panna are offering decked out, Instagram-friendly soft serve collabs with restaurants, bakeries, and companies like Levain and Jamie’s Farm. caper.media/p/ice-cream-fr…

Windows on the World was a feat of a restaurant that the world had never seen anything like before. A new documentary revisits the legendary restaurant atop the World Trade Center, ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11. caper.media/p/windows-on-t…

MoMA PS1’s long-empty cafe space is getting new life this fall, with chef DeVonn Charles Francis bringing his French-Caribbean cooking to Long Island City. Read the inside story on how DeVonn Charles Francis landed the restaurant at MoMA PS1. caper.media/p/moma-ps1-new…

Chris Crowley pays chef Vitor Goularte Mendes a visit as he gears up to open his first restaurant, Iara, which is “inspired by the Amazon.” caper.media/p/vitor-goular…

The Hamptons sell a fantasy, but the food tells a different story, and it leads Caper Chef in Residence Ryan Bartlow right back to the city. Read his full dispatch, and subscribe for the monthly Chef in Residence column at caper.media. caper.media/p/ryan-bartlow…

As Chicago’s contract with the James Beard Awards winds down, cities are quietly weighing whether the "Oscars of Food" are worth a hefty entry price. Hint: It's in the millions. caper.media/p/new-james-be…

Pop-ups were once just scrappy, DIY endeavors. Now, restaurateurs are being funded by corporate sponsors like Resy, OpenTable, JPMorgan Chase, and American Express to put on events in a more formalized, regular way. caper.media/p/restaurant-p…

Junho Choi, founder of studio Two Point Zero, has cornered the market on designing hot Korean restaurants in New York (Good Time Country Buffet, Kisa, and numerous Hand Hospitality restaurants) but rarely is he the center of attention. caper.media/p/junho-choi-t…

Dorsia was a joke about status and unattainability in American Psycho. 35 years later, it’s a members-only app that gatekeeps tables the old-fashioned way: Money. caper.media/p/dorsia-found…