Morgan Carter

It doesn’t get more heavenly than Hawaii, but if you’re planning a vacation to these dreamy Pacific islands, then finding the right place to stay is all the more important—we can’t have your time in paradise go to waste, after all. So, whether you’re after an off-grid grotto to immerse yourself in nature or are craving a restorative break at a gleaming beachfront property, our freshly-curated list of the best hotels in Hawaii, which includes brand new reviews of Kona Village and Ko’a Kea Resort, has you covered.  Which area is best to stay in Hawaii? If you’re visiting Hawaii for the first time, we’d recommend staying in Waikiki or Oahu to have as many activities as possible on your doorstep. The Kohala Coast is a little more luxe, and Kauai is primed for those leaning more towards adventure than relaxation.  Hawaii’s best hotels at a glance: 💎Most luxurious: Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort 👛Best budget: Hotel Moloka’i 🏊‍♀️Best swimming pool: Wailea Beach Resort 🧖🏽‍♀️Best spa: Ko’a Kea Resort on Po’ipu Beach 🤩Most iconic: The Ritz-Carlton O’ahu, Turtle Bay 📍 Discover our ultimate guide to the best things to do in Hawaii How we curate our hotel lists Our team of writers and travel experts review hotels all over the world—new openings, old classics and everything in between—to bring you fresh, honest recommendations, all year round. We have reviewed many of the hotels featured below, but we may not have stayed at every single one. Any we haven’t stayed in have been sel

Every drink seems ideal when you're at the perfect bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, rooftops send you soaring toward the clouds and cocktail destinations shake and stir myriad ingredients into ideally calibrated glassware—leaps above what you try to craft at home. The options are unending, the ice is nicer and you aren’t just drinking, you’re at the spot.  Whether you're dabbling in low-ABV libations, making your way through dedicated martini menus or collecting passwords for pseudo speakeasies, there is an ideal location for every taste, tolerance and occasion. Find them among the best bars in NYC right now. Best NYC bars at a glance: For a taste of old New York - The Dead Rabbit - One of New York's best cocktail bars continues to serve up the smoothest pours of Guinness and one of the best Irish Coffees, period. (Financial District) For a boozin' and a bite: Bar Snack - Excellently fun cocktails with snacks like pickled dusted cheese curds and spice bags (Chelsea) For a late-night croon and swoon: Saint Tuesday - A well-hidden bar found several flights underneath the Walker Hotel Tribeca (Tribeca) For Korean snacks, sips n' such: Sunn's – Sunny Lee's banchan-based bar is a welcome find in Chinatown for natty wines and close quarters. (Chinatown) For tiki anytime of year: Sunken Harbor Club - The speakeasy above Gage & Tollner didn't stay secret for long. And how could it? Their range of tiki cocktails makes for some seriously boozy nights. (Downtown Brooklyn) Updated A

Choosing a favorite restaurant in New York City is a joyful task with myriad possibilities depending on the occasion, mood and even the time of year. Your favorite dive, fine dining destination and neighborhood favorite might all occupy top spots on your personal best list in spite of their disparate qualities.  Our list of NYC’s 45 best restaurants is the same, spanning each of those categories and more to comprise a catalog of all the places we wish we were at right now. They don’t have to be the newest or the most recently reviewed, just places that we’ve been to and want to return to again and again, and that we think that you will, too.  Best NYC restaurants at a glance: For an excellent slice: L'Industrie - The New York slice shop that made us fall in love with Burrata slices, now has a new locale in Little Italy (Little Italy, West Village and Williamsburg) For a spin on a classic diner: Thai Diner – Even six years later, crowds line up for Thai tea babka, French toast, and disco fries from this Thai diner. (NoMad) For killer tacos: Carnitas Ramirez – The taqueria is home to nose-to-tail pork cookery, just in taco form, and it all goes down in a laid-back setting (Lower East Side) For a classic steak: The Dynamo Room - The throwback steakhouse offers prime cuts of steaks and classic cocktails right off of Madison Square Garden (Penn Station) Updated August 2026: How do we only have four months left of the year? Before I get too sad at the prospect (or the fact

Growing up, a shelf-stable sandwich was a constant cast member in my brown bag lunch, from the reliable turkey with a squirt of mustard to the simple yet satisfying peanut butter and jelly variety, all of which was prepared by my loving mother. But as I've grown, so has my imagination as to what I can slide between two halves of bread.  The mighty sandwich is really a vehicle for all. Carnivorous appetites call for hunks of brisket and barbecue to pastrami-stacked creations. Yet sandwiches sprouting with veggies and vegetarian-forward ingredients can be just as satisfying, if not more. And no matter what, a sandwich beats a sad desk salad, any day. When the hankering calls for a carb-laden lunch (or breakfast or dinner, we don't care), thumb through this list and discover your new favorite sub. August 2026: Post a sandwich-filled July, carb loading ain't got nothing on me. I spent a good part of the past month with a sandwich in hand (or really both, there are some big ones out there), plied with curls of cured meats and cheeses to saucy pulled pork creations. As a result, we added a slew of sandwiches, including an incredibly excellent bánh mì from Bánh Anh Em, the Philly cheesesteak from Danny & Coop's, and Thai Diner's fun spin on the former, Filipino flavors on bread at Sanwits, a Cantonese-duck-filled bun from The Sandwich Board, a solid muffaletta from Strange Delight and a mortadella mountain at Anthony's Paninoteca. We removed Chela & Garnacha as they closed after 1

The only places that offer even better views than New York City’s best waterfront restaurants are our water-top restaurants: yes, we're talking about those scenic boat bars and floating eateries that give off that breezy yachting lifestyle—but without the high price and pesky barnacles that stow away on an actual watercraft. Mostly only open seasonally, they’re peak spring and summer destinations with the warm-weather menus to match, all with a side of real-deal seafaring. So ahoy! New York's best boat bars will rise the tide for all your going-out plans this season.  RECOMMENDED: The 15 best outdoor bars in NYC Updated July 2026: So far, we've had a good spell on the water this summer, slurping up oysters and cheering on sailing races in the Hudson. And we've done it without spending our entire salary. This season we set sail for the Honorable William Wall and Grand Banks, and updated our entries for both. We also added a new vessel to our fleet of best boat bars, the newly docked ship in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Fireboat. 

We love ice cream in any form—and every season. Though we’ll happily partake in a sweet cone even in the glacial New York winter, ice cream—like music festivals, park-set picnics and outdoor dining—is a joyful, delicious harbinger of warmer weather. Just try to be grumpy with a great big ice cream cone on a sunny day—it's physically impossible. New York City has an abundance of options for when you can’t catch the Mister Softee truck, from old-school scoops to newfangled soft serve. These are our favorite ice cream shops in NYC—including the classic, offbeat, unique and traditional frozen offerings this season. Updated July 2026: This summer, we added Albero Dei Gelati and L’Industrie, both serving up some of the city’s best gelato, the nostalgic newcomer Julia Jean’s and The Screen Door, whose “flurry sundaes” with a base of blended soft serve, marshmallow fluff and mix-ins put it over the top.  How we curate and review at Time Out.

Trends come and go, whether they illustrate a seemingly organic zeitgeist like 2022's influx of speakeasy-style bars, or they’re the product of a carefully orchestrated marketing campaign like the Aperol spritz blitz of 2018. Summer is particularly conducive to the form: A season that somehow feels more ephemeral than the others, making abstract promises of love and holidays, all hazy with the patina of heat.  But while some food-and-drink fads have exited as swiftly as they arrived, the frozen cocktail remains an enduring favorite. It's the ideal icy canvas to spin anything into, with unending possibilities limited only by the imagination. Deliciously, new frozens have joined our old favorites all over town. And, while the occasional zag to something shiny and new can be cute, frozens are the drink of forever summer in NYC—and here are our favorites. RECOMMENDED: The best bars in NYC right now Updated July 2026: We've certainly had a stretch of heatwaves across NYC as of late (coupled with a tornado warning, because why not). However, we've found the best way to combat that bead of sweat running down your back is with a good ol' fashioned frozen drink. New to the list are actual newcomers themselves, as Williamsburg's Kinda Nice and Dumbo's Titán have been added. We also added Brooklyn Crab's rotating frozen, the Tabasco-tinged drink at Bar Snack and the boozy milkshake at Frita Batido. And we couldn't forget the viral soft-serve margarita, only served at Colima Taqueria. W

New York City Restaurant Week’s summer edition is back! More than 600 restaurants are offering special pre-fixe menus citywide from July 20 to August 16. This year’s price points are $30, $45 and $60 for brunch, lunch and dinner menus, available on the days of each venue’s choosing. With so many sensational spots and so little time to taste them all, it can be hard to narrow the field. Luckily, we've thumbed through the list and highlighted the top options to snag that reservation. Check out the best places to visit and everything to order during NYC Restaurant Week this summer. Updated July 2026: Every season, we do the due diligence of thumbing through the entire list (yes, seriously) of Restaurant Week deals, sorting out the best tables to book. For the moment, we removed Brass & Tusk Bar, Cha Cha Tang, Four Twenty Five, Kru and Le B. since their menus aren't live yet. In their place, we added a whole slew of talent, including Atoboy, Coqadoq, Francie, Kubeh, La Marchande, Le Rock, and La Tete d'Or. 

The average American eats about eight slices of pizza a month. That's a lot of cheesy goodness, and while chain restaurants account for plenty of those orders, the nation's finest pies are found at independent pizzerias from coast to coast. From classic hole-in-the-walls to trendy dining rooms, America's pizza scene is as diverse as the country itself. The iconic New York slice, with its deeply satisfying foldable crust, is a quintessential benchmark, but Chicago's deep-dish decadence and vegetable-forward West Coast pies deserve just as much attention. And don’t forget Detroit’s square pan style or New Haven’s coal-fired, thin-crust slices—the list goes on. No matter your preference, one thing is clear: Great pizza is everywhere; you just have to know where to look. We’re here to point you in the right direction with our guide to the best pizzas in America to try right now.

Cada año elaboramos una clasificación definitiva de las mejores ciudades del mundo para comer y beber. El objetivo es rendir homenaje a los chefs, los fogones y los puestos de comida callejera que alimentan a la ciudad, uniendo a locales y visitantes para saborear uno de los mayores placeres de la vida: una comida excelente. ¿Y cómo se decide la lista? Este año, el ranking de las Mejores Ciudades para Comer de Time Out se ha creado a partir de una encuesta a más de 24.000 residentes de todo el mundo. Les pedimos que valoraran la calidad general de la escena gastronómica de su lugar de residencia, el precio de salir a cenar y los puntos gastronómicos en los que creen que destaca su ciudad. A continuación, combinamos esas miles de respuestas con el criterio del panel de expertos culinarios de Time Out (editores y críticos gastronómicos de toda nuestra red), quienes votaron por las ciudades que consideran los destinos gastronómicos más estimulantes del planeta en este momento. Para garantizar que la lista refleje fielmente las capitales culinarias globales, solo la ciudad con la puntuación más alta de cada país logró entrar en el Top 20 definitivo. Como demuestra nuestra selección, vivimos un momento divertidísimo para salir a comer por la ciudad. Restaurantes desde Lisboa hasta Lima están sirviendo algunos de los platos más sorprendentes, atrevidos y francamente deliciosos que se puedan encontrar. ¿Qué hay en el menú? Polos de crema de mandarina en Nueva York, fideos de espina

Cada any elaborem una classificació de les millors ciutats del món per menjar i beure. L'objectiu és retre homenatge als xefs, els fogons i les parades de menjar de carrer que alimenten la ciutat. I com es decideix la llista? Enguany, el rànquing de les Millors Ciutats per Menjar de Time Out s'ha creat a partir d'una enquesta a més de 24.000 residents de tot el món. Els vam demanar que valoressin la qualitat general de l'escena gastronòmica del seu lloc de residència, el preu de sortir a sopar i els punts gastronòmics en els quals creuen que destaca la seva ciutat. A continuació, vam combinar aquestes milers de respostes amb el criteri del panell d'experts culinaris de Time Out (editors i crítics gastronòmics de tota la nostra xarxa), que van votar per les ciutats que consideren els destins gastronòmics més estimulants del planeta en aquest moment. Per garantir que la llista reflecteixi fidelment les capitals culinàries globals, només la ciutat amb la puntuació més alta de cada país va aconseguir entrar al Top 20 definitiu. Com demostra la nostra selecció, vivim un moment divertidíssim per sortir a menjar per la ciutat. Restaurants des de Lisboa fins a Lima estan servint alguns dels plats més sorprenents, atrevits i francament deliciosos que es puguin trobar. Què hi ha al menú? Polos de crema de mandarina a Nova York, fideus d'espina de peix a Copenhague i un sofisticat phở a Ciutat Ho Chi Minh. Hi ha alta cuina a Melbourne i fun dining (alta cuina divertida) a Ciutat del Cap

Sure, ‘sexy’ is completely subjective, but it’s hard to ignore the sultry appeal of the sumptuous bedding, moody lighting, and luxurious amenities on offer at New York’s most seductive hotels. From intimate rooftop bars with Manhattan views to freestanding bathtubs and private members lounges, there’s plenty on offer to transform your city break into one hell of a naughty vacation. After all, a weekend away is meant to be exciting, right? Scroll on for our top picks of New York City’s sexist hotels. Which area is best to stay in New York? Our guide to all the best places to stay in New York contains a pretty detailed breakdown of which neighborhood will be the best fit for you, but if you’re after a spot primed with cool bars, impressive views, and general sexy vibes, opt for the Meatpacking District or NoMad.  New York’s sexiest hotels at a glance: 🏙️ Best views: Times Square Edition 👛 Best value for money: Royalton New York 🍸 Best place to party: The Standard, High Line 💞 Best for a whirlwind romance: The Ned, NoMad 📍 Discover our ultimate guide to the best hotels in New York How we curate our hotel lists Our team of writers and travel experts review hotels all over the world—new openings, old classics and everything in between—to bring you fresh, honest recommendations, all year round. We have reviewed many of the hotels featured below, but we may not have stayed at every single one. Any we haven’t stayed in have been selected by experts based on their amenities,

When it comes to helping the community, Natasha Pickowicz contributes in the best way she knows how: by hosting a bake sale. Since 2016, the four-time James Beard Award finalist and cookbook author has been throwing community-minded bake sales, raising over $200,000 for local nonprofits and organizations. This Labor Day weekend, Pickowicz and friends are back with another bake sale that powers the people through pastries.  On September 3, Our Little Bake Sale is coming to Little Island. Over 20 different bakeries, restaurants and standalone bakers will come together to sell one-of-a-kind pastries for a good cause. This year's lineup includes goodies from Bar Susanne, Dean's, Ho Foods and Sofreh. Proceeds from the bake sale will benefit Make the Road New York, a Queens-based non-profit that provides legal, education and health services to immigrant and working-class communities across NYC. Admission to the bake sale is free, but vouchers for treats are $10. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday, August 26. Keep an eye on Pickowicz's Instagram when they drop. 

Baseball, beach and brunch? Bring it on!  On select Sunday games, the Brooklyn Cyclones host a boozy brunch that's guaranteed to be a home run. The rooftop offers prime views of the game below, plus all the fanfare of the amusement park and the beaches of Coney Island. Come early for the first pickings of rotating brunch bites, including sausage and eggs, muffins and bagels, and, naturally, hot dogs. The bar doles out unlimited boozin' too, with mimosas, bellinis (with the option to add a drunken peach slice), beers and canned cocktails. With a mix of stadium seats, couches and even an indoor suite, there are plenty of ways to watch on the roof. Brunch service starts at 1:30pm, with a game starting at 2pm. Unlimited food and drinks cease at 3:30pm. Tickets for April, May and September games are $65; $55 for designated drivers or those who are under 21. Tickets for June, July, August and premium dates are $79; $72 for designated drivers or those under 21. Learn more here. 

Summer isn’t over until we say it is. Founded by Natasha “Tosh NYC” Nuñez and Rich Godd, the Industry Mixer NYC follows the mantra: Where Energy Meets Opportunity. The creative meet-up is inviting entrepreneurs, DJs and tastemakers for one final summer bash. Held on Time Out Market's fifth-floor rooftop in Brooklyn, the rooftop party will be soundtracked by some amazing DJs, with an all star lineup including Super Star Boogie, DJ Trey Nice, Andres Nikolas and DJ LP. Local artist UnCutArt will also present Protect Yo(Art): The Infamous Love Wall, inviting attendees to become a part of the live, interactive experience. VIP bottle packages are available with cocktails and drinks from D’USSÉ and Patrón. The rooftop party will be held on Friday, September 4 from 7pm to 1am. The event is free to attend, with tables and bottle service starting at $107. RSVP here. 

Chef Nino Chiokadze's culinary mission is simple: Georgianize the neighborhood. And she has done exactly that at Chama Mama, stamping stretched dough in a specially built toné oven and sharing the cuisine's richness through fresh vegetables and kebabs, paired with plenty of Georgian wine. The restaurant's latest locale in Bushwick explores the cuisine even further, with more focus on its excellent bread.   More bread, you say? The front room off Harrison Place is Let's Chama, a 14-seat bakery that balances old-world charm with something new. Here, pomegranate, cardamom, and molasses weave into laminated buns, fresh raspberry tarts are flecked with sumac, and khachapuri gets miniaturized into a morning cheese bite. Coffee is also infused with a little Georgia, too—think fig-vanilla and cinnamon-walnut lattes (we recommend pairing the latter with the cigarette cookie for even more nutty notes). Later in the day, transition to the spacious main dining room for a brunch that should start with the tour of minced veggie spreads known as pkhali, jammy eggs cooked over a tomato-heavy, spiced ajapsandali stew and beef and pork kebabs wrapped warmly in lavash. Come back for dinner and put the roaring oven to use with an order of the classic khachapuri paired with a glass of one of its many Georgian wines.

Flex your creative muscles at this interactive, free outdoor painting session. On August 16, Time Out Market New York's terrace in Union Square will host Plein Air Painting Night, aka an outdoor painting session. Need a little inspiration? All you will have to do is look up at the stunning mural on the patio by artist Bianca Romero. The Brooklyn-based artist will be onsite during the session, ready to answer questions about her latest work. Once the creative juices are flowing, participants can pick up a paint kit and get to making. To keep things flowing, the bar will offer $10 cocktails and a special combo meal during the two-hour session. Participate in a survey onsite to be entered to win a $250 gift card from Merrell, an outdoor footwear company. The paint and sip is a continuation of our month-long partnership with Merrell that invites guests to experience New York through art, community, food and outdoor culture. The free painting session runs from 6-pm on August 16. The event is free to attend; RSVP here.

Chicago’s Home Insurance Building, a 10-story marvel constructed in 1885—where additional floors were added later to bring it to a total of 14—once housed the Chicago branch of the New York Life Insurance Company. The Kimpton saved the building from certain destruction, and now the historically recognized landmark in Chicago serves as the Kimpton Gray Hotel. Blending something old with a whole lotta something new, it’s a stay which pleases with Art Deco touches and 293 rooms fit for modern-day executives.  What are the rooms like at the Kimpton Gray Hotel? Remnants of the hotel’s buttoned-up past are still alive and well. Enter on LaSalle Street, and you’ll be greeted with a cavernous ground floor, replete with Georgia Gray marble and two grand staircases. That is, if the entryway is open. The doors were closed on my visit, leading to a more standard and less exciting welcome on Monroe Street. But wandering around to see it is always welcome.  The second floor houses further historical features, as eight gilded elevators stretch the length of the hallway, once made to shuttle suited-up types to their respective floors. Now tourists and those who look to get away can enjoy the same efficiency, as I never waited more than a few seconds before an elevator slid open, ready to carry me to my room.  Much of the grandness is reserved for the bottom floors, as the one-bedroom suite living area that I stayed in functioned more minimalist and modern, with a long gray sectional, black a

If you spend enough time on #FoodTok, you’ve probably come across Jack Goldburg (@jacksdiningroom). Immediately recognizable by his 'Yes Chef' hat, Goldburg tours around the city (and the world) scouting for the best eats, from noteworthy burgers to solid slices of 'za. This September, Goldburg is bringing together some of his favorite bites for a two-day feasting event.  On September 26 and 27, Yes Chef Food Fest will be returning to NYC, this time landing in Queens. Taking over the parking lots at Citi Field, the festival will bring together over 35 restaurants curated by Goldburg for a two-day celebration of eats, libations and live music. For just a taste of who will be in attendance, expect Dominican 'cue from Bark Barbecue, excellent slices of pizza from Mama's Too, bureka from Buba Bureka and wagyu smash burgers from NADC Burger.  Throughout the fest, guests can also nosh on free eats including freshly shucked oysters, caviar bumps from Dear Caviar and traditional asada from Mexican steakhouse Cuerno. Attendees can also catch live demos, including the breakdown of a 300-pound bluefin tuna from Sushi by Bou and a 100-pound pig roast led by celebrity chef Aaron May. New this year is the festival’s VIP experience: Yes Chef Reserve. VIP goers can experience live binchotan grilling from David Shim and Simon Kim of COTE, an immersive caviar lagoon from chef Michael Mina and a micro-omakase from chef Phillip Frankland Lee. Splurge on an unlimited premium open bar featuring cu

Sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses. Do so at this calming happy hour pop-up. On August 12, Time Out Market New York, Union Square, is hosting a DIY Bouquet Bar. Guests can take to the Market's outdoor terrace to create custom bouquets using seasonal blooms. Alongside a DJ to keep the good times rolling, the bar will be offering $10 cocktails including the Aperol-forward The Golden Hour and the City Oasis with tequila and mezcal, plus mango puree, lime and a Tajín rim. Participate in a survey onsite to be entered to win a $250 gift card from Merrell, an outdoor footwear company. The DIY bouquet bar is a continuation of our month-long partnership with Merrell that invites guests to experience New York through art, community, food and outdoor culture. The event is free to attend; RSVP here. 

We can't believe that the end of the summer is here. But instead of being sad, we say let's send off the season with a bang.  Celebrate the Labor Day weekend with a rooftop party at Brooklyn's Time Out Market New York. Catch the festivities on our fifth-floor rooftop terrace, complete with sweeping views of the East River and Manhattan skyline. All weekend long, enjoy your pick of delicious eats such as burgers from Smashed NYC, Jacob’s Pickles’ fried chicken and mac & cheese, Dominican BBQ from Bark Barbecue and other great bites from the best of New York. Wash it all down with drink specials from Patron, Grey Goose and Jack Daniel's. Of course, there will be live entertainment all weekend from DJ Fatfingaz of The Heavy Hitters. All in all, this will be the perfect way to celebrate the holiday (and have someone else do the cooking). The event is free to attend and seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests are welcome to reserve tables on Saturday night. RSVP here. 

The force behind Restaurante Manu in Curitiba, Brazil, and the nonprofit Instituto Manu Buffara is chef Manoella "Manu" Buffara Ramos. The acclaimed chef has earned countless accolades throughout her career, including being named Latin America's Best Female Chef by the World's 50 Best in 2022. And this month, you can catch her in New York. This August, chef Manu collaborates with The Standard Grill on two intimate dinners, taking place August 13 and 14. Continuing her sustainability and seasonality ethos, her dishes will also draw upon "memories of the city's streets, reinterpreted through Brazilian ingredients, techniques, and flavors." A preview of the meal includes her classic brioche bread and butter, known as "Manu Bread," and mains that range from wagyu and pork to chibé, an Amazonian dish made with cassava flour.Catch chef Manu for two ticketed dinners on August 13 and August 14, starting at 7pm. The dinners are priced at $85 per person. Can't make the date? A selection of chef Manu's dishes will remain on the menu until the end of the month for an extended taste of Brazil. 

The highest outdoor observation deck in the Western Hemisphere? That title belongs to The Edge, soaring 100 floors up. One floor up is Peak with Priceless, where you can pair your views with a meal. The name may sound familiar, as the soaring restaurant was previously known as just Peak before TAO took over and Mastercard became a sponsor. Following a year-long renovation, Peak 2.0 serves as a sleek supporting character to the 360 views that surround it, becoming particularly sultry at night with a palette of deep blues and greys and structural light fixtures seemingly pulled from the Art Deco era. There's a prime row of tables and chairs that nose up to the edge, but the set-up here affords everyone in the dining room a great view: Booths are tiered, reminiscent of a theater, making it easy for everyone to catch the show.  Along with a little facelift comes a new menu. However, much like its predecessor, dishes here stick to Americana classics, keyed in to please out-of-towners, as most of the clientele is made up of them, with thick cuts of heirloom tomatoes and basil fronds, freshly cracked lobster and oysters on icy seafood stands and baby gem lettuces that cup Wagyu and horseradish shavings. Entrees lean heavily on fish and meat, with one pasta-and-chicken dish among them, featuring black sea bass in a punchy cherry tomato vinaigrette and various cuts of steak, from prime ribeye to dry-aged. The Skyline brings a slice of New York further inside, as the pyramid-shaped haz

Blues, barbecue and booze? We may have found the best way to send off the summer.  On Saturday, August 15, Blues BBQ Festival is coming back for its 26th year. Held on Pier 76 at Hudson River Park, the longest-running free blues festival in the New York region will bring together soulful musicians, amazing BBQ chefs and family-friendly fun, all in one place.  Gathering some of the best barbecue restaurants around town, this year's lineup includes Bark Barbecue, Dickson’s, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Kimchi Smoke, Jase’s BBQ and Tikkun BBQ. Those 21 and up can keep the good times rolling with drinks courtesy of Lagunitas or Tito’s Vodka. With two stages to jam to, main stage sets include music from Bobby Rush, Sugaray Rayford, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. and The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band, Bywater Call and Howlin’ Hurd. Curated by the Jazz Foundation of America, the second stage will feature music from Radam Schwartz, Melvin Davis, Kathryn Farmer and Gregory Lewis’ Organ Monk Sings. Blues BBQ Festival is free to attend and runs from 1-9pm. For a full list of vendors, performers and events, check out the website here. 

To say Kwame Onwuachi is busy is an understatement. The James Beard Award-winning chef and TV personality has been crisscrossing the country as of late, opening concepts in Las Vegas (Maroon by Kwame Onwuachi) and Washington D.C. (Dōgon by Kwame Onwuachi), while continuing to run New York’s hottest table, Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi. Where he found the time to write another cookbook in the middle of it all, we don’t know. But he did, and his latest, “ALL HOURS: Crazy Good Food for Whatever, Whenever” is coming out on September 22. To mark his second cookbook, Onwuachi is making a show of launch day, quite literally under the stage lights at Lincoln Center  On September 22, Onwuachi is hosting All Hours with Kwame & Friends at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, presented by Resy. For one night only, the top toque will host his own late-night talk show for an evening of conversations and storytelling with a lineup of very special guests. Naturally, food will be a part of it, too, as Onwuachi will be cooking live and walking the studio audience through recipes from his upcoming book. Sure to engage the crowd further, guests can expect pours of Tanteo Tequila and will leave with a co-branded ALL HOURS x FreshDirect gift bag, filled with goodies curated by Onwuachi himself, his new cookbook included. Following the show, Onwuachi will be hosting a very special after-party just a few steps away at Tatiana with bites and beverages inspired by the book.   And this is just part of the tour.

Even though it's over 100 years old, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is still a relevant tune, sung in stadiums during the seventh inning of baseball games across the country. But we think the third line, “Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks,” is in need of an update.  Nowadays, sports stadiums have gone gourmet, feeding hungry fans with local favorites that go beyond just nachos and a hot dog (though we would never turn down either). Yelp recently analyzed hundreds of game day havens across the country—MLB, NFL, WNBA and NBA included—all in the search of the Hall of Famer when it comes to food. And New York? We came out at number one.  Queens' own Citi Field took the number one spot on Yelp’s Top 50 Stadiums for Game-Day Eats. With 27 vendors within the world-class stadium, callouts went to The Queensboro’s Kimchi Reuben with “house-cured corned beef, kimchi fennel, and Russian dressing stacked on toasted rye” and Willets Point Brewery’s 9-9-9 Challenge, where adventurous eaters have to eat nine mini Nathan’s hot dogs and nine four-ounce beers across nine innings of the game. Adding to the list of things to try, we have to give a shout to fried chicken and kimchi-laden slice at Napoli’s Pizza Co. and brisket mac and cheese at Pig Beach BBQ. Giving you good reason to climb up to the top-level, the Coca-Cola Corner's current food truck vendor is run by the Taqueria Ramirez team, where you can find suadero and pastor tacos in all their roasted, fatty and greasy glory. RECOMM

For Matt Greene, Greg Preston, and Brandon Siu, it all starts in the group chat. You see, the trio are behind Rusty Supper Club, a laid-back, dinner party-like pop-up that’s been cooking in the city since 2022. Their active thread often circles back to food, perhaps to the dismay of their respective partners who also reside in the same chat, whether it's a taco stand that sparked inspiration or one-word exclamations such as “CORN." But the trio makes good on actually getting the idea out of the chat, as the resulting corn-themed dinner led to golden-fried cannolis piped with esquites, and cinnamon fritters with scoops of basil-corn ice cream. From backyard barbecues to dinners partnered up with Airbnb, we caught up with the trusty three to speak about the start of the supper club, the very active group chat and the camaraderie that naturally blossoms.  What got each of you into the restaurant industry? Matt Greene: I grew up in London and worked on a kosher food truck at Wimbledon at 17, which was…something. I then spent summers working for this gourmet burger truck; burgers are my first love.  Greg Preston: We all grew up around the service industry; working as bartenders—even bouncers in bars—servers and [on the] lines at various restaurants, food trucks and restaurant groups after college. We all work 9-5s, but we missed the liveliness and culture of the restaurant scene.  Brandon Siu: I grew up in Hong Kong surrounded by a very lively food scene. I started working in res

Brooklyn Kura holds the title as one of the first sake breweries in New York. Acting as a sort of quiet reprieve to the literal maze that is Industry City, the taproom respects the traditions of Japan, reflective in its zen-like hall and approach to brewing, while producing sake that is all American. To mark the upcoming World Sake Day, naturally, the brewery is celebrating in style.  On October 2, Brooklyn Kura is hosting its third annual Sake Day Brooklyn. Over 50 breweries, leading importers and producers, will be in attendance, many of which will be making the journey from Japan. “Ten years ago, to taste this variety of sake, you would have had to fly to Japan,” said Timothy Sullivan, director of education at the Sake Studies Center, in a press release. “On October 2nd, it’s all in one taproom in Sunset Park—the classics from Japan next to sake brewed right here in New York. That’s exactly what Sake Day [Brooklyn] is for.” RECOMMENDED: The best cocktail bars in NYC, where craft, care and consistency rise above the noise The line-up includes selections from Hakkaisan and HEAVENSAKE, plus pours from importers such as Komé Collective and Sake Suki. New York-based sake breweries will have representation, too, as Brooklyn Kura will be sampling alongside Bushwick’s Kato Sake Works and Hyde Park's Dassai Blue. During the fest, the brewery will be home to a DJ and raffles with sake classes at the Sake Studies Center and Brooklyn Kura as prizes. Instead of journeying back through

For most of his career, chef Regi Mathew has championed the foods of his homeland of Kerala, India. At Kappa Chakka Kandhari in Chennai and Bengaluru, chef Mathew works to preserve the area’s diverse food traditions, using recipes gleaned from mothers and home cooks across the region. It's this commitment that earned the chef a designation as one of India’s top chefs in 2024. The following year, the chef decided to share his story to a larger audience, making his stateside debut with Chatti by Regi Mathew. A culmination of his three-year journey cooking across the southern state, the midtown restaurant serves as an homage to Kerala's iconic toddy shops with grilled lamb chops to clay pot fish curries. Now the chef is going a step further, bringing one of the region’s largest festivals to NYC. From August 24th to August 27th, Chatti is throwing an extravagant feast in celebration of the state’s most recognized holiday, Onam. So what is Onam? Generally falling between August and October, Onam is a ten-day festival that marks the Malayalam New Year and celebrates the harvest season in Kerala. On the final day, known as Thiruvonam, the festival culminates with a grand vegetarian feast known as Onasadhya. In Chatti’s case, the restaurant will be marking the holiday with a feast of its own, cooking up a whopping 27 dishes, all vegetarian with a few dishes that are completely vegan. All served on a banana leaf, Chatti’s multi-course feast starts with thick cuts of raw banana, fri

The U.S. Open has landed in New York, with official matches kicking off this past Monday. There are plenty of reasons to attend the Grand Slam tournament this year, from watching the finest in tennis duke it out to the sheer fact it's all going down only a train ride away from the city. Another reason? Getting a taste of the Honey Deuce. RECOMMENDED: The U.S. Open in New York 2024 guide Introduced in 2006, the Grey Goose-forward sipper is crafted with lemonade and a splash of raspberry liqueur for a darling pink hue. The spherical honeydew garnish is modeled after tennis balls, making it a fun way to trick yourself into eating the fruit. Plus, the cup itself is a keeper—literally. Etched with all the U.S. Open men’s and women’s champions since 1968, the cup is keepsake with people from far and wide just to take one home. And once you purchase a cocktail, the glass is yours to keep. Last year alone, the tournament’s famed cocktail brought in almost $10 million dollars, which is not surprising, seeing as how the cocktail came in at a whopping $22 last year, which has now been hiked up to $23.  But if making it to Queens just isn’t in the cards this year but you still want to sip something refreshing, Grey Goose has created a tracker to find the nearest honey deuce near you. All you have to do is head to the website and type in your zip code and voilá—all the Honey Deuce’s you can handle will be revealed. So go forth, wear your favorite “Challengers”-inspired fit and sip to your

Jase Franklyn has always been known as the grill guy of the group. Coming from a barbecue family, Franklyn learned the ins and outs of the trade from his mother, who would grill up pork, chicken and fish during the holidays at home in Tobago. When Franklyn moved to the States to pursue a degree in computer science, the love for grilling didn’t leave him, and he became the de facto BBQ guy for parties and birthdays. He gained a following among friends who encouraged him to start a business.  So in 2017, Franklyn officially founded Jase's BBQ, first selling barbecue out of his backyard in Brooklyn, and then from the Rockaways when he moved in 2019. His starting menu leaned into Caribbean classics: rice and peas, jerk and barbecue chicken and pig tails, served grilled and caramelized in BBQ sauce. But brisket? That wasn’t in the cards, citing that the dish was “so American.” However, when the pandemic hit, he decided it was high time to experiment, taking him on a year-long journey. “Brisket…it could be simple, but it could be technical. If you don't know anything, it's going to be technical,” says Franklyn of the dish.  During his year-long R&D, Franklyn experimented with cooking techniques, from slow cooking it in the oven to using a charcoal/wood smoker. He soon began asking his friends for tips, including a certain master of the brisket game: Ruben Santana of Bark Barbecue. Much like Santana infuses his barbecue with Dominican flavors, Franklyn did the same, mixing in a hush

Last night marked the 20th year of the celebrated Annual Spirited Awards hosted at the Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. As a way to wrap up the weeklong conference and festivities, the awards honor bar and hospitality professionals, organizations and establishments across the globe who are actively shaping the community. Bartenders, hospitality professionals and bars from all around the world were honored in the global ceremony.  New York took home three awards last night. The U.S. Bartender of the Year went to the ever-accomplished Takuma Watanabe, founder of Martiny’s (a bar that won the Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar designation in 2023), L’Americana and Midnight Blue. One of the largest awards of the night, the title of Best U.S. Cocktail Bar went to the East Village’s Bar Snack. We certainly understand the designation as the bar currently sits as our number one bar in New York, praised for its “rousing round of cocktails” with “riffs on whiskey sours with raspberry and smooth heads of Guinness, tiny tini's (cutely named, Snaquiri) and a particular frozen we'd dain to drink any time of the year.” Following in the footsteps of last year's winners, Sip & Guzzle, schmuck. carried the torch forward, winning the title of Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar. Coming in one Time Out's best bars in New York City, we are a fan of the gussied-up lounge for its highballs that “burst with tomato sweetness…and peanutty tipples that hum with a chili-oil spiked heat.”  Photograph: Rey LopezServ

The Lineup is all about showing off what the next generation of talent is capable of. Their annual pop-up dinners spotlight chefs who cook on the line at some of New York’s best restaurants, à la Lilia, Gage & Tollner and Shukette, giving them a chance to run their own kitchen for the night. So it makes sense that for their yearly pizza bash, they’d bring a similar caliber of talent to the party.   RECOMMENDED: The 20 best pizza places in NYC for simple slices and elaborate whole pies That’s right, The Lineup is bringing back The Lineup Slice Shop, presented by Resy, on August 8. Held at Williamsburg’s The Test Brewery, the party will be inviting a lineup of unexpected pizzaolos to the table, including the likes of chef McKayla Shaughnessy of Dean’s, chef Michael Patlazhan of Blue Hill at Stone Barns and chef David Ni of Cote. So what kind of pizzas can you sink your teeth into? Teasers of the menu include The Benjamin slice from chef Benjamin Gorman of Tatiana, a chili-mango paneer pie with masala-kiwi, blueberry chutney, pickled chili and onion. Meanwhile, The Stefan from chef Stefan Marr of Eyval features sprinkles of Bulgarian feta, smoked eggplant, mint oil and cured egg yolk. All are welcome to nosh, given that there will be a selection of vegetarian-friendly slices. Tickets to the party are $41 and include unlimited pizza from noon to 6pm. There will be beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages for purchase. Check out the lineup of talent below:   Participating chefs: Mi

In the past two months, I’ve racked up four visits to Governors Island alone. Which is saying a lot, as my previous count stood at only one. Of course, making the trek to Governors Island is nothing new, as over a million people a year come to the 172-acre island, finding a needed escape amongst its parks and walking paths or quietly inside the massive spa imported from the Italian motherland. But even so, several New Yorkers still have yet to take the arduous 10-minute jaunt across the water. But this summer in particular, there seems to be a hum of activity, best discovered now that the sun is out and beaming.  Photography courtesy of Theodora Beach Club| The grills at Theodora Beach Club One of the brightest lights goes to the literal fire burning on the north side of the island courtesy of Theodora Beach Club. Taking over the Taco Vista space every Friday and Saturday from now until the end of August, chef Tomer Blechman and crew do the work of digging pits and agitating fires to power a series of domed and portico grills. There they hang scores of chickens and juice strung up oranges over whole red snappers. It's exciting to watch, even more so to eat. The weekends bring a communal dining experience over freckled laffah and plates of labneh plus proteins every which way, including lamb that's been lashed with bundles of rosemary. With just a few more dates on the horizon, the Theodora Beach Club crew is inviting more friends to the fire, including Top Chef alum Lana La

Welcome to The Greenmarket Challenge. Each month, Time Out takes to the iconic Union Square Greenmarket in search of unique ingredients. We then deliver the goods to one of our talented chefs at Time Out Market New York, Union Square, who will be given one hour to create a one-of-a-kind dish. If it passes our Food and Drink Editor's taste test, the mystery dish will be served at the Market for a limited time.   We recently went back to Union Square Greenmarket with our friends at GrowNYC, searching for the season’s freshest finds. Our summer visit yielded squash blossoms from Lani’s Farms, pesto and roasted red pepper goat cheese from Lynnhaven Goat Milk Cheese and chives from Willow Wisp Organic Farms. But we weren’t just shopping. The purpose was to take our stash to Time Out Market New York, Union Square, to challenge one of our chefs to a one-hour cook-off. We also added on one wild card ingredient: horseradish jelly from Berkshire Berries.  Up for the challenge is Fredy Cetina, a chef who knows his way around the market as he mans Smashed Express and Rotisserie Haus at the Union Square outpost. He took the challenge in stride, tackling the horseradish jelly first by incorporating it into a lightly spicy aioli. After prepping the squash blossoms, chef Cetina filled them with the red pepper coat cheese and a mix of chopped chives, before coating them in a tempura mix for a gentle fry. Hit with a secret blend of spices from Smashed, Cetina finished the dish with a swipe of

We first came across Ruben Santana when he was smoking Central Texas-style cue’ out of his garage in Queens. Following a successful run of NYC’s pop-up route across Queens and Brooklyn, Santana finally found a home for his roaming barbecue business, parking it inside our very own Time Out Market in Brooklyn. His merge of Texas and Dominican style of cookery has drummed up quite the attention, as Bark was named one of the best places to get barbecue outside of Texas and his chopped chicharrón and brisket sandwich earned a rightful spot on The New York Times list of the “57 Sandwiches That Define New York City.” But Santana always envisioned a full-service restaurant to call his own. And now he has one, all 8,000 square feet of it.  Photography courtesy of Cole Saladino| Ruben Santana of Bark Barbecue Today, Bark Barbecue officially opens in Bushwick at 25 Thames Street. Seating up to 200 people indoors and another 90 on the patio, the massive, industrial-style restaurant features an illuminated and orange-tiled bar, oak paneling, communal tables and booths, and a stage. The four smokers that power the whole operation are on full display behind a glass wall.  Naturally, all of Santana’s tried and trues will be making appearances here, including his low and slow brisket, pork ribs and longaniza sausage, as well as sandwiches, including the aforementioned chicharrón sandwich and the Tres Golpes stacked with pulled pork and maduros. But with newer digs comes new menu items, and