A weekly roundup of new restaurant and shop openings, markets, workshops and events across New York City, written with a design-forward eye. Paid subscribers also get travel guides such as one for Prague, plus extra content and a weekly Q&A.
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Veteran critic Robert Sietsema writes about New York City restaurants, focusing on inexpensive eats, neighborhood food walks, and dish histories. Readers get specific recommendations, dish descriptions, and cultural context drawn from decades of reporting.
Vital City publishes policy-focused essays on New York City's urban challenges, including public safety, mental health, and infrastructure. Readers get argued, evidence-backed commentary from practitioners and experts, with some personal essays and book reviews.
Hell Gate is a worker-owned, subscriber-funded New York City news outlet offering local reporting, court coverage and opinionated columns with wit. Readers get sharp, personality-driven accounts of city politics and culture alongside essayistic commentary on everyday social habits.
A New York cartoonist shares weekly free cartoons, hand-drawn stories and personal essays about life as a comedian and cartoonist in NYC. Issues mix sharp satirical commentary on current events with diary-style accounts of road comedy and film reviews.
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