Joshua David Stein

Food | Restaurants | Village Voice

Amid Delmonico’s Gilded Age Splendor, Diners Party Like It’s 1899

Mark Twain and company at Delmonico’s, 1905MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEWYORKA rude wind sweeps down the empty streets of the Financial District on...

By Joshua David Stein - April 6, 2018
Village Voice | Food | Restaurants

Babbo in the Bardo: Life After Mario at a Village Landmark

Babbo, where Mario Batall wowed diners as the culinary wizard of Waverly Place LIZ BARCLAY/REDUXHad I visited Babbo but a few months ago, I...

By Joshua David Stein - March 9, 2018
GQ | Salt Bae | Restaurants

A Night at the Church of Salt Bae, America's Newest Celebrity Chef

When a restaurateur-turned-meme lands in New York City, selfies abound and salt flies like confetti. But nobody is here for the food. Ye are the...

By Joshua David Stein - January 24, 2018
GQ | noma | Restaurants

Behind the Scenes at Noma Mexico

"How the sausage (er, fruit salad) gets made at chef René Redzepi's latest venture in Tulum." When one walks into the...

By Joshua David Stein - May 21, 2017
New Orleans | The National | Restaurants

Next Stop: New Orleans

It’s summer 2016, a few days after opening night at the revived Caribbean Room at the Pontchartrain Hotel in the Lower Garden District of...

By Joshua David Stein - February 11, 2017
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