Eater

Eater is a popular food and dining website that provides news, reviews, and guides to restaurants and food culture in cities across the United States and around the world. The website was founded in 2005 by Lockhart Steele and Ben Leventhal, and it is currently owned by Vox Media. The website features a wide range of content, including restaurant reviews, chef interviews, food trends, and dining guides. Eater also publishes articles on food policy, sustainability, and social justice issues related to the food industry. One of the unique features of Eater is its "Eater Maps" section, which provides interactive maps of cities and neighborhoods, highlighting the best restaurants, bars, and cafes in each area. The website also has a "Heatmap" feature, which shows the most popular restaurants in a given area based on user reviews and ratings. Eater has a strong social media presence, with millions of followers on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. The website also has a newsletter that subscribers can sign up for to receive updates on the latest food news and trends. Overall, Eater is a go-to resource for foodies and anyone interested in learning more about the culinary scene in cities around the world.

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The Full List of James Beard Awards 2026 Restaurant and Chef Winners

On Monday, June 15, the James Beard Foundation revealed the remaining winners of the 2026 James Beard Awards at its annual ceremony in Chicago, bringing the restaurant industry’s greatest annual honors to a close after months of anticipation. The awards, widely considered among the highest accolades for chefs and restaurateurs in the United States, recognize […]

James Beard Foundation Awards 2026: Winners, News, and Updates

The annual James Beard Foundation Awards are one of the most exciting and esteemed events of the year when it comes to American dining and food. Starting in January, the annual awards kick off their highly anticipated announcements with restaurant and chef awards semifinalists, follow by the America’s Classics awards announcements in February and a list […]

Here Are the 2026 James Beard Awards Media Award Winners

On Saturday, June 13, the James Beard Foundation announced the winners of the 2026 James Beard Media Awards during a ceremony at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Media Awards recognize cookbooks, food- or beverage-related books, radio productions, podcasts, documentaries, social media, and more. Sallie Ann Robinson — author of books including Cooking the Gullah […]

This Bread Factory Makes Thousands of Philly Cheesesteak Rolls Every Day

For more than a century, Amoroso’s Baking Co. has been producing the bread for the famous Philly cheesesteaks around the city. Each 800-pound batch of dough at this massive bread factory includes 2,500 rolls that become the base for Philadelphia’s most iconic dish. To produce more than 250 million cheesesteak and hoagie rolls every year, […]

We Asked: How Do You Operate Your Third Space?

This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more first-person accounts, advice, and interviews. Everyone needs a convenient, accessible place to socialize. But maintaining a cafe, bar, restaurant, or hybrid space that fits the bill has its challenges. We’re partnering with Spectrum Business to put a spotlight on third spaces and […]

Rye Bunny Takes Over the Tail Up Goat Space With Casual Comfort Dishes

From the same team behind critically-acclaimed Tail Up Goat, Rye Bunny has transformed the former fine dining space into a counter-service-hybrid model with dishes that are packed with comfort and flavor. In this episode of Now Open, co-owners Jon Sybert and Jill Tyler walk Eater through a day of food prep and service at the […]

Restaurants Are Going Horse Girl

According to the Chinese zodiac, it’s the year of the horse — and that’s abundantly clear in hospitality.  In February, Derby Cup Coffee swung open its New York City doors with an unbuttoned approach to Kentucky Derby prep. April marked the grand reopening and rebranding of Eugene, Oregon’s 80-year-old bar and restaurant the Paddock, a […]

How Chefs at Hard Rock Stadium Feed Thousands During the Miami Open

This episode of Large Format takes you inside the kitchens of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, as the stadium prepares to feed the attendees of the 2026 Miami Open. First, we step into the commissary kitchen where prep begins for dishes that will be served by vendors across the stadium during the tennis tournament, even at […]

North America’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2026 Will Be Announced Tonight

The 2026 edition of the North America’s 50 Best Restaurants list will be announced live tonight at an awards ceremony in New Orleans, where the best chefs from across the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean will gather to compete and celebrate. The event is produced by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants organization, which also produces […]

I Tried Erewhon’s New $15,000-a-Year VIP Membership for a Month

When I have friends visiting Los Angeles and I ask where they’d like to eat, of all the incredible restaurants that the city has to offer — old Hollywood steakhouses, elite sushi counters, taco trucks, bustling Korean barbecue spots — there’s one place that always comes up these days: Erewhon.  Best known as a wonderland […]

Where to Eat in Chicago, From Touchdown to Takeoff

On June 15, the culinary world will descend on Chicago for the James Beard Awards. For the uninitiated, this esteemed ceremony, hosted by the James Beard Foundation, recognizes the country’s best chefs, restaurateurs, authors, and journalists — the people dedicated to cooking, sharing, and celebrating life’s greatest pleasure: food.  Whether you’ve just landed at O’Hare […]

How a Sliding-Scale, Worker-Owned Sandwich Shop Makes It Work

This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more first-person accounts, advice, and interviews. Everyone needs a convenient, accessible place to socialize. But maintaining a cafe, bar, restaurant, or hybrid space that fits the bill has its challenges. In this three-part series, we’re partnering with Spectrum Business to put a spotlight […]

Introducing “In the Booth with Babish,” a New Podcast From Andrew Rea, Eater, and Vox Media

Andrew Rea, also known as “Babish,” will be joining the Vox Media Podcast Network with In the Booth with Babish, a new podcast series in collaboration with Eater. Premiering on Tuesday, May 26, with new episodes dropping every other week across platforms, In the Booth with Babish will see Rea joined by chefs and celebrities […]

How I Got My Job Running Cafes Out of Climbing Gyms

This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more first-person accounts, advice, and interviews. Everyone needs a convenient, accessible place to socialize. But maintaining a cafe, bar, restaurant, or hybrid space that fits the bill has its challenges. In this three-part series, we’re partnering with Spectrum Business to put […]

New York’s Buzziest New Restaurant Is a Pub

This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more first-person accounts, advice, and interviews. Now Open is a yearlong series celebrating some of 2026’s most exciting new restaurants. Throughout the year, we’ll check in with teams in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C. to hear what it’s really […]

Why the Nordstrom Cafe Was the Ultimate Mother-Daughter Experience

A version of this post originally appeared on May 6 in our newsletter Eater Today. Sign up here to receive stories like this in your inbox. Eating lunch and shopping are two of my mother’s favorite things — she reminded me as much by voice note when mentioned I was planning to write a piece about a […]

Quince Sells Caviar and Wine Now. Is It Any Good?

For years, Quince has been a website that I knew as “that place to get affordable cashmere sweaters.” But as its offerings have expanded further and further, from home goods and luggage to jewelry and perfume, it’s also become a source for diamonds, caviar, and even Dom Perignon. The site has been dabbling in gourmet […]

How I Built a Community Around My Bakery

This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more first-person accounts, advice, and interviews. Everyone needs a convenient, accessible place to socialize. But maintaining a cafe, bar, restaurant, or hybrid space that fits the bill has its challenges. In this three-part series, we’re partnering with Spectrum Business to put […]

Nyesha Arrington Eats Collard Green Lasagna with Issa Rae in Los Angeles

In this episode of Plateworthy, host Nyesha Arrington returns to her hometown for the third and final stop on her California food tour. Her time in Los Angeles kicks off with pastries at Santa Canela in Highland Park. Pastry chef Ellen Ramos shows Arrington how she makes champurrado doughnuts with fresh masa, burnt-vanilla cream-stuffed conchas, […]

Where José Andrés Eats Spanish Food in Washington, D.C.

In the latest episode of Let’s Do Lunch, celebrity chef José Andrés sits down for a bite at Spanish restaurant Casa Teresa in Washington, D.C. where he savors classic Catalonian dishes made by chef and owner Rubén García, who was mentored by Andrés. While he waits for his food, Andrés lists iconic D.C. chefs that made […]

Get an Insider’s Look at ‘Eaterland,’ Eater’s Newest Cookbook

Eater has a new cookbook. Eaterland, Recipes and Stories from Across the United States, debuting April 28. To celebrate launch week, we’re sharing a sneak peek from the book that focuses on the Wisconsin Supper Club tradition, written by the author of the book’s Midwestern chapter, Amy Cavanaugh. Learn more about the project here. To […]

Why This Famous Philly Bakery Is Lowering Its Prices

A version of this post originally appeared in Eater Today, which spotlights the freshest news and stories from across the food world every day. Subscribe now. In the age of $12+ croissants and long lines still willing to pay for them, it’s shocking to hear of a bakery actively choosing to bring its prices down. Most […]

Where Chef Nyesha Arrington Eats Tacos and Pizza in Sacramento

In this episode of Plateworthy, host Nyesha Arrington tastes the best pizza and tacos in Sacramento. First, Arrington heads to the Midtown Farmers Market to find culinary inspiration. She spends the morning sampling freshly cooked paella, huge oranges, and peach cobbler a la mode with Thrifty’s ice cream. Then, she heads to Nixtaco, where Monterrey, […]

Am I a Bad Person for Loving Steakhouses?

A version of this post originally appeared on April 22 in our newsletter Eater Today. Sign up here to receive stories like this in your inbox. I recently had a longer-than-usual conversation with an old friend whom I keep running into at steakhouses. After brushes at Musso & Frank Grill (twice), Smoke House, and Little […]

How to Hit a Steakhouse Like a Pro

I live for a great steakhouse. Growing up, my late father, a lover of steak, took me to Cask ’n Cleaver in LA’s Inland Empire at the ripe age of 6, where I ordered filet with my best “Medium well, please.” Today, my favorite restaurant in Los Angeles is the classic Argentine steakhouse Carlitos Gardel, where I regularly partake […]

The Hottest New Steakhouses in the U.S.

Steakhouses have main character energy. Coming across them in movies or television, it’s easy to picture yourself seated next to Don Draper and Roger Sterling entertaining clients over martinis, or imagine overhearing John Travolta’s character order his steak “bloody as hell” in Pulp Fiction’s “wax museum with a pulse,” as he describes the restaurant. Steakhouses […]

America’s Glitziest, Wildest, and Quirkiest Steakhouses

It’s easy to identify a great steakhouse. It’s that instantly comforting place serving big hunks of meat, shrimp cocktails, cold martinis, and so on. But the quest to find the “best steakhouse” requires a follow-up question: “The best for what?”  It turns out, when you ask an Eater editor about their favorite steakhouses, we often […]

A Local Pizzaiolo’s Tour of the Best Restaurants in NYC

Chef Anthony Mangieri from Una Pizza Napoletana, whose pizza was crowned the best in the U.S. in 2025, takes Eater on a tour of his favorite restaurants in NYC for tastes of creamy cheesecake, a juicy burger, and more. Mangieri starts his day with a cycle around town to clear his head, before getting a […]

The New American Steakhouse

By and large, most diners at Cote, the sleek and club-like New York City steakhouse, order the Butcher’s Feast. For $82 per person, diners get four cuts of beef, grilled tableside. But there is no creamed spinach here, nor loaded baked potatoes: Instead, there is banchan, like kimchi and pickled daikon; scallion salad, with gochugaru […]

Gwyneth Paltrow Wants to Bring Delicious, Healthy Food to New York

If you’ve never tried Goop Kitchen, Gwyneth Paltrow’s takeout-only, nutritious food operation, you’re missing out. No matter what you think of the Hollywood star or her lifestyle and wellness brand, the consensus in LA restaurant circles is the company’s food is shockingly good. Chef Josiah Citrin, of two-Michelin-starred Mélisse, is a big fan, while Marissa […]

6 Restaurants Explain the Stories Behind Their Beloved Artworks

Dining out in Big Sur, California, requires intentionality. There’s nothing casual about visiting a restaurant off the cliff-hugging stretch of Highway 1, a place once described to me as “California’s Delphi.” The coastal community has long been a place of artistic and culinary pilgrimage, for folks in search of Big Sur Bakery scones (here’s hoping […]

Breakfast Burritos, Galbi Patty Melts, and More Dishes Chef Nyesha Arrington Tried in San Francisco

In this episode of Plateworthy, host Nyesha Arrington makes her way through some of the best bites in San Francisco. First stop on the eating tour: Breakfast Little, owned by Andrew Perez and known for its Mission-style burritos. The tater tot-filled OG breakfast burrito has balanced bites of bacon, creamy avocado, and plenty of spice. […]

The Michelin Guide Is Heading to More of the Midwest

The Michelin Guide announced today that it will be releasing a Great Lakes edition, which will cover Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh — basically, every major city in the region except Chicago, which is covered by a separate Michelin Guide. It continues the guide’s partnerships with destination marketing organizations, as Eater’s Matthew Kang […]

Let Gimbap Reintroduce Itself

On a personal level, gimbap came first for chef Jihan Lee, with his mom’s gimbap setting the standard. On a professional level, though, gimbap took a backseat to another seaweed-wrapped rice roll: sushi. After training at New York City’s two-Michelin-starred temple of sushi Masa, Lee and his business partners opened the Japanese hand roll bar […]

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Chicago’s Most Exciting New Bar Program

This excerpt was originally published in Pre Shift, our newsletter for the hospitality industry. Subscribe for more interviews, advice, and first-person perspectives. Dinner Party, presented by Capital One, is a yearlong series celebrating some of 2026’s most exciting new restaurants. Throughout the year, we’ll check in with teams in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C. to […]

This New Chicago Restaurant Has Something for Every Type of Night Out

Chef Joe Frillman, known for his work at Michelin-recognized Daises, initially planned to open another restaurant in 2024, but opening a new business rarely goes according to plan. Just a couple years later, the Radicle recently opened its doors in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. Frillman walks Eater through the daily grind of operating a brand […]

A Food Lover’s Guide to Building a Wedding Registry

Putting together a wedding registry is an overwhelming and uncomfortable task, right up there with making the guest list and keeping track of all the deposits. But while you can’t guarantee the happiness of your guests when it comes to the seating arrangement or dinner music, you can rest easy that if your wedding includes […]

Here Are the 2026 James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Finalists

The James Beard Foundation has announced its list of chef and restaurant finalists for the 2026 James Beard Awards. The awards represent one of the highest honors in the restaurant industry, recognizing chefs and restaurants across the United States. The March 31 announcement highlighted chefs and restaurants in categories including Outstanding Restaurateur, Best New Restaurant, […]

The Eater App Just Got a Lot Better

A version of this post originally appeared in Stephanie Wu’s newsletter, “From the Editor,” which features an early peek at Eater’s biggest projects and a roundup of the biggest stories in food and dining. Subscribe now. Big news: The Eater app just got a lot better, with a completely new look and experience. And yes, […]

The Ultra-Thick Pancake Is on the Rise

Buttermilk pancakes were a “day-one” item when Luella’s Southern Kitchen first opened in Chicago in 2015, explains owner Darnell Reed; nevertheless, they eventually came off the menu as the restaurant focused on dinner service. But when Reed re-opened Luella’s in a new location last year with an exclusive focus on brunch, he put pancakes back […]

The 6 New Food Books We’re Devouring This Spring

It’s almost the best time of year: the season to lay out a picnic blanket and read outside in the sunshine. The season’s new food-related releases are ready to deliver on this experience. This spring sees the launch of a few exciting memoirs: There are compelling stories of women finding their way through food, including […]

A Whirlwind Tale of the Met Opera’s 30-Minute Intermission Dining

There are two places where a restaurant like the Grand Tier could exist: inside a snowglobe, or inside New York City’s Metropolitan Opera. Luckily, it has been housed in the latter — encased in some 45,000 feet of glass, no less — for the past 60 years, where it offers hungry opera-goers a surreal experience. […]

The 15 Spring Cookbooks We’re Excited About This Year

The days are getting longer, the sun’s shining, and the whisper of ramp season is starting to swirl through the wind, with the abundance of exciting spring produce fast behind it. It was an especially cold, snowy winter in New York City, and because of that, my excitement to cook also felt stuck within a […]

How a Michelin-Green-Starred Restaurant Makes One of the Best Burgers in NYC

The One White Street cheeseburger went viral last summer with many people calling it the best burger in New York City. The fast-food-style burger seems simple — two thin patties are stacked between a sesame bun with sauce and onions — but every high-quality ingredient is meticulously made in the Tribeca restaurant’s zero-waste kitchen. The meat […]

Eater’s Second Cookbook Is Now Available for Preorder

Eater’s newest cookbook, Eaterland: Recipes and Stories From Across the United States, is now available for preorder. With a focus on the iconic regional dishes that define American cuisine, the cookbook is chock-full of recipes, observations from chefs, and essays about unique local ingredients and traditions. At Eater, we’ve found ourselves repeatedly drawn to hyper-regional […]

The JFK Jr. and CBK Show Is Also a Love Story About ‘90s NYC Dining

If you see a parade of diners in Kangol flat caps at Bubby’s this week, don’t be too surprised: It’s all part of the renewed interest in the late John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, thanks to Love Story, the new Hulu/FX capsule series about the famous (and at times, infamous) couple.  The […]