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From a relaunched Contra to the first East Coast location of Din Tai Fung

Plus, Ernesto’s is opening new wine bar Ernie’s — and more intel

The 96-year-old diner is closing for renovations. When it reopens next year, it will have a new dining room and a menu with Tex-Mex food.

It has been just over four years since New York’s restaurant industry began to earnestly examine its culture of sexism and bullying. The women who run professional kitchens say it’s still a daily fight to stamp out the hostility that holds them back.

After years of thick gut-busting burgers, smaller patties are everything New York deserves

A return for Barbuto, South Indian specialties in the West Village, and more restaurant news.

A return for Barbuto, South Indian specialties in the West Village, and more restaurant news.

Plus, East Village cocktail bar Pouring Ribbons reopens for six months — and more intel

Roberta’s Does Burgers at Burgie’s Fried chicken at Pecking House, a Mediterranean-Israeli spinoff and more restaurant news. The Burgie, the signature burger at Burgie’s by Roberta’s.Credit...Clay Williams for The New York Times Burgie’s by Roberta’s At first glance, it would be hard to equate Roberta’s, a friendly, comfortable, eclectic place with its geometrically designed cousin, this new burger spot nearby. But that’s because the space was handed to B...