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Diners are flocking back this summer, but owners still have trouble hiring, stocking kitchens and paying rent. And an uncertain autumn looms.

Explore The Soul of NYC | A Seamless Guide to Harlem June 30, 2021 12:00 a.m. Restaurants have always been a vital part of any New York City neighborhood. One of the greatest perks of being a New Yorker is the vast array of places we have to eat on any given night, even during a global pandemic--but over the past year, they did even more, banding together to feed those in need in their community and sending countless meals to frontline workers during COVID's darkest days here last spring. So now that summer's here again, and the city's back open in a way that seemed almost unfat...

arrow A food delivery cyclist in Manhattan last month. William Volcov/Shutterstock When James Freeman opened his American comfort and Creole restaurant in Bushwick about a decade ago, he called it Sweet Science. The term refers to the art of boxing. Not surprisingly, Freeman’s ready with a boxing metaphor to describe the hit his restaurant took the past year of COVID-19. “Man, it took an uppercut, a rope-a -dope, you know, some jabs to the side,” he says, his voice rising in excitement. “It's like, “Jimmy, Jimmy, how’s your ribs? Don’t touch your ribs!’” The sh...

Where To Get Your Lunar New Year Feast In NYC arrow Noodles at Wo Hop Scott Lynch / Gothamist It's New Year's Day today for the more than a billion people around the world who follow the lunar calendar, and I think we all can agree that the outgoing Year of the Rat was, uh, considerably less than auspicious. So, hell yeah, welcome Year of the Ox! And while there's no big Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade this weekend, nor those wonderfully raucous Lion Dances of "Super Saturday," we can, and will, definitely still celebrate with a feast or three.  To that end, here's an...