New York Magazine

CULTURE, POLITICS, FOOD, FASHION: A NEW YORK POINT OF VIEW. With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.

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The Ballot Box: Errol Louis • Can Biden Keep the Black Vote? Why Democrats may be losing their grip on a once-loyal constituency.

Neighborhood News: Patrolling With the Rat Czar • On a smokeout with Vermin Enemy No. 1.

98 MINUTES WITH … The Lavery Family • Beloved literary couple Daniel and Grace Lavery and their partner, Lily Woodruff, are all living and working full time in their Brooklyn apartment. Now, they have to find space for a baby.

The Power Trip: Olivia Nuzzi Arizona’s Split Reality • Ground zero for the rigged-election conspiracy, the border state could decide both the fate of the Senate and the presidency.

THIS CITY Has ALWAYS LIVED in Its RESTAURANTS

Where JOHN and YOKO Went for CANNOLI

WHERE JIMMY WALKER RAN THE CITY

WHERE It Felt Like 1967 in 1987

WHERE KEITH MCNALLY SHUCKED THE OYSTERS

WHERE I WAITED ON ANTHONY WEINER

Where WE DANCED OFF Our CHICKEN KIEV

WHERE THE SEX WAS AS GOOD AS the ESCARGOT

WHERE SAXOPHONISTS ATE Breakfast at 3 a.m.

Where CELEBRITIES Went TO BE SNAPPED

Where I REARWINDOWED TAYLOR SWIFT

WHERE East Village Punks WENT …

WHERE Uptown Teens SPENT THEIR Parents’ Money

Where CEOS COSPLAYED As EMPERORS

WHERE THE YANKEES BANNED THEIR OWN PLAYERS

WHERE MARK TWAIN THREW A RAGER

WHERE Club Kids Loaded Up ON Macrobiotic Dinners

WHERE I ATE AS MUCH STEAK AS I COULD

Where THE CHAMP PARKED OUT FRONT

WHERE Tokyo’s High Rollers Could Enjoy Their Toro in Peace

WHERE High Society COULD FEAST ON Foie Gras AND Gossip

Where THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT WAS BORN

WHERE Chinese Actors Served Chow Gai Kew

WHERE MALCOLM X ORGANIZED OVER OMELETS

Where THE STROKES Brought THEIR GIRLFRIENDS (And Then Other Girlfriends)

WHERE Graydon, Anna, and Tina Had Their Own Booths

Where BILLIE HOLIDAY WOUND DOWN THE NIGHT

Where BROOKLYN Went AFTER SHUL

Where Sirio Greeted Us Beautifully • Four Upper East Side GRANDES DAMES, who were REGULARS, reminisce.

WHERE THE MOB ORDERED ITS TAKEOUT

Where ELAINE KAUFMAN Got Her START

… And where she MADE HER NAME

Where THE VILLAGE WATCHED ITSELF WALK BY

Where a PANADERIÁ BECOME a PARTY

WHERE DEF JAM LUNCHED

WHERE WE DRANK, AND FOUGHT, AND ATE BIG MACS WITH Andy Warhol

WHERE Cabdrivers MADE THEIR PIT STOPS...

Where I Accidentally Invented THE CLUBSTAURANT

WHERE WE ATE LOBSTER TILL IT HURT

WHERE MAMBO KINGS JAMMED EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK

Where JACK KEROUAC and ALLEN GINSBERG Saw Through the Smoke

WHERE You Had to Get Past TWO VELVET ROPES

Where DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN WENT FOR FRIES AFTER SCHOOL

WHERE AN ART COLLECTIVE ATE CHEAP FISH BALLS

Where I ASKED BRAD PITT TO WAIT FOR A TABLE

Where POLITICAL POWER WHEELED AND DEALED

WHERE JFK JR. ORDERED OATMEAL Next to His Stalkers

Where ARTISTS in ILLEGAL LOFTS Ate GRASS-FED BURGERS

Where You WANTED TO BE in the SMOKING SECTION

A Civilized Corner Cleaner

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The Telephone Water Bottle That’s the Talk of Second Grade

The Most Comfortable Shoes to Stand in, According to Stylish Restaurant People • I REACHED OUT to food-industry pros whose taste I admire to hear about the...