Righteous Oysters
Comment | March 20, 2013 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Elizabeth Leitzell
An ex-Wall Streeter spawns a shell company.
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Pedro’s Palace
Comment | December 5, 2012 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Vicky Wasik
That’s Del Pedro—he’ll be the 50-something goateed guy in a tiny tie, should you go—a 30-year scion of the city’s drinking scene whose first bartending gig was pouring Rock and Rye for day drinkers in an Uptown dive.
Weather Up
Comment | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Vicky Wasik
Forecast: Gin with a dash of romance.
Ante—and Bottoms—Up
Comment | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Emily Dryden
At Pacific Standard, the “wager book” tracks beer-induced bar bets.
Gabe the Fish Babe
Comment | September 26, 2012 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by John Taggart
The city’s new star seafood seller isn’t a middleman. She’s a middle woman.
Café Glechik
Comment | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by Vicky Wasik
On the southern edge of Brooklyn, a portal to Odessa.
Ample Hills Creamery
1 comment | June 15, 2012 | By Rachel Wharton | Photographs by John Taggart
New York’s only all-from-scratch ice cream shop survives its own success.
Cook All Weekend, Eat All Week: Home Chefs Learn to Prep Like Pros
Comment | June 14, 2012 | By Rachel Wharton
From Welsh’s perspective, locavore home cooks—like the CSA member who works till 7:00 p.m. but doesn’t want to dine on Trader José frozen organic bean burritos—should put the same principles to use.