Photo: Clockwise from left: Christopher Payne; Hugo Yu; Adam Mazur; John Vachon; Bobby Doherty; Sinna Nasseri
During a year of upheaval and change, food, as it so often does, offered a degree of comfort and familiarity. Grub Street’s most popular stories of 2024 prove it: Our audience — you — turned to pieces about xiao long bao and oeufs mayo, New York’s restaurant history, our most charming bodegas, and a surprising number of reports that were Chipotle-adjacent (two). Below, you’ll find our 20 most-read articles, defined by total minutes of audience engagement. It’s a small selection of the work that’s published by New York’s print magazine and on all its digital sites. If you missed any of these, we hope you’ll use this as a guide to catch up before the New Year arrives. And to stay current with us in 2025, be sure to sign up for our daily Grub Street newsletter and Eating New York. And read everything on New York’s excellent new app.
Photo: Hugo Yu
They’re a dead-simple bistro staple and chefs can’t resist them. Read the story …
Illustration: Ryan Inzana
“Men will eat anything if you add ‘protein’ to the name.” Read the story …
Illustration: Margalit Cutler
“I’m worried I have hypertension due to salt, but whatever.” Read the story …
Photo: CAITLIN OCHS/CAITLIN OCHS/The New York Times/Redux
What James Kent meant to New York’s restaurants. Read the story …
Gar Guttman’s been eating schnitzel specials at EJ’s for 31 years. Read the story …
Photo: Hugo Yu
The scene is fun. The food is funny. Read the story …
Photo: Grub Street
How Brooklyn’s beloved fruit bodegas came to be. Read the story …
Photo: Christopher Payne
How a bunch of Brooklyn filmmakers took over their neighborhood luncheonette. Read the story …
Illustration: by Margalit Cutler
“This is my self-elevating way of admitting that I am a ‘creature of habit.’” Read the story …
Illustration: Ryan Inzana
“I’m slightly horrified and also totally energized by this realization.” Read the story …
Photo: Sinna Nasseri
From burger tutorials to The Bear, the internet’s favorite chef has been all in this whole time. Read the story …
Photo: Hugo Yu
After a wait that took forever, a grand opening arrived. Read the story …
Photo: Bluestocking/Getty Images
What happened after a midtown steakhouse was accused of dessert theft. Read the story …
Photo: AP Photo/David Bookstaver/AP
Debbie Harry at Katz’s, David Byrne at the Locale, and Bastille Day at Florent. Read the story …
Illustration: Adam Mazur
“It just means eating whatever’s in the fridge. Before there was girl dinner, there was the smash and grab.” Read the story …
Photo: Dina Litovsky
He built Chipotle and its burrito bowls. Now he’s obsessed with vegan burgers cooked by robots. Read the story …
Photo: John Vachon/John Vachon (1914-1975) for Look
A social history of the city, told entirely through its restaurants. Read the story …
Photo-Illustration: New York Magazine; Photos: @okbizwine/Instagram; Getty Images
Did a wine-world insider swindle his Bordeaux-swilling pals? Read the story …
Photo: Bobby Doherty for New York Magazine
They’re consistent, convenient, tasty — and at a time of recalls and outbreaks, one of the riskiest things you could eat. Read the story …
Illustration: Kyle Platts
A woman hurled a burrito bowl at a Chipotle employee. Then a judge made her walk in the victim’s shoes. Read the story …
