
The Usual: The Solace of Sol Food
Framed outside the front door of Puerto Rican restaurant Sol Food in San Rafael, is a complaint. Not a Yelp review, but a real-live letter,

The Usual: Saying Goodbye to Jardiniere
An irregular column about regulars in their restaurants — and the roles such places play in the lives of the people they feed. Illustrated by

On Regulars, in Prime Covid Times
I haven’t had a latte since March 12th. I’m not complaining, merely stating a fact of my coronavirus life. Pre-pandemic, I purchased one every day.

The Usual: For generations, Thanh Long has been the go-to for crab
In the summer of 1985, Annette Jackson and her high school boyfriend drove into the city in his drop-top Mercury Cougar toward Ocean Beach. Not

The Usual: Lou Seal & His Deliboard Sandwich
Welcome to The Usual, a new, irregular column about regulars in their restaurants — and the roles such places play in the lives of the

The Usual: Tekka’s Most Regular Regular
Welcome to The Usual, a new, irregular column about regulars in their restaurants — and the roles such places play in the lives of the

Pret’s Most Regular Regular: Wylie Dufresne
The deli menu at the Gramercy Food Market, a 24-hour bodega at the corner of East 22nd Street and Second Avenue, offers half a dozen

A Regular in His Own Right: The Piano Man of Zuni Cafe
Published by Lucky Peach, performed at La Cocina’s “Voices from the Kitchen” The six o’clock sun streams through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the long copper-topped bar

The Breakfast Club
Scrawled across the chest of every server at Sweet Maple is a tribute to its signature item. “I [heart] Millionaire’s Bacon,” the T-shirts tout. Indeed,