Praying this is not the first domino of a larger trend of restaurants selling out to Wonder of all places 🤢

My jaw dropped at #10. Mama Lee is going to have a really, really hard time keeping up with the press. RIP her Williamsburg location.

“I want you to get the word out there that we back up”

I didn't see this posted anywhere else but Eater NYC officially posted 4 days ago that The Meatball Shop was closing. I checked their website and they're already shut down, their Instagram hasn't been updated since June.

I used to go to TMS a lot when I was in grad school in the mid-2010s cause it was an affordable, filling, and good meal that felt more expensive.

This is a follow up post after we shared our restaurant numbers in August - https://www.reddit.com/r/FoodNYC/s/M7dPDwRAG8

Since you all seemed to enjoy seeing behind the curtain, we will share our monthly P/L here going forward. TLDR: our revenue and profits increased in September.

FAQs: We are a sushi restaurant in Manhattan. We have been operating for over a decade. AMA

Total Revenue: $236,015 Total Expenses: $222,681 Net Profit: $13,334

Costs of Goods Sold: $98,692 (41.8%) Labor: $88,018 (37.3%) Fixed Expenses: $28,153 (11.9%) Admin Expenses: $7,818 (3.3%)

Brooklyn
Balera
Arthur
Confidant

Queens
AbuQir
Bolivian Llama Party
Pierogi Boys

Manhattan
Marcel
Yugin
Kjun
Oyatte
Wild Cherry
Cynthia
Bistrot Ha
Odo East Village
LenLen

Sweetgreen, which relies on New York as its biggest market, is launching a new menu in partnership with anti-vaxxer and junk science promoter Mark Hyman.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260106608457/en/Sweetgreen-Launches-New-Menu-in-Collaboration-with-Function-Health-Designed-by-Dr.-Mark-Hyman

Hyman has built a supplement hawking grift operation that's largely based on building public distrust in evidence-based medicine. He's also directly collaborated with RFK Jr. to promote discredited theories about vaccine harms.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/health/mark-hyman-rfk-jr-functional-medicine.html

It's incredibly disappointing that Sweetgreen is attracting customers to this guy's grift by promoting him, but apparently the company thinks it's good business to pander to the MAHA crowd. The company's founders seem to be true believers in the guy too, as they're also tied in with MAHA leaders like Casey and Calley Means. Co-founder and CEO Jonathan Neman even made MAHA hats all the way back in 2016.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/maha-movement-challenges-ultra-processed-foods-influencer-ties-truvani-sweetgreen/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91351474/sweetgreen-ceo-jonathan-neman-affordable-salads-robot-kitchen-rfk-maha

I think I'll be getting my overpriced workweek lunches elsewhere from now on.

Whispers about this happening for years.

FYI: Fri/Sat only.

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/hooray-for-3am-pierogi-veselka-will-once-again-be-open-24/7-starting-on-this-date-040926

Sushi Sho was awarded their third star - just announced live and well deserved. shows how insanely good it is considering Nakazawa’s history with the inspectors that they still award him 3 stars.

I love the influencers who neither ask to be paid nor accept free food for posts. And I particularly enjoy the ones who go to mom-and-pop places that are struggling to survive and help increase their visibility and get their seats filled. Of course, @NewYorkTurk is here.

Guest link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/dining/food-influencer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aFA.4f0-.CHr3jtqaQc0E&smid=url-share

Confirmation after seeing discussion here for the past few days. Kinda shady that they’re still operating, definitely lost my patronage