Alexis Benveniste

5 days ago | straitstimes.com | Alexis Benveniste

NEW YORK – On a warm Saturday morning in March, while the 20-something influencers and young finance bros of Williamsburg were still asleep, a group of more than 30 men gathered in McCarren Park. Some were coming from as far as the Catskills and others from a few steps away. Greetings transitioned to talk of sleep training and stroller envy, and the bonding happened quickly. After all, they all had one major thing in common: babies. “How old is yours?” they asked one another as the group grew.

2 weeks ago | opentable.com | Alexis Benveniste

Almost eight years after it opened, Don Angie remains one of the toughest reservations to score in New York, and that’s because no one’s doing Italian-American food the way Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli do it. The culinary power couple had worked at restaurants across the city and developed the menu at Quality Italian prior to opening Don Angie in the West Village in 2017.

2 weeks ago | thecut.com | Alexis Benveniste

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Courtesy of MSNBC Alicia Menendez, who co-hosts MSNBC’s The Weekend with Symone Sanders Townsend and Michael Steele, is taking on a big new role at the network. Beginning May 5, after six years of sacrificing weekends with her 5- and 8-year-old daughters, she will transition alongside her co-hosts to the network’s primetime lineup with The Weeknight, airing on Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. ET and on Tuesday through Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. ET.

3 weeks ago | opentable.com | Alexis Benveniste

The journey first began in 2015 when Kim opened Oiji, a beloved Korean restaurant in the East Village. He closed that spot in the spring of 2022 to open OIJI MI in May that same year—just five months later, the restaurant already had a MICHELIN Star. The counter-only bōm, tucked behind OIJI MI, followed in February 2023 and secured its own coveted Star later that year. Brian Kim opened the MICHELIN-Starred OIJI and bōm within a year of each other in the Flatiron District.

1 month ago | opentable.com | Alexis Benveniste

No longer just a waiting area or afterthought, more and more restaurant bars are becoming destinations in their own right, offering the best bar food in NYC through unique menus with exclusive items that aren’t available in the main dining room. At three standout New York City establishments—Oiji Mi, Le B., and Hawksmoor—sitting at the bar rivals traditional table service.