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CEO Albert Yang On Taking Din Tai Fung’s Precision Coast to Coast

The 2026 Nightlife & Dining Power List honoree reflects on how the chain scaled up without cutting corners, what opening in New York taught him and...

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Observer

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Chef Paul Bartolotta’s Faith in Milwaukee Keeps Paying Off

The Bartolotta Restaurants founder and 2026 Nightlife & Dining Power List honoree reflects on believing in his home city, what people get wrong about...

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Observer

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The Future of AI Will Be Shaped by an Astonishingly Small Number of People

AI has minted a new power structure. A handful of private companies command the might and wealth of small nation-states and are mostly left to...

02.11.2026 10

Daily Intelligencer

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Carnegie Deli’s Sarri Harper Isn’t Shrinking the Sandwich

Nearly a decade after Carnegie Deli closed its original dining room, Sarri Harper has reopened it one block south, in the space Stage Deli once...

28.10.2026 10

Observer

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Chris and Harris Pappas Let Diners Land Helicopters at Pappas Bros. Until the FAA Found Out

Chris and Harris Pappas run more than 80 restaurants across eight states, and their CEO started as a college waiter. The 2026 Nightlife & Dining Power...

28.10.2026 10

Observer

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Margarita Kallas-Lee and Phillip Frankland Lee Set Their Sights on Three Michelin Stars

The Scratch Restaurants co-owners already operate 30 venues across the United States. Now, they're gearing up to debut an inn and a fine-dining...

28.10.2026 10

Observer

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2026 Nightlife & Dining Power List

The people who decide where we eat and drink, and who gets in.

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Jihan Lee and Takahiro Sakaeda Are Taking TBD Gimbap Permanent

Nami Nori has five restaurants in four states and grew 40 percent last year. Launchpad Hospitality is also taking TBD Gimbap permanent in Manhattan.

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Sam Bakhshandehpour on Bilt, José Andrés and the Rainy Monday Problem

Bilt’s president of merchants talks about the family dinner table, what he learned beside José Andrés and why a company built on rent cares where...

27.10.2026 20

Observer

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Fidel Caballero and Sofia Ostos Want You to Respect the Tortilla Like You Respect the Baguette

The Corima founders talk about the dish that tastes like home, going into business with childhood friends and who gets to be the “bad guy.”

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Ahmass Fakahany Brought Wall Street’s Rules to the Restaurant Business

The Altamarea Group founder talks about what Wall Street taught him, his alliance with Major Food Group and why opening in New York is harder than...

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Simon Kim Is Bringing a Three-Michelin-Star Tokyo Sushi Chef to Midtown

The Cote founder talks about putting Korean food at the center, what Nas brings to the table and selling 1,500 gimbap a day at the U.S. Open.

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Larry McGuire on Why Breaking Into Dallas Is Harder Than Buying a Hotel in New York

The MML Hospitality co-founder talks about waking up Austin’s Driskill, bringing April Bloomfield to Texas and why Clark’s Oyster Bar can be a chain.

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Evgeny Kuzin and Izu Ani Are Taking Their Dubai-Born Greek Restaurant to Greece

The Fundamental Hospitality Group founders, who run 30 venues in eight countries, talk about serving Greek food to Greeks, what Miami asks for and the...

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Andrew Carmellini, Luke Ostrom and Josh Pickard Run NoHo’s 23 Venues

NoHo Hospitality’s 23-venue portfolio grew again in 2026. Its co-founders discuss Detroit, the Public Theater and the deal behind Locanda Verde.

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Kwame Onwuachi Took His Cooking West. Las Vegas Handed Him the Key to the Strip.

The chef behind Tatiana, Dōgon and Maroon talks about bringing the story of Jamaica’s Maroons to the Strip, launching a cookbook as a talk show and...

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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David Grutman’s Nightlife Formula Is Simple: Nurture Every Relationship and Embrace the Morning Grind

The Groot Hospitality founder and 2026 Nightlife & Dining Power List honoree reflects on the bartending job that led to LIV, the morning preparation...

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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For JP and Ellia Park, Korean Cuisine Has Endless Possibilities

The Na:Eun Hospitality founders on Atoboy's 10-year anniversary, Somssi and New York's ever-evolving relationship with Korean cuisine.

27.10.2026 20

Observer

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Tilman Fertitta Will Wait for What Matters

Tilman Fertitta, a 2026 Nightlife & Dining Power List honoree, talked to Observer about his first job in Galveston, why struggling restaurants fail...

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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John Terzian and Brian Toll Built Delilah for Their Friends. 10 Years Later, They’re Bringing It to New York.

The h.wood Group co-founders and 2026 Nightlife & Dining Power List honorees talk about Delilah’s 10th anniversary, their first New York venue and...

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Chintan Pandya, Roni Mazumdar and Vijay Kumar Aren’t Apologizing for Indian Food

The restaurateurs behind Semma, Dhamaka and Adda and 2026 Nightlife & Dining Power List honorees, talk about regional Indian cuisine, growing their...

27.10.2026 10

Observer

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Inside the Room: The Founders, Investors and Operators at Observer’s A.I. Power Index Party

Founders, CEOs and investors packed Dante Elizabeth Street as Bloomberg's Shawn Edwards and Candidly's Laurel Taylor accepted Observer's 2026 A.I....

29.09.2026 30

Observer

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11 Books That Trace the Contradictions Running Through Elite Higher Education

Spanning a century of institutional history, these titles explore how America's universities have served as both engines of upward mobility and...

18.08.2026 20

Observer

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The Books the Most Powerful People in A.I. Are Reading

Nick Frosst, Clément Delangue, Andrew Feldman, Daphne Koller and other power players shaping the future of artificial intelligence think you should...

17.07.2026 30

Observer

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Observer’s 2026 A.I. Power Index: Who Controls the Capital Flow in A.I

Power in artificial intelligence no longer moves through the channels everyone learned to watch.

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Observer

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Remembering Harry Haun, Who Bore Witness to Broadway with Wit and Wonder

Connections forged over five decades gave him insider access to everyone from Jessica Chastain and Harvey Fierstein to the late Broadway publicist...

05.02.2026 30

Observer

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U.S. Galleries and Art Spaces Shut Their Doors to Protest ICE

The commercial art world has rarely, if ever, acted in unison when politics has collided with money and power.

31.01.2026 40

Observer

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The Year That Led to the Anti-ICE General Strike

30.01.2026 30

Daily Intelligencer

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