Here at Eater, we’ve come up with more than a few tricks to elevate our dining game. From tips on how to snag the best table, to the brunch menu item you should always avoid, everyone’s got their move. On this episode, we into some of the most well-honed, oddly specific restaurant hacks with Eater's editors and reporters. Put them to the test yourself, and let us know what you think! We also get into the top stories of the week, from the latest updates on Popeye's madness to a sneaky border-cros...
Nov 08, 2019•45 min•Ep. 14
Hospital food has long been the worst of the captive audience cuisines, outpacing even airplane food in its terribleness. But it wasn't always this way. Preparing nourishing food for the sick was once a domestic art and an essential part of caring for the ill. We’ve fallen a long way, but now one hospital is making good food part of the treatment plan. We talked to Eater New York Senior Critic Robert Sietsema about his recent hospital food experience, and Chef Michael Vetro from St. Jude Childre...
Nov 01, 2019•48 min•Ep. 13
Maria Sharapova, tennis legend, decorated Grand Slam champion and noted pal to a certain royal family , doesn’t believe in using her star power to score tables at super popular restaurants. That's because she's a true food lover who believes in the serendipity of waiting it out with the rest of us. Maria's found some of her favorite places after rubbing elbows with other gourmands at bars and communal tables around the globe, and she joined Amanda in studio to dish on her favorite restaurants wo...
Oct 25, 2019•43 min•Ep. 12
Very rarely are dinner parties about the food on the table. Throughout the history of evening mealtime gatherings, hosting was never so much about feeding friends and family as it was about flaunting wealth. From the dinner tables of ancient Greece and Rome to Victorian England and suburban America, an underlying sense of class anxiety has motivated us to call our social circles to the table in an attempt not to display our skills in the kitchen, but rather our banquet halls, china patterns and ...
Oct 18, 2019•43 min•Ep. 11
Pat Brown is on a mission to save the planet by cutting one thing from our lives: cheeseburgers. The Impossible Foods CEO is determined to cut the consumption of cows to save our planet from the devastating effects of big agriculture, but there's one thing standing in his way: Richard Berman, a powerful Washington lobbyist. He's a formidable opponent protected by a shadowy non-profit called the Center for Consumer Freedom, but Impossible isn't scared. In fact, they think Berman's involvement mea...
Oct 11, 2019•47 min•Ep. 10
Simon Kim has been a fighter all his life. From schoolyard fights in Seoul, South Korea to bar brawls in Long Island, his scrappiness was borne of a restlessness that plagued him until he found his calling: hospitality (ironically). After working his way up from a front desk agent at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to the manager of a lavish restaurant there, Kim made a name for himself as the guy the whales, or uber high-stakes gamblers, wanted to see. Kim joined us in studio to trace his path from ...
Oct 04, 2019•39 min•Ep. 9
Anthony Bourdain once called St. John the "restaurant of his dreams." The London restaurant, which has long been considered the most influential in Britain and the origin of the modern nose-to-tail movement, is celebrating its 25th birthday this week with plans to open its first ever location outside of Britain's capital... in a Los Angeles mall. What does this mean for the restaurant's sterling legacy and L.A.'s growing food scene? Can a London hometown hero open in a Culver City development an...
Sep 27, 2019•46 min•Ep. 8
How did popcorn become the standard theater snack instead of say, soup? From the nickelodeons of the Great Depression to the multiplexes of today, what we eat in front of the big screen has changed a lot. So Amanda and Daniel are headed to the theater to pull back the curtain on food at the movies and find out why indie theaters and legacy players alike are installing professional kitchens next to the popcorn machine. Then, we get into the biggest food stories of the week! We've got a look at an...
Sep 20, 2019•45 min•Ep. 7
A baby walks into a bar and the internet loses its mind. Why is that? To understand why some people truly cannot tolerate infants and young children in bars and restaurants, regardless of how well behaved they and their parents are, Amanda and Daniel talk to a few people who know a thing or two about babies in bars. First up, writer Kate Willsky lays out the do's and don'ts of grabbing a drink with your baby in tow, and explains why she as a new mom needs a damn cocktail every once in awhile. Th...
Sep 13, 2019•41 min•Ep. 6
With fall looming large around the corner, it’s time to bid farewell to summer and all the wonderful things that includes. But take heart in knowing that not all hope is lost. There’s plenty of good stuff on the horizon this fall, which, we’d argue, is the most exciting season for new restaurants, cookbooks and food-focused TV. Eater restaurant editor Hillary Dixler Canavan, pop culture editor Greg Morabito and managing editor Ellie Krupnick joined Amanda to talk about the season’s most highly a...
Sep 06, 2019•34 min•Ep. 5
Just like there’s a song of the summer, inevitably, each year, a drink of the summer rises to the forefront of our collective consciousness to dominate warm weather gatherings between May and August. This year, it was all about White Claw, a low-calorie, low-carb spiked seltzer that’s been embraced by every kind of drinker out there. We hit the beach to learn more about the drink that’s sweeping backyard parties across the nation, and also called in cocktail expert John deBary (formerly of P.D.T...
Aug 30, 2019•46 min•Ep. 4
On its surface, restaurant criticism sounds like a pretty great gig. But dining out on the company dime, trying all the best new restaurants and getting paid to eat dinner out isn’t all that glamorous when you peak behind the curtain. We called in two critics, Bon Appétit Deputy Editor Julia Kramer, who’s responsible for the magazine’s annual Hot 10 list, and our own Ryan Sutton, who covers New York, to tell us about the making of a restaurant review and the things that make their line of work u...
Aug 23, 2019•38 min•Ep. 3
Is orange the new rosé? The explosion in popularity of natural wines has turned the wine world on its ear and may signal a return to ancient winemaking techniques. But what makes a wine natural, anyway? And how do you order it without sounding ridiculous? Amanda and Dan call in wine expert Joe Campanale , owner of Brooklyn’s Fausto and LaLou, to conquer their natural wine insecurities and learn a little bit about the history of the movement in the process. Plus, we look at the controversy surrou...
Aug 16, 2019•44 min•Ep. 2
Going to popular, hyped-up restaurants is both an obsession and an occupational hazard for editors at Eater. So we've all had our fair share of lines, multi-hour waits, and shut outs. On the first episode of Eater’s Digest, we gathered Eater editors’ best tips and tricks for getting into restaurants with long waits, and then put a theory of our own to the test on a recent Saturday night at five of New York’s most notoriously busy restaurants. Plus, we discuss some of the biggest food news storie...
Aug 09, 2019•36 min•Ep. 1
Welcome to Eater's Digest! We're bringing you everything you need to know about the world of food each week. Eater editor-in-chief Amanda Kludt and producer Daniel Geneen call in the biggest names in the industry and journalists from the Eater newsroom to bring you the wildest, most important stories from restaurants and kitchens around the world. From tips on becoming a regular, to the wide world of fake meat and an inside look into the brightest culinary minds, there’s nothing Dan and Amanda w...
Aug 09, 2019•47 sec
The team behind Eleven Madison Park is splitting up . How can a restaurant be 100% based on neuroscience? How have tacos become the most popular thing to talk about on Tinder (with Vox's Rebecca Jennings )? NYT columnist David Brooks said something silly about tipping on Twitter. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt (i nstagram / twitter / newsletter!! ) Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ) Questions? Praise? Complaints? Email us at upsell@eater.com and find all the latest food news at Eater.com. Learn more...
Aug 02, 2019•38 min
Outrage over wage theft prompts a delivery giant to change its policies, tips & tricks on how to achieve “regular” status, Macy’s started selling some ‘cute’ new portion control plates (with Jaya Saxena ) the lowdown on New Coke and why Stranger Things might be leading the way in the new product placement model. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt (i nstagram / twitter ) Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ) Questions? Praise? Complaints? Email us at upsell@eater.com and find all the latest food news at...
Jul 26, 2019•41 min
The end of a New York institution, neighbors strike back at a closing coffee shop and a very 2019 lawsuit makes us rethink waitstaff uniforms. Plus, a tone-deaf lede in a Texas magazine has Eater’s Nadia Chaudhury calling for transparency and diversity in food media, and more. Hosted by Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Questions? Praise? Complaints? Email us at upsell@eater.com and find all the latest food news at Eater.com. Learn more about your ad...
Jul 19, 2019•35 min
Introducing the best new restaurants in America with Hillary Dixler Canavan, a sandwich mystery at the West Village’s Bar Pisellino, Crate and Barrel opens a restaurant and Lululemon opens a… burger bar (with Eater Chicago's Ashok Selvam )? Plus, SB Nation's Ryan Simmons joins us to talk about a ridiculous commercial with an ending we never saw coming and more. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Questions? Praise? Complaints? Email us at up...
Jul 12, 2019•41 min
Most people today know the story of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, from the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, and especially from the 1995 Disney animated film. A gripping recounting of the true story of how the settlement failed and recovered, and the toll it took on the English and Native Americans, shows how failure can be a transformative experience, and also how the stories we tell ourselves about the failures inform the way we live today. EDITOR'S NOTE -- o...
Jul 05, 2019•38 min
Clif bar and Kind bar are squaring off and it's getting heated. 2019 produced a new World's 50 Best list and a new slate of controversies. The fancy food show just happened in NYC. NYT's Becky Hughes catches us up on weird food Youtube trends. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 28, 2019•46 min
Comedian Josh Gondelman joins the show today to review the Manhattan hotspot Niche Niche , the third restaurant by Ariel Arce . Pre-order Josh's brand new book Nice Try on Amazon , or better yet at, at your local bookstore! Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 21, 2019•40 min
A rogue Burger King was sending out regular beef burgers instead of Impossible. There is a Bumble Cafe by a credible restaurant group. The Michelin Guide has come to California and LA people aren't thrilled with the results. Pop culture editor Greg Morabito joins the show to talk food tv. The new old Four Seasons Restaurant closed after just six months. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com subscribe to the s...
Jun 14, 2019•44 min
What spirits are to blame for celery juice's new popularity? Pride is coming up, how are food brands dropping the ball (with Adam Moussa )? Goop has a new podcast called Goopfellas. The crabbing industry is suing big oil (with Amy Westervelt ). Arby's will NEVER carry the Impossible burger. Toronto has a new $500 omakase sushi restaurant. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices....
May 31, 2019•40 min
Millions of birds are dying during olive harvesting. Kim Kardashian tweeted at Jack in the Box and the internet went nuts. Brexiteers are getting hit with milkshakes. A UK restaurant served a 4500-pound bottle of wine by accident. JFK's TWA terminal has reopened and it's filled with fun stuff. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 24, 2019•48 min
Is Liquid Death Water broey? Did Danny Bowien deserve the attack by NYT critic Pete Wells? Can landlords put food restrictions on their tenants? Amex just bought RESY! The brands pulled some dumb mother's day stunts. Is the Aperol Sprtiz a bad drink and does it matter? Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 17, 2019•45 min
Are free drinks good? Is the Impossible Burger taking over the country? Many many food brands are getting in on Game of Thrones madness. Burger King came out with an odd response to the Happy Meal. Bru Social Plates are meant to get you off Instagram and back into the real world. Guac cheese made a huge splash. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
May 09, 2019•34 min
CNBC dropped a silly video on tipping (2:00). Farley Elliott explains The Row, yet another insane real estate development in LA (7:00). A restaurant in Chicago seems to be infringing on multiple trademarks (12:50). Soylent launched a line of food products (19:45). Stef Tuder and Serena Dai break down the Lucky Lee's fiasco (24:30). Amanda Kludt loves lunch lines and it's sad (33:15). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 01, 2019•42 min
Erica Hall, general manager of Brooklyn hot spot Win Son , drops by the show to help us all be better diners. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 19, 2019•43 min
Most people know Rocco DiSpirito as a 'TV Chef' or a diet book author, but 15 years ago he was the biggest chef in New York City. Now he's back in the game: reimagining the Standard Grill in Manhattan's Meatpacking district. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt ( instagram / twitter ) and Daniel Geneen ( instagram / twitter ). Complain to us at upsell@eater.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 10, 2019•58 min
