Anto, Korean Fine Dining, to Open in the East 50s

Headliner Anto The townhouse space that was, for decades, Lidia Bastianich’s Felidia is now this high-end expression of Korean food, from Tony Park, the Korean-Italian entrepreneur behind Paris Baguette and Essen, in New York. Butcher restaurants at Majang Meat Market in Seoul are an inspiration. Steak cuts can be prime and Wagyu, domestic and imported…

The Lincoln Center Comeback

If the new dining scene at Rockefeller Center was the restaurant event of 2022, something slightly smaller but no less exciting is playing out at Lincoln Center. Last summer, I addressed a reader question about where to dine near the arts complex and found myself struggling to find pre-ballet-opera-Philharmonic options that were on the newer…

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Deceptively Sunny Day’

Opposites and All That My best friend Maya is messy and stomps around our off-campus house. I’m neurotically clean and light on my feet. She works in private equity, investing in something called “digital infrastructure.” I’m getting a master’s degree in something called “social anthropology.” She’s a Manhattanite — “fifth generation,” she brags as we…

Laverne Cox Just Wants to Go Deeper

LOS ANGELES — Don’t get her wrong. Laverne Cox loves Joan Rivers. “Joan is for me the originator of everything,” Ms. Cox said. The comedian, who died in 2014, was the first host of “Live From the Red Carpet,” now called “Live From E!,” and perhaps the best-known red carpet commentator in history. Ms. Rivers…