Ordering off-menu has a bad reputation. Off-menu orders can come off as insulting to chefs who put a lot of time and effort into curating the menu and developing recipes. Accommodating off-menu orders ...

In an age where everyone's a self-proclaimed food critic and reservation bots snag the hottest tables before mere mortals can book them, there's still one frontier of dining exclusivity that can't be ...

The early bird gets the burger. Restaurants across the city are increasingly offering off-menu hamburgers only available to those in the know — and often in limited quantities and only during a ...

Getting a prime-time table at a buzzy restaurant in the city is no longer enough. Diners-in-the-know pride themselves on ordering exclusive off-menu items, and restaurants are increasingly offering ...

Scott Lynch has been writing about and taking photos of New York City restaurants for nearly 20 years. We should be used to it by now — the utter transformation of Manhattan’s West Side over the last ...