Dave Pollack and his wife, Alex, opened the Diamond in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 2007. Their quirky bar featured bathrooms decorated with cassette tapes, seating in a backyard ski gondola and […]
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Back to news homeHigher Food Prices Hit the Poor and Those Who Help Them
The recent trend reverses a decade of relatively low food price inflation, Mr. Swanson added, a period in which many Americans got used to buying ample supplies of beef, chicken, […]
Supply Chain Shortages: Your Questions Answered
The dramatic surge in demand clogged the system for transporting goods to the factories that needed them. At the same time, finished products — many of them made in China […]
Return to Office Makes a Big Difference for Budding Lawyers
Ms. Singh, too, appeared to be under more stress. “I came in every day this week,” she said, estimating that she was arriving at work between 8:30 and 9 and […]
What Does Horror Taste Like? ‘Carnage Asada’ and Bloody Cocktails
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.There are many ways restaurant décor can say welcome: fresh flowers, linen tablecloths, […]
As Big Tech Grows in the Pandemic, Seattle Grows With It
There is also a “desire to improve diversity,” he said, by establishing a presence in cities, like Atlanta, Miami and Washington, that have large populations of Black and Hispanic people, […]
Retailers’ Latest Headache: Shutdowns at Their Vietnamese Suppliers
After a bruising 18 months of the pandemic, this fall represented a fresh start for the apparel company Everlane. It was preparing to release a slew of new products, with […]
Productivity Tips: Forget About Being Productive.
Some groups have found being productive particularly challenging during the pandemic. Half of parents working from home with children under 18, and nearly 40 percent of all remote workers ages […]
A T-Shirt Shop for the Semi-Ironic ‘Twilight’ Fan
Before 2020, Madison Sinclair hadn’t seen any of the “Twilight” movies. But after watching all five during quarantine, she grew completely enamored — and inspired to express her new fandom.“I […]
If You Never Met Your Co-Workers in Person, Did You Even Work There?
Kathryn Gregorio joined a nonprofit foundation in Arlington, Va., in April last year, shortly after the pandemic forced many people to work from home. One year and a zillion Zoom […]