Helen Rosner

Good Time Country Buffet, in the East Village, is a painstaking homage to a turn-of-the-millennium Southern steam-table joint.

With the opening of Faux, in Tribeca, Keith McNally’s son steps into the family business. Is it ambition or hubris?

At Creola, the chef Lana Lagomarsini puts French technique to work exploring Black American foodways—and overhauls her prix-fixe menu every few weeks.

Trudie’s Tavern Is Equal Parts Sleekness and Schmaltz

The beloved Brooklyn restaurant is back to serve a city in the thrall of Thai spiciness.

Contemplating life’s mysteries over a seafood tower at Zig Zag Oyster Bar.

At Cynthia, an emphasis on low-waste cooking yields a menu of thrilling abundance.

Antonio Banderas on meeting Stephen Sondheim, staging “Godspell” for the Pope, and the thrill, in the new Anthony Bourdain bio-pic, of playing someone “good.”

Somssi, from a veteran of the restaurant group behind Atomix, knows how to reel you in without trying too hard.

Sanwits, in the East Village, serves a glorious mashup of American sandwich styles and frank Filipino flavors.