ryan sutton
@ryansutton.bsky.social
I'm a contributing restaurant critic for The New York Times! I also run www.thelotimes.com, a food media newsletter! Previously, I was a food critic at Eater and Bloomberg.
the terry gross segment on stephen colbert tonight was remarkable
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 AM
the terry gross segment on stephen colbert tonight was remarkable
Here we go, my best dishes of 2025! Cuerno's barbacoa, Estela's shrimp sandwich, Casa Carmen's mole, Dolores's papadilla, and others make the list... www.thelotimes.com/p/best-dishe...
New York's 25 Best Dishes of 2025
Mommy Pai's, Smithereens, Wild Cherry, Estela, The View, Dolores, Vato, and others make the list!
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January 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Here we go, my best dishes of 2025! Cuerno's barbacoa, Estela's shrimp sandwich, Casa Carmen's mole, Dolores's papadilla, and others make the list... www.thelotimes.com/p/best-dishe...
going to light a candle for all the field goal kickers out there before i go to bed tonite. that was too stressful to watch.
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM
going to light a candle for all the field goal kickers out there before i go to bed tonite. that was too stressful to watch.
What I remembered most about dining out in 2025 wasn’t the best pizzas or tacos but, instead, everything else the folks serving those tacos and pizzas were grappling with as they fed us every single day. www.thelotimes.com/p/best-resta...
Dining Out in 2025: What I Loved (And Hated)
Bánh Anh Em is the restaurant of the year! Plus: Notes on all the caviar, wagyu, kaiseki, taquerias, and more
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December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What I remembered most about dining out in 2025 wasn’t the best pizzas or tacos but, instead, everything else the folks serving those tacos and pizzas were grappling with as they fed us every single day. www.thelotimes.com/p/best-resta...
what an absolute treat to see up-and-coming philly musician inji rockin' it out from....australia (?) on CNN for new year's!
December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
what an absolute treat to see up-and-coming philly musician inji rockin' it out from....australia (?) on CNN for new year's!
biannual variety shows i would green light:
1) marcello + benito
2) bowen + ariana
1) marcello + benito
2) bowen + ariana
December 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
biannual variety shows i would green light:
1) marcello + benito
2) bowen + ariana
1) marcello + benito
2) bowen + ariana
Here it is: New York's Best Steaks, my longest column of the year! Also...Cuerno is our steakhouse of the year!!! www.thelotimes.com/p/best-steak...
New York's Best Steaks: The Definitive Guide!
Reviews of Wild Cherry, Comal, Bazaar, Bufón, and why Cuerno is the steakhouse of the year
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December 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Here it is: New York's Best Steaks, my longest column of the year! Also...Cuerno is our steakhouse of the year!!! www.thelotimes.com/p/best-steak...
i was never able to roll my r's, and i sh!t you not i started trying in the fifth grade ("ruffles have rrrrridges."), but today i finally did it lol!!! still can't functionally use it for full words in spanish or russian but i'm getting there?
it's never too late!!!
it's never too late!!!
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
i was never able to roll my r's, and i sh!t you not i started trying in the fifth grade ("ruffles have rrrrridges."), but today i finally did it lol!!! still can't functionally use it for full words in spanish or russian but i'm getting there?
it's never too late!!!
it's never too late!!!
I wrote about some tasty Mexican meat skewers on the Lower East Side. They cost just $6 each and you can get them at Comal!!! www.thelotimes.com/p/comal-revi...
Waiting in Line for Brisket Burritos!!!
Vato in Park Slope is good, and so is Comal on the Lower East Side!
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December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I wrote about some tasty Mexican meat skewers on the Lower East Side. They cost just $6 each and you can get them at Comal!!! www.thelotimes.com/p/comal-revi...
Our first collection of short reviews is up at the New York Times!!! Here's Mahira Rivers & Me with starred takes on Bartolo, Bar Kabawa, Chateau Royale, and Los Burritos Juárez! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
Chateau Royale, Los Burritos Juárez, Bar Kabawa and Bartolo
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December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Our first collection of short reviews is up at the New York Times!!! Here's Mahira Rivers & Me with starred takes on Bartolo, Bar Kabawa, Chateau Royale, and Los Burritos Juárez! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
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lots of @coyotemedia.org news today: our paywall's down for the month, so read everything you want! subscriptions (for you and for gifting) are 15% off! we're trying to get to 2,026 paid subscribers by 2026!! now's a GREAT time to finally subscribe 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/media-coop-m...
Forget Girl Math — Welcome to Media Co-Op Math
What we’ve learned from 2.5 months on the job.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
lots of @coyotemedia.org news today: our paywall's down for the month, so read everything you want! subscriptions (for you and for gifting) are 15% off! we're trying to get to 2,026 paid subscribers by 2026!! now's a GREAT time to finally subscribe 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/media-coop-m...
The Ontology of Nachos, my short essay on the Tex Mex staple (which includes my first ever nacho review), is now free for everyone to read. Have a blessed Black Friday! www.thelotimes.com/p/limusina-r...
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Ontology of Nachos, my short essay on the Tex Mex staple (which includes my first ever nacho review), is now free for everyone to read. Have a blessed Black Friday! www.thelotimes.com/p/limusina-r...
one of the best things about my job is getting to review clubstaurants :) so...here’s my take on limusina, a tri-level mexican spot near penn station www.thelotimes.com/p/limusina-r...
Who's Thankful for Clubstaurant Nachos???
Here's a review of Limusina by the crew behind Bad Roman. Plus: NYC's newest Michelin stars!
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
one of the best things about my job is getting to review clubstaurants :) so...here’s my take on limusina, a tri-level mexican spot near penn station www.thelotimes.com/p/limusina-r...
lol okay the new rosalía album is pretty good! dug this take from the new yorker's kelefa sanneh, who has some smart thoughts on the state of pop www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Rosalía Doesn’t Want to Take It Easy
On “Lux,” her intense and expansive new album, the artist transgresses the limits of pop music.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
lol okay the new rosalía album is pretty good! dug this take from the new yorker's kelefa sanneh, who has some smart thoughts on the state of pop www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Here's @meghanmccarron.bsky.social with the Northeast and Chicago Michelin starred selections! Masa drops to two, but Sushi Sho nabs three! Also...Bridges gets a star www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/d...
The 2025 Michelin Stars Awarded for the Northeast and Chicago
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November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Here's @meghanmccarron.bsky.social with the Northeast and Chicago Michelin starred selections! Masa drops to two, but Sushi Sho nabs three! Also...Bridges gets a star www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/d...
I wrote about the tuna au poivre at Seahorse and the maitake bordelaise at The Dynamo Room! There are some tasty things happening on the "it wants to be a steak but it's not a steak" front in NYC! www.thelotimes.com/p/seahorse-s...
This Is Not a Steak Column!!!
Seahorse's tuna au poivre is a fun riff on the beefy classic, as is the maitake bordelaise at The Dynamo Room. Also...let's try tuna prosciutto!!!
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November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I wrote about the tuna au poivre at Seahorse and the maitake bordelaise at The Dynamo Room! There are some tasty things happening on the "it wants to be a steak but it's not a steak" front in NYC! www.thelotimes.com/p/seahorse-s...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
a neat little explainer for new yorkers who want to know why the heck they're voting on a nearly 100-year-old ski facility in the adirondacks ithacavoice.org/2025/11/what...
What is Ballot Proposal 1? - The Ithaca Voice
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. ALBANY, N.Y. — This Tuesday, New Yorkers across the [...
ithacavoice.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
a neat little explainer for new yorkers who want to know why the heck they're voting on a nearly 100-year-old ski facility in the adirondacks ithacavoice.org/2025/11/what...
i wrote about the SNAP crisis. the shutdown will eventually end, but changes to the food aid program will put scores of vulnerable people — including the unsheltered, seniors, youths, refugees, and others — at risk of going hungry www.thelotimes.com/p/snap-shutd...
The Cruel American Food Aid Crisis
How the shutdown and the Big Beautiful Bill are putting vulnerable residents at risk of going hungry
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November 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
i wrote about the SNAP crisis. the shutdown will eventually end, but changes to the food aid program will put scores of vulnerable people — including the unsheltered, seniors, youths, refugees, and others — at risk of going hungry www.thelotimes.com/p/snap-shutd...
kipchoge casually breezing in with a 2:14 marathon finish in swank mesh like he's going out for a sunday jog to the local matcha spot in silverlake lol
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
kipchoge casually breezing in with a 2:14 marathon finish in swank mesh like he's going out for a sunday jog to the local matcha spot in silverlake lol
I wrote about the child-like joy of staring at big buildings from inside a spinning Danny Meyer restaurant, and how the restaurant scene around Times Square and Rock Center keeps getting better! www.thelotimes.com/p/times-squa...
The Best Restaurants in Times Square + Rock Center!
Reviews of Danny Meyer's The View, See No Evil Pizza, Smokin' Joe's charcoal chicken, and more
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October 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I wrote about the child-like joy of staring at big buildings from inside a spinning Danny Meyer restaurant, and how the restaurant scene around Times Square and Rock Center keeps getting better! www.thelotimes.com/p/times-squa...
just me trying to go to bed while the "house of dynamite" violins screech through my head lol
October 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
just me trying to go to bed while the "house of dynamite" violins screech through my head lol
The new location of Santo Taco opens tomorrow, and I bet it'll be great, but we should all be paying more attention to El Rey in Times Square, from a prominent Mexican restaurant family:
www.thelotimes.com/p/el-rey-tac...
www.thelotimes.com/p/el-rey-tac...
El Rey is a Taqueria You're Sleeping On!
Plus: Casa Carmen's mole Xico, why the $7 quesadillas at El Rey totally rock, and how to book Misipasta's $115 tastings
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October 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The new location of Santo Taco opens tomorrow, and I bet it'll be great, but we should all be paying more attention to El Rey in Times Square, from a prominent Mexican restaurant family:
www.thelotimes.com/p/el-rey-tac...
www.thelotimes.com/p/el-rey-tac...
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I am moderating a very cool event with a bunch of women chefs in New York on 10/27, which you should get a ticket to imo! www.eventbrite.com/e/murrays-ch...
October 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I am moderating a very cool event with a bunch of women chefs in New York on 10/27, which you should get a ticket to imo! www.eventbrite.com/e/murrays-ch...
i wrote about chipotle's terrible carne asada but i also thought out loud about why chipotle is such a boring and undesirable fast food brand www.thelotimes.com/p/chipotle-c...
Chipotle's Carne Asada Is Bad Food x 1000
A meditation on the struggling chain
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October 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
i wrote about chipotle's terrible carne asada but i also thought out loud about why chipotle is such a boring and undesirable fast food brand www.thelotimes.com/p/chipotle-c...