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.
Also this week's column has fun review of See No Evil which is a pretty fun hang for pizza and pét-nat in a Midtown subway station (the pies are...fine) www.thelotimes.com/p/times-squa...
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Also this week's column has fun review of See No Evil which is a pretty fun hang for pizza and pét-nat in a Midtown subway station (the pies are...fine) www.thelotimes.com/p/times-squa...
The Power Lunch Price Index is here!!!! Will try to keep this updated once a year or so. www.thelotimes.com/p/best-prix-...
September 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Power Lunch Price Index is here!!!! Will try to keep this updated once a year or so. www.thelotimes.com/p/best-prix-...
Please give a warm welcome to The Lo List, a long guide to fall dining….with a few thoughts on how tricky it is to write about places you haven’t visited yet! www.thelotimes.com/p/new-nyc-re...
September 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Please give a warm welcome to The Lo List, a long guide to fall dining….with a few thoughts on how tricky it is to write about places you haven’t visited yet! www.thelotimes.com/p/new-nyc-re...
I wrote a long review of a truly tremendous new taqueria. It's called Santo Taco and it's in the old La Esquina space! Just take a look at this super thin steak taco!! www.thelotimes.com/p/santo-taco...
June 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I wrote a long review of a truly tremendous new taqueria. It's called Santo Taco and it's in the old La Esquina space! Just take a look at this super thin steak taco!! www.thelotimes.com/p/santo-taco...
dear journalists: sometimes, the passive voice headline style, where the subject is omitted, does not work. this is one of those times.
May 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
dear journalists: sometimes, the passive voice headline style, where the subject is omitted, does not work. this is one of those times.
Gnarly kicker, right here: "Let’s be clear: The debate about fiscal responsibility in Washington this week was about how much worse to make the situation, not how to make it better."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
May 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Gnarly kicker, right here: "Let’s be clear: The debate about fiscal responsibility in Washington this week was about how much worse to make the situation, not how to make it better."
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
A lot of cool sh!t in today’s column! A critique of Midtown’s “Steakhouse Alley," some meaty skewer reviews, my favorite strawberry ice cream (at Rule of Thirds), and some thoughts on gender and masculinity in Amy Sherald’s portraits www.thelotimes.com/p/best-meat-...
May 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A lot of cool sh!t in today’s column! A critique of Midtown’s “Steakhouse Alley," some meaty skewer reviews, my favorite strawberry ice cream (at Rule of Thirds), and some thoughts on gender and masculinity in Amy Sherald’s portraits www.thelotimes.com/p/best-meat-...
you'll see this Bánh Ướt Chồng rice sheet tower on about every third table. the charcoal-grilled pork jowl that comes with is amazing! www.thelotimes.com/p/best-resta...
May 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
you'll see this Bánh Ướt Chồng rice sheet tower on about every third table. the charcoal-grilled pork jowl that comes with is amazing! www.thelotimes.com/p/best-resta...
i also talked with Mahira about how food criticism should reflect the fact that the dinner table is a place for screaming sweetcity.substack.com/p/roundtable...
April 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
i also talked with Mahira about how food criticism should reflect the fact that the dinner table is a place for screaming sweetcity.substack.com/p/roundtable...
Just as we re-review restaurants, its important to re-review edibles as they change. So here's my Second Sutton Take on Sundae School, a Korean American brand with some cool new flavors like matcha, golden pear, and kimchi yuzu www.thelotimes.com/p/golden-hof...
April 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just as we re-review restaurants, its important to re-review edibles as they change. So here's my Second Sutton Take on Sundae School, a Korean American brand with some cool new flavors like matcha, golden pear, and kimchi yuzu www.thelotimes.com/p/golden-hof...
Also, I re-reviewed Sundae School's Korean American gummies. New flavors include kimchi yuzu and matcha!
P.S. That's how normal and sane people eat pizza lol www.thelotimes.com/p/golden-hof...
P.S. That's how normal and sane people eat pizza lol www.thelotimes.com/p/golden-hof...
April 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Also, I re-reviewed Sundae School's Korean American gummies. New flavors include kimchi yuzu and matcha!
P.S. That's how normal and sane people eat pizza lol www.thelotimes.com/p/golden-hof...
P.S. That's how normal and sane people eat pizza lol www.thelotimes.com/p/golden-hof...
I also wrote a few quick words about Michael Mann's "Heat," one of the few action movies with a restaurant wage theft plot line lol www.thelotimes.com/p/ramadan-tu...
April 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I also wrote a few quick words about Michael Mann's "Heat," one of the few action movies with a restaurant wage theft plot line lol www.thelotimes.com/p/ramadan-tu...
"Last year, Mr. Taal was among a group of pro-Palestinian activists who shut down a career fair on the Cornell campus that featured weapons manufacturers."
ICE wants him to turn himself in. This is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
ICE wants him to turn himself in. This is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
March 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"Last year, Mr. Taal was among a group of pro-Palestinian activists who shut down a career fair on the Cornell campus that featured weapons manufacturers."
ICE wants him to turn himself in. This is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
ICE wants him to turn himself in. This is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
Also lobster prices are going up due to smaller catches in Maine and rising international demand (especially from China and Vietnam), which explains in part why we’re seeing a $50 lobster roll (after tax and tip) even from Red Lobster.
The Red Lobster lobster roll isn't v good
The Red Lobster lobster roll isn't v good
March 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Also lobster prices are going up due to smaller catches in Maine and rising international demand (especially from China and Vietnam), which explains in part why we’re seeing a $50 lobster roll (after tax and tip) even from Red Lobster.
The Red Lobster lobster roll isn't v good
The Red Lobster lobster roll isn't v good
I wrote about trying to live well while unemployed, something a few of us are getting a crash course in as Trump and Elon Musk continue their mass purge of the federal workforce www.thelotimes.com/p/kabawa-bar...
March 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I wrote about trying to live well while unemployed, something a few of us are getting a crash course in as Trump and Elon Musk continue their mass purge of the federal workforce www.thelotimes.com/p/kabawa-bar...
I wrote about the graphic depiction of a slaughtered cow and beef in Francis Bacon’s “Painting.” It’s understood to be a criticism of Chamberlain, who pursued a policy of appeasement with Hitler. But the work takes on new relevance in an era of Trump and Putin www.thelotimes.com/p/monkey-bar...
February 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I wrote about the graphic depiction of a slaughtered cow and beef in Francis Bacon’s “Painting.” It’s understood to be a criticism of Chamberlain, who pursued a policy of appeasement with Hitler. But the work takes on new relevance in an era of Trump and Putin www.thelotimes.com/p/monkey-bar...
on covering trump as a restaurant critic...
January 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
on covering trump as a restaurant critic...
on covering trump as a food journalist. my words, for the lo times: thelotimes.com/p/roasted-oy...
January 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
on covering trump as a food journalist. my words, for the lo times: thelotimes.com/p/roasted-oy...
i took this disturbing photo maybe 13 years ago and it continues to haunt me lol why do you need a specialized machine for this?
January 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i took this disturbing photo maybe 13 years ago and it continues to haunt me lol why do you need a specialized machine for this?
thomas keller’s per se and the french laundry, following a new year's price hike, have joined the exclusive club of restaurants serving $1,000 tasting menus: www.thelotimes.com/p/per-se-fre...
January 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
thomas keller’s per se and the french laundry, following a new year's price hike, have joined the exclusive club of restaurants serving $1,000 tasting menus: www.thelotimes.com/p/per-se-fre...
Also: Corima and Carnitas Ramirez are my two restaurants of the year!!! The state of Modern Mexican cuisine in New York is getting stronger and stronger. www.thelotimes.com/p/nyc-best-r...
December 19, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Also: Corima and Carnitas Ramirez are my two restaurants of the year!!! The state of Modern Mexican cuisine in New York is getting stronger and stronger. www.thelotimes.com/p/nyc-best-r...
the best thing about being a solo diner is putting down your phone and watching the broadway show that unfolds around you lol www.thelotimes.com/p/best-prime...
November 26, 2024 at 8:07 PM
the best thing about being a solo diner is putting down your phone and watching the broadway show that unfolds around you lol www.thelotimes.com/p/best-prime...
the case against tinned fish in restaurants (and the few places that get it right!) www.thelotimes.com/p/best-tinne...
September 5, 2023 at 10:31 PM
the case against tinned fish in restaurants (and the few places that get it right!) www.thelotimes.com/p/best-tinne...
Dear Internet People: Please give a warm welcome to Free Food, a new LO Times column that highlights the biggest (and smallest) voices and stories in food every week: www.thelotimes.com/p/free-food-...
August 25, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Dear Internet People: Please give a warm welcome to Free Food, a new LO Times column that highlights the biggest (and smallest) voices and stories in food every week: www.thelotimes.com/p/free-food-...
The first annual edition of the "Best Dishes of the Year, So Far," is here! A roundup of New York's top chomps from the first half of 2023! Most aren't too expensive!!
Also enjoy our beautiful Chomp Art lol: https://www.thelotimes.com/p/best-dishes-2023-list-nyc-restaurants
Also enjoy our beautiful Chomp Art lol: https://www.thelotimes.com/p/best-dishes-2023-list-nyc-restaurants
August 10, 2023 at 8:11 PM
The first annual edition of the "Best Dishes of the Year, So Far," is here! A roundup of New York's top chomps from the first half of 2023! Most aren't too expensive!!
Also enjoy our beautiful Chomp Art lol: https://www.thelotimes.com/p/best-dishes-2023-list-nyc-restaurants
Also enjoy our beautiful Chomp Art lol: https://www.thelotimes.com/p/best-dishes-2023-list-nyc-restaurants