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Featured Posted on April 18, 2019

From the Purveyors of New York’s Best Mozzarella, a New Cafe

The family behind Di Palo’s, the century-old Italian specialty food store, sets its sights on the next generation. With...
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Featured Posted on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019

A Beloved Restaurant Where Fried Chicken Achieves Its Highest Form

Charles Gabriel has been serving up sublime soul food for decades in Harlem, even as many of the neighborhood’s...
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Featured Posted on January 24, 2019March 31, 2019

The Restaurant That Has Helped New Yorkers Feel Famous Since 1984

At Indochine, which turns 35 this year, the pineapple-infused martinis and aura of celebrity remain much the same three...
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Featured Posted on January 6, 2019March 31, 2019

The New York Restaurant Where (Almost) Nothing Has Changed Since 1975

Raoul’s in SoHo is less riotous now than during the restaurant’s ’70s and ’80s heyday. But its charm remains...
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Featured Posted on December 4, 2018March 31, 2019

The Family-Run Store That’s Sold New York’s Best Lox Since 1914

Russ & Daughters has served its beloved bagels, bialys and smoked fish for over a century, but its legacy...
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Featured Posted on November 4, 2018March 31, 2019

The 200-Year-Old Bar Beloved by Book Editors and Longshoremen

The legendary Ear Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village has had many lives. On Sunday nights, when the house...
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Featured Posted on October 18, 2018March 31, 2019

The Harlem Jazz Club Where the Spirit of Billie Holiday Lives On

Minton’s Playhouse, the birthplace of bebop, still rules over 118th Street. Taking our orders at Minton’s Playhouse, the Harlem jazz...
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Featured Posted on August 4, 2018March 31, 2019

The Beloved New York Drugstore Where Local Artists Get a Discount

In SoHo, Thompson Chemists has served a loyal clientele of artists and musicians for 25 years, becoming much more...
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Reggie Nadelson

Reggie Nadelson
Photo: Terry O’Neill

In an ongoing series penned for the New York Times magazine, T, Reggie Nadelson revisits New York institutions that have defined cool for decades, from time-honored restaurants to unsung dives.

Just One of those Things

Photo: Herman Leonard

Produced by Reggie Nadelson and directed by Leslie Woodhead, “Just One of those Things” traces the story of Ella Fitzgerald’s life, and explores how her music became a soundtrack for a tumultuous century. From a 1934 talent contest at the Apollo theatre in Harlem, the film follows Ella’s extraordinary journey across 5 decades as she reflects the passions and troubles of the times in her music and her life.

Moving beyond conventional biopic, the film uses images and music to evoke the feel of those times so as to bring to life the context of Ella’s unique career, featuring interviews from Smokey Robinson, Jamie Cullum, Tony Bennett, Norma Miler.

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