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What to Read Today The Terrifying Genius of Restaurant Letter Grades Why the New York Health Department’s decade-old initiative isn’t quite what it seems. By Demian Repucci Nation of Two-Buck Chuck Lovers Mourns the Death of Trader Joe “RIP Joe Coulombe, whose Trader Joe’s is one of the best ideas mass retailing has ever given us.” By Alan Sytsma New York Bodega Owners Prepare to Fight Plastic-Bag Ban Lawyers representing 14,000 bodegas are asking a judge to delay the law. By Chris Crowley 11 Excellent Things to Eat, Drink, and Do in New York City This March Your food agenda for the month. By Chris Crowley Opening Ceremony’s Humberto Leon Is a Ranch Kind of Guy “Cool Ranch is one of those things where it’s a special occasion for me.” By Chris Crowley Can New Brooklyn Save Old Brooklyn? The long life, ignominious death, and crowdfunded rebirth of Gage & Tollner. By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite Dunkin’ Dares America to Gaze Into the Abyss Get this: The chain is selling solo bacon. By Chris Crowley Grub Street’s Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants. By Alan Sytsma The City Council Is Taking Aim at Food-Delivery Apps Councilmembers are considering a set of bills that would limit the power that Grubhub and others have over the local restaurant industry. By Nikita Richardson 10 Reusable Shopping Bags You Need to Face New York’s Plastic-Bag Ban Everything changes on March 1. By Nikita Richardson Read more on Grubstreet Subscribe for $5/month and get unlimited digital access to New York Magazine, home of the Cut, Vulture, Grub Street, and Intelligencer. unsubscribe   |   privacy notice   |   update preferences This email was sent to kimo.sahimo.kitchen@blogger.com. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get this newsletter in your inbox. View this email in your browser. You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2020, All rights reserved