Chef Chika Tillman, working behind the counter she’s run for more than 20 years. Photo: Brent Herrig The early aughts in New York were something of a heyday for pastry-forward establishments: P*ng, Will Goldfarb’s Room 4 Dessert, Sam Mason’s Tailor (arguably, where even the savory courses and cocktails tended to lean dessert-y), and, opened in 2003, ChikaLicious Dessert Bar, which at the time of its debut was unlike anything else in New York. The 22-seat counter was modeled after omakase restaurants from chef Chika Tillman’s home in Japan. Running it along with her husband, Don, Chika didn’t expect ChikaLicious to…

I’m Eric Sze of 886 and Wenwen, and today we are outsideof an American institution, Delmonico’s.Delmonico’s is known as a steakhouse,but really it’s a restaurant restaurant.I’m gonna hit every single item on the menu.I brought my great friend, chef Ed Szymanskiof Dame and Lord’s.All right, let’s get to it!I’m very, very excited.This also means we have to behavea little bit ’cause it’s so classy, right?If we’re capable of doing that.Delmonico’s, the first fine dining restaurant in America,has one of the biggest wine cellars in America,which you’re a massive wine guy.Yeah, if the budget stretches to it,I’ll try and get down…

In case you haven’t heard, Whole Foods is shrinking—literally. Earlier this year, the grocery giant announced that it was going to test out small “quick stop” stores targeting urban shoppers, and that it would name those stores Whole Foods Market Shop Daily.  The first of the small format grocery stores will launch at 1175 Third Avenue by 69th Street in the Upper East Side in the fall. This week, the company announced the following lineup entry: a mini Whole Foods in Hell’s Kitchen. A third iteration of the shop will debut at a third undisclosed NYC location after that.  RECOMMENDED: This Lower East Side bar…

New York subscribers got exclusive early access to this story in Eating New York, a newsletter featuring food news and advice straight from our critics’ mouths. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Vegan mac and cheese at Chloe. Photo: Sarah Van Liefde The year is 2015. Millennials have yet to be admonished for buying avocado toast, and they leave parties in $10 Uber pools before posting, earnestly, about their nights on Instagram because Stories do not yet exist. On Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, Chloe Coscarelli, a Cupcake Wars winner and author of a handful of vegan cookbooks, has opened…