A video has gone viral on X with the claim that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was seen dining at a Palestinian restaurant on the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Critics ripped the mayor for eating at the restaurant, identified on social media as Hinds Hall. New York City Mayor … Read more
The Crown Estate says it needs to refurbish Victory House as the structure is in a poor condition LONDON: The founder of Britain’s oldest surviving Indian restaurant, Veeraswamy, has accused the Crown Estate of trying to project European cuisine as “superior” to India’s gastronomic traditions by seeking to evict the Michelin-starred eatery from its landmark … Read more
LONDON: Two 17-year-old teenagers have been jailed for 10 years in the UK for an arson attack at an Indian restaurant in London in August last year, leaving multiple diners seriously injured.On August 22, 2025, the two, along with a third accomplice, all masked, had stormed the eatery, Indian Aroma, ordering customers to remain in … Read more
Nathan Gael Montelongo, the La Joya, Texas seventh-grader who turned restaurant shellfish shells into chitosan (Image Credit: Society for Science) A fishing trip along the Rio Grande led a La Joya, Texas, seventh-grader to investigate whether discarded shellfish shells could help remove pollution from water. Nathan Gael Montelongo became interested in the problem after a … Read more
The immediate priority is now completing the city’s development agreement and closing the tower purchase before July 30, 2027. Downtown Dallas is betting that one of its most recognizable towers can have a second act. The developers behind a sweeping $409 million redevelopment of Bank of America Plaza have been given another 10 months to … Read more
When a team set out to build a destination restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center in 1971, lower Manhattan was not exactly a dining hot spot. Architect Warren Platner envisioned a warm and sensory aesthetic. “The city was in the s—s,” said Michael Whiteman, who partnered with restaurateur Joe Baum to open … Read more
Image Credit: Cumberland Valley Thomas Mazias’s journey from an 11-year-old Greek orphan washing dishes to the owner of a historic Pennsylvania restaurant is a story of resilience, hard work and family tradition. After arriving in the United States in 1952, Mazias found himself at Hamilton’s Restaurant in Carlisle(Pennsylvania), where he began at the bottom of … Read more