The Sunday Digest 131
"When the party's over, it's over, and where do we run?"
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Sunday Read › The Hillstoning of New York
by Luke Fortny for Grub Street
A perfectly chilled martini, artichokes off a wood-fired grill, french fries with the perfect crunch, and possibly another chilled martini when your steak arrives. If you’re familiar with Hillstone restaurants, then you know just how good that order can be. And if you’re not, well, you’ll probably find out soon.
These meals can cause hangovers, cure hangovers, or be the center-point for celebrating something worth celebrating. And while some avoid chain restaurants at all costs, there are simply some that are worth the tab.
This week’s read explains just that. Here’s an excerpt:
One reason chefs are drawn to Hillstone is that it’s reliable. “They’re not making the most elevated food,” says Jeremiah Stone, an owner of the Manhattan restaurants Wildair and Bar Contra. “But you have to be impressed with the volume and the consistency.” Stone, a career chef whose restaurants are best known for their orange wines and potato-flavored desserts, isn’t the kind of person you’d think to associate with any chain. And yet his first restaurant job was at a Houston’s in Maryland, where he cobbled together Long Island iced teas in the back because he had only recently graduated high school. “It was the nicest place that I have ever eaten or worked,” he says. “It set a standard in my mind.”
Read in full here.
The Sunday Haiku: Why not?
“Ice water and coffee,
and maybe a mimosa —
color the water.”
New Episode › Retail Therapy 113: West Village Girls Crashed The Met Gala
West Village Girls have taken over New York City, our favorites (and misses) from Monday's Met Gala, wearing your soccer boots to the group dinner, breaking down The Ringer's Millennial Canon Bracket, Aime Leon Dore's $12,000 espresso machine, Umbro Drill Top Summer, and more.
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Things I Saved This Week
My Sunday To-Do List
Take as stress off any mom’s plate that I can.
Don’t overthink having a short work week because you’re leaving for Las Vegas on Thursday and have a lot to do.
Watch the most recent episode of Hacks.
Think about hiring someone to clean all our exterior windows but deciding not to because it was surprisingly expensive last time.
Download The Studio to my iPad so I’m not scrambling to do it Wednesday night while packing.
Relax.
I hope you have a great Sunday,
Will
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