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The Last Front-of-House Man

The Last Front-of-House Man

For five decades, Ken Aretsky has defied New York restaurant odds by making charm, simplicity, and elegance the first orders of business.
Ken Aretsky, natty in a bespoke suit, trim beard, and elegant eyeglasses, greets his guests with the ease of a man who knows his place in the world. His place,..

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A Martini Tour of New York City

A Martini Tour of New York City

Three years ago, as the pandemic was loosening its grip on the world, and as I started to recover from the aftereffects of a botched childhood circumcision that had returned to haunt me in middle age, I rediscovered the bottomless pleasure of a cold dry Martini. My emergence from both a global..

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