my 2025 in/out list

hopes/dreams/wishes for a new year of eating out

happy new year! are y’all hungover too?

i just got off an upstate weekend with some of my favorite people where we did our annual perfect tradition of a new year’s eve eve feast at perfect restaurant stissing house followed by a NYE party at my friend’s home with a wild spread. my friend bought me the big night cookbook for christmas and I was inspired to make a spinach and artichoke dip from it for the party!

stissing feast and our NYE spread

it was an amazing two days and as i sit on the Amtrak back to the city, i decided instead of resolutions for 2025, i wanted to compile a non-comprehensive, opinionated, and completely correct in/out list of what i am craving/yearning/despising/wishing to change in 2025! so, without further adieu…

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in - big ideas

i don’t need another expensive basic italian place or a new smashburger spot. as britney spears says, gimme more!

out - small plates

my least favorite combination of any two words. (besides “i’m sorry”)

in - free bread

bring bread baskets back! sometimes carbone is extremely right about things!

out - pouring your own water from the carafe

give me hospitality!

in - switching plates between courses

can a girl dream of a clean plate between apps and entrees?

out - serving burgers without fries

especially when they are over 25 bucks! i’ll call the better business bureau…

in - sidecars with your martinis

it’s economical and i don’t make the rules when it comes to the economy!

out - only sweet non-alcoholic drink options

why is it always just homemade juices? i had an amazing NA drink at eel bar and we need more!

in - more outdoor dining

fuck you eric adams!

out - dogs inside restaurants!

i’m over it! i don’t care if your dog is cute, i don’t need it inside! i also saw a woman at penny eat with her dog strapped to her chest in a baby bjorn. that’s an immediate citizen’s arrest from me.

in - no reservations

resy has killed this city. i want to spontaneously go at a restaurant i didn’t plan to eat at three weeks ago.

out - reserving the seats at the bar

this space is sacred and should only be allowed to be first come, first serve!

in - gatekeeping

not everywhere is for everyone.

out - tiktok spots

i’m over viral foods and i’m over waiting in line.