How did Zohran Mamdani win over New York’s small restaurants?

Back to articles

from Vittles [alt+shift+b] in life

A dispatch from NYC by Apoorva Tadepalli.

3rd Nov 2025

Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a] Read now [→]

Stay updated

Get a weekly newsletter with the top 5 articles worth reading every week.

More from Vittles

How touring cricketers can make or break England’s South Asian restaurants

Chasing Kohli, by David Jesudason, illustration by Raj Dhunna

3 days ago • 1 votes

Bang or bust?

At Bang Bang Oriental, Mohammed Ali Salha considers the invention of the London food hall. Photographs by Dashti Jahfar

2nd Oct 2026 • 1 votes

Who is Paying for All of This?

How are restaurant influencers actually making their money? Investigation by Stephen Buranyi. Collage by Cold War Steve

1st Sep 2026 • 1 votes

The Best Place to Eat Cypriot Food in the UK

Alex Mylonas maps the movement of four fine souvlatzidika out of north London and into Potters Bar. Photographed by Michaël Protin.

3rd Oct 2025 • 1 votes

More in life

The Music Innovator Who Lived in a Friend's Basement

But anticipated the rise of techno, disco, rap, and fusion before they even had names

18 hours ago • 1 votes

Keep the rascals rotating

Letters of Vote

2 days ago • 1 votes

How bout a 3d tour of an Orbital AI Data Center?

One that doesn’t exist yet

2 days ago • 1 votes

who’s your mommy?

reparenting, individuation, etc

3 days ago • 1 votes

The End of Jobs Is Just the Beginning

On need, value, and the work that is waiting for us

3 days ago • 1 votes

BoredReading is a way to read what real humans are writing. Every hour, we find freshly written articles from hundreds of blogs. We've got some junk articles that sneak in, but mostly it's good long form writing, and sometimes hidden gems worth sharing!