New York City, NY

Brooklyn, NY

In this weekly column, Eater documents the city’s permanent restaurant and bar closures. If a restaurant or bar has closed in your neighborhood, let us know at ny@eater.com. Bed-Stuy: Vegan bakery Le Petit Monstre has closed its second location after a year and a half. “We’re redirecting our focus to our main Navy Yard location,” the bakery shared on Instagram this week. The owner, Elle Barton, runs two other businesses in Brooklyn: the cocktail bar Izzy Rose and the vegan cafe Clementine. 309 Tompkins Avenue, near Quincy Street.

A West Village Staple and Seven More Closings

Philadelphia, PA

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Upper Chichester Township, PA

The Quick Historian

UPPER CHICHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A 51-year-old man has been taken into custody by police on suspicion of neglecting his mother, who was found in distressing conditions, lying in soiled sheets stuck to her bed.

Woman found dead and "fused" to bed, son arrested

Los Angeles, CA

Miami, FL

Mother Wolf, the highly acclaimed Italian restaurant from Los Angeles, is set to open a new location in the Miami Design District this fall. The restaurant from chef Evan Funke is known for its focus on Roman cuisine and celebrity clientele. “I’m excited to be bringing the mosaic of culinary...

Mother Wolf, One of LA’s Most Talked About Restaurants, Is Opening in Miami This Fall

Chicago, IL

Buda, IL

Nadia Chaudhury is the editor of Eater Austin covering food and pop culture, as well as a photographer, writer, and frequent panel moderator and podcast guest. The CEO of Austin-based hospitality tech company InKind, Johann Moonesinghe, is in the process of buying out Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ in Buda. He tells Eater in an email on Wednesday, May 1, that his restaurant group is “likely [going to] end up being the owner” of Valentina’s.

Restaurant Tech Company InKind’s CEO Will Likely Take Control of Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ

Virginia State

Wytheville, VA

Cheryl E Preston

Narcan ( Naloxone)is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose and restores normal breathing. Law enforcement in Wytheville, Virginia, is warning state residents that a horse tranquilizer used in a drug cocktail does not respond to Narcan.

A horse tranquilizer mixed with fentanyl does not respond to Narcan and puts Virginia youth at risk

Texas State

Houston, TX

Lance R. Fletcher

A Texas teacher and her husband are now in custody, accused of taking thousands of dollars from home renovation clients and gambling away money they took for work they never finished.

Texas teacher and husband arrested, accused of gambling away $1.53 million in home renovation scam

Boston, MA

The city’s first-ever Asian Restaurant Week launches today, showcasing dozens of the area’s top Asian-owned restaurants from fast-casual spots like Bon Me, Dakzen, and Fiya Chicken to date-night favorites like Lê Madeline, Pagu, and Sumiao Hunan Kitchen. Here’s how it works: Each participating restaurant has three signature dishes on the menu they are featuring for the event from May 3 to May 11. Each diner who orders one of those dishes will receive a digital stamp. Collect the stamps all week and then cash them in for entries into raffles for prizes including gift cards and swag like an Asian Restaurant Week apron. More participation details are available here and see the full list of restaurants and their signature dishes to order here.

Boston’s First-Ever Asian Restaurant Week Kicks Off on May 3

Ashok Selvam is the editor of Eater Chicago and a native Chicagoan armed with more than two decades of award-winning journalism. Now covering the world of restaurants and food, his nut graphs are super nutty. Last month, veteran Chicago food writer Titus Ruscitti made a stunning statement — that Lincoln...

Tour Sushi-San Lincoln Park, Lettuce Entertain You’s New Japanese Restaurant

San Francisco, CA

As we head into the weekend, Eater SF editors have compiled a list of recommendations to answer one of the most persistent and, arguably, pressing questions of the day: “Where should I eat?” Of course, we have several resources to help guide your dining and drinking decisions — for example, the San Francisco and East Bay heatmaps, which reflect the hottest new restaurants to try right now. But here we offer four suggestions of places to check out this weekend around the Bay Area. And if you’re looking for places to grab a drink, try these lists of the best new places to grab a cocktail in San Francisco and the East Bay.

4 Restaurants and Bars to Try This Weekend in the Bay Area: May 3

Arizona State

Orange, CA

NewSantaAna

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 33-year-old Phoenix man has been convicted of murdering four men in a failed attempt to take over the drug business that left three of the men shot to death, their bodies set on fire inside of a burning car left abandoned in a residential neighborhood in Orange in the middle of the day in 2015. The body of a fourth man was found inside of a car in Fontana six days after he was shot to death; his killers recorded his dying moments on a cell phone, according to the OCDA .

Phoenix man convicted of killing and burning four cartel drug dealers in Orange and in Fontana

Irvine, CA

The Irvine Police Department is seeking help identifying four individuals believed to have been involved in an organized retail theft on March 24th at the Irvine Spectrum . The suspects took Nike products from Champs , a specialty athletic footwear and apparel retailer.

The Irvine Police are trying to identify four suspects who stole merch from Champs

Baltimore, MD

Bucks County Beacon

Written by Thomas F. Schaller , University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Rural white voters have long enjoyed outsize power in American politics. They have inflated voting power in the U.S. Senate , the U.S. House and the Electoral College .

Why ‘White Rural Rage’ Is a Threat to American Democracy

Jersey City, NJ

Hoboken, NJ

NewsBreak

An Upper East Side Staple Is Closing After 46 Years

An Upper East Side staple is closing after almost 50 years. Mini Deli, known for its Italian sandwiches and espresso, will close this week at 1266...

An Upper East Side Staple Is Closing After 46 Years

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