A British Chef Opens in SoHo, and Plans to Keep His Own Table for Decades

Thomas Straker, the London chef, now has a restaurant in SoHo, and it has quickly become one of the hardest tables to get in New York. For anyone flying up from the island this season, it belongs on the list. Straker loves his new room so much that he says he means to eat there every second day for the next four decades, or for the rest of his life. When a chef wants to eat at his own place that often, it tells you a good deal about the kitchen.

With reporting from Vanity Fair.