This review originally ran in the April 1, 2008 edition of the New York Daily News. Opening a Pan-African restaurant in the Meatpacking District doesn’t exactly sound like a sure thing. After all, ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A Cary-based food truck has once again earned national acclaim, securing a place on Yelp’s recently published Top 100 Food Trucks ...

Amanda Kludt is the former editor-in-chief of Eater. Back to Samuelsson for a moment, we’re glad to see him abort despite what surely were mixed feelings. He’s got new restaurants in Chicago and Tokyo ...

Over at Eater, they’ve deathwatched Merkato 55, Marcus Samuelsson’s newish, chi-chi, pan-African eatery in the meatpacking district. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Merkato is on its way out, but ...

Merkato’s menu system is not for the faint-hearted. It’s a dizzying grid formation with no less than eight combinations of injera, wot, and tbsi, 24 arrows, and flashbacks for any perennial snakes and ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Merkato Cafe ranks on Yelp’s 2025 Top 100 Food Trucks for second straight year. The Triangle-based truck is North Carolina’s only ...