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Soccer Expert Roger Bennett Eats Two Dinners During the World Cup

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By Ben Widdicombe
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Roger Bennett is the founder and co-host of Men in Blazers, which, since getting its start as a soccer podcast in 2010, has blossomed into an independent media company. Unsurprisingly, the past month has been busy, as his team has relentlessly chronicled the World Cup from a base in Atlanta, shuffling between host cities in an orange bus outfitted for broadcasting.
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Restaurateur Henry Rich Used to Order the ‘Quickie’

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By Ben Widdicombe
| Grub Street Verified
Henry Rich spent his earliest years in Cobble Hill, nearby where he now lives with his own family and a block away from his restaurant June. “I was named after Henry Streeet while my mom was on a walk,” he says. Today, as managing partner of the Oberon Group, he also operates the Brooklyn hotspots Rucola, Rhodora, and Anaïs and is a partner in the Nowadays nightclub. “We just want to make good, everyday restaurants that serve as less transactional third spaces for New Yorkers,” he says.
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Chef Hillary Sterling Wants Her Peter Luger Burger Delivered

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By Ben Widdicombe
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“I’ve always loved extreme things,” says Hillary Sterling, executive chef of the “Italian-inflected” restaurant Ci Siamo in the newly minted neighborhood of Manhattan West. “I love riding my bike for 100 miles, and I’m running a half-marathon in two weeks.” She’s also launching her first cookbook, Ammazza!, next month, and will open a Boston outpost of her restaurant later this year.
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