Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

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Nation

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There is nothing better for cooling off in the summer than an ice-based dessert.

Why Fluffy Shaved Ice Is the Best Shaved Ice

Pantry Goals

From the best recommendations at Trader Joe's and Aldi to our favorite products at global markets, these stories provide you with all the inspiration you need for your next grocery trip.

Pantry Goals - Thrillist

Food Rescue US

Everyday, nearly one pound of food is wasted per person in the United States.

The Best Apps Combating Grocery Store Food Waste

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Ironically enough, one of the most common forms of Indian barbecue—the tandoori chicken—is not intrinsically Indian afterall.

How Indian Barbecue Goes Way Beyond Tandoori Chicken

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Don’t expect Texas to have a single style of barbecue, which changessignificantly as you traverse the vast state.

The Definitive Guide to Texas-Style Barbecue

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Come noon, plate lunch specials land on tables throughout Hawaii where many sit down to eat kalua pig, lomi lomi salmon, lau lau—ti leaf-wrapped pork or fish—alongside a scoop of rice.

All You Need Is This Simple Hawaiian Mac Salad This Summer

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At the colorful Zou Zou’s, which opened in Manhattan last fall, the atmosphere is revelrous.

Why Sizzling Cheese Dishes Are Turning Heads in Restaurants Everywhere

Surely you have already heard the siren call of the ice cream truck as it makes its rounds this summer.

All Your Favorite Ice Cream Truck Treats, Ranked

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Flipping through the first few pages of Mason Hereford’s new cookbook, you might as well be bouncing around on the country roads of rural Virginia in the back of his mom’s GMC.

How Gas Station Sandwiches Changed Mason Hereford’s Life

Hot Bake

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Hot Bake: Recipes for Bread, Pastries, Desserts & More

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As far as the “szns” go, tomato is certainly up there.

Celebrate Peak Tomato Season with This Goat Cheese Galette 

Summer Grilling

Thrillist is partnering with Smirnoff to show you how to level up your grilling game this summer, from fire pits and grills to all the best cookout foods and recipes.

Summer Grilling: Ultimate Cookout Guide and Recipes

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When the humidity hits a certain point in cities like New Orleans and Baltimore, you can count on sprinklers coming out, air conditioners blasting, and lines down the block to try everyone’s favorite summer treat: the snowball.

Serve These Summer Snowballs at Your Next Summer Cookout 

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With summer in full swing, we trust you’re taking advantage of all the season has to offer, from road trips across America to poolside hangouts and backyard BBQs.

What to Bring to Your Next Cookout as a BBQ Guest

Much has been written about the “sad desk salad”—that compostable bowl of chopped greens that you, eyes fixed on a screen, quickly puncture with a fork and gobble up in-between emails.

50 Top-Notch American Burger Spots You Need to Try Right Now

Steamed, smashed, piled high—right this way to the best bites nestled inside a bun.

How Bakers Are Organizing to Raise Funds for Reproductive Rights

America’s pastry pushers are pulling out the sugar and flour for abortion organizations.

This CBD Brand Rolls Hemp Blunts for a Better Smoking Experience

Sway founders talk origins, inspirations, and hopes for a more modern blunt culture.

The Cooking Trends You Should Try This Year

Custard toast, green goddess salad, and everything in between.

City Guides

Why Fluffy Shaved Ice Is the Best Shaved Ice

Forget icy snow cones and opt for bing-su, kakigōri, or Taiwanese shaved snow.

The Best Apps Combating Grocery Store Food Waste

Never throw out sad looking vegetables again.

How Indian Barbecue Goes Way Beyond Tandoori Chicken

Chef Chintan Pandya of Dhamaka shares a recipe for seekh lamb kebab.

The Definitive Guide to Texas-Style Barbecue

From boudin in the east to the south's cabezita, the Lone Star state has smoked meat aplenty.

All You Need Is This Simple Hawaiian Mac Salad This Summer

This side dish is quick, uncomplicated, and easily a winner at every cookout.

Why Sizzling Cheese Dishes Are Turning Heads in Restaurants Everywhere

From flaming kasseri to bubbling queso fundido, these theatrical plates are causing a chain reaction.

All Your Favorite Ice Cream Truck Treats, Ranked

Hot takes on cold treats.

How Gas Station Sandwiches Changed Mason Hereford’s Life

In his debut cookbook, the Turkey and the Wolf owner pays tribute to snacks of his youth.

Celebrate Peak Tomato Season with This Goat Cheese Galette

Chef Claire Thomson’s new cookbook is dedicated to the juicy summertime fruit.

Serve These Summer Snowballs at Your Next Summer Cookout

Dasia Kabia of Ice Queens shares tips for making her strawberry shortcake ice dessert.

What to Bring to Your Next Cookout as a BBQ Guest

Impress the host with these easy sides and desserts.

Why the Future of the Lunch Salad Is Up in the Air

After two-plus years of upheaval, the office lunch routine is trying to find its footing.