Breaking News: The New York Times named Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao co-chief restaurant critics as part of an effort to expand reviews nationally.
New York Times Names Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao as Co-Chief Restaurant Critics
The pair, Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao, are part of an effort to expand starred restaurant reviews across the country, the company said.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Breaking News: The New York Times named Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao co-chief restaurant critics as part of an effort to expand reviews nationally.
Tejal Rao and Ligaya Mishan are the new chief restaurant critics for The New York Times. We explain what their review process will look like, why they won't be anonymous and more.
How Tejal Rao and Ligaya Mishan Will Review Restaurants
Tejal Rao and Ligaya Mishan will expand restaurant coverage nationally for The Times.
trib.al
June 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Tejal Rao and Ligaya Mishan are the new chief restaurant critics for The New York Times. We explain what their review process will look like, why they won't be anonymous and more.
TIL the shop lady in Diablo 4 has a name, Tejal, lore and four short stories about herself and the shop narrated by the voice actress, and she is actually the one recording all our travels and whatever we (as the Wanderer) are doing
October 1, 2026 at 11:04 AM
TIL the shop lady in Diablo 4 has a name, Tejal, lore and four short stories about herself and the shop narrated by the voice actress, and she is actually the one recording all our travels and whatever we (as the Wanderer) are doing
Did I tell you my dear and beautiful friend Tejal is the new restaurant critic for the NYT? grubstreet.com/article/nyt-critics-tejal-rao-ligaya-mishan.html share.google/z2qBGxDv7WKq...
I'm so incredibly proud of her!
I'm so incredibly proud of her!
Times Restaurant Critics Finally Abandon Anonymity
Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao are the new co-critics.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Did I tell you my dear and beautiful friend Tejal is the new restaurant critic for the NYT? grubstreet.com/article/nyt-critics-tejal-rao-ligaya-mishan.html share.google/z2qBGxDv7WKq...
I'm so incredibly proud of her!
I'm so incredibly proud of her!
August 9, 2026 at 9:53 AM
just got a commission back of my girl Tejal from the wonderful @pinkumilk.bsky.social !
Tejal would never admit it, but she does a lot of fooling around with her slime clone in private. it lets her feel every sensation twice!
Tejal would never admit it, but she does a lot of fooling around with her slime clone in private. it lets her feel every sensation twice!
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
just got a commission back of my girl Tejal from the wonderful @pinkumilk.bsky.social !
Tejal would never admit it, but she does a lot of fooling around with her slime clone in private. it lets her feel every sensation twice!
Tejal would never admit it, but she does a lot of fooling around with her slime clone in private. it lets her feel every sensation twice!
#WIC2026 Second panel, "How much do we need to degrwoth to save the planet"
with @jasonhickel.bsky.social, @nicholasstern.bsky.social, and Tejal Tanitkar.
with @jasonhickel.bsky.social, @nicholasstern.bsky.social, and Tejal Tanitkar.
June 4, 2026 at 9:39 AM
#WIC2026 Second panel, "How much do we need to degrwoth to save the planet"
with @jasonhickel.bsky.social, @nicholasstern.bsky.social, and Tejal Tanitkar.
with @jasonhickel.bsky.social, @nicholasstern.bsky.social, and Tejal Tanitkar.
i wrote about the unacceptably awful and head-spinning firings at Eater, which improbably come as the site celebrates its 20th anniversary: www.thelotimes.com/p/eater-layo...
Eater Is Firing Great Journalists, Again!
Plus, Eleven Madison Park's return to meat, Tejal Rao's review of Taqueria Frontera, and Hugh Merwin on the disappearing fruteros of Los Angeles
www.thelotimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
i wrote about the unacceptably awful and head-spinning firings at Eater, which improbably come as the site celebrates its 20th anniversary: www.thelotimes.com/p/eater-layo...
Tejal the underrated GOAT, love seeing her get more attention
September 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Tejal the underrated GOAT, love seeing her get more attention
T.J., al tejAL BOE!
June 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
T.J., al tejAL BOE!
5/5 We've squandered the 1.5°C carbon budget & 2°C will soon go the same way. For IPCC to play a Paris-compliant role the deadwood of WGIII needs cutting away & a new chair/team oversee an emergency-mitigation report to be published within a year. I suggest Tejal Kanitkar @KanitkarT as the chair!
November 22, 2024 at 10:01 AM
5/5 We've squandered the 1.5°C carbon budget & 2°C will soon go the same way. For IPCC to play a Paris-compliant role the deadwood of WGIII needs cutting away & a new chair/team oversee an emergency-mitigation report to be published within a year. I suggest Tejal Kanitkar @KanitkarT as the chair!
Delicious piece by NYT Tejal Rao, the chief restaurant critic at The NYT, on the fate of the buffet in Las Vegas. An American institution that is in decline. And all the mistakes you can make faced with such a giant load of food --there is always more to eat. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/d...
The Disappearing Las Vegas Buffets Hold a Mirror to the American Soul
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Delicious piece by NYT Tejal Rao, the chief restaurant critic at The NYT, on the fate of the buffet in Las Vegas. An American institution that is in decline. And all the mistakes you can make faced with such a giant load of food --there is always more to eat. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/d...
Delighted to launch our first @jchi-ucsd.bsky.social Health AI Grand Rounds today in partnership with @dbmiucsd.bsky.social, with Dr. Tejal Gandhi, MD as our first speaker!
September 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Delighted to launch our first @jchi-ucsd.bsky.social Health AI Grand Rounds today in partnership with @dbmiucsd.bsky.social, with Dr. Tejal Gandhi, MD as our first speaker!
Off Alley in Columbia City received high marks in a New York Times review published Tuesday, with chief critic Tejal Rao writing, "with its kinks and its oddities and its imperfections, [it] is exactly the kind of restaurant that reminds me what I love about restaurants."
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In Tech-Heavy Seattle, This Tiny Restaurant Delivers Analog Thrills
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Off Alley in Columbia City received high marks in a New York Times review published Tuesday, with chief critic Tejal Rao writing, "with its kinks and its oddities and its imperfections, [it] is exactly the kind of restaurant that reminds me what I love about restaurants."
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Super proud of our fellows. Three talks at IDweek this year. Marc Trubin on education work with Emily Abdoler, Matt Steinberger on stewardship work with with Tejal Gandhi and Lindsay Petty. Recent fellow and current faculty Louis Saravolatz on his recent paper in CID!
July 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Super proud of our fellows. Three talks at IDweek this year. Marc Trubin on education work with Emily Abdoler, Matt Steinberger on stewardship work with with Tejal Gandhi and Lindsay Petty. Recent fellow and current faculty Louis Saravolatz on his recent paper in CID!
The acclaimed restaurant Noma had the power and influence to remake restaurant culture, our chief restaurant critic Tejal Rao writes. “Instead, we’ve learned that Noma perpetuated the darkest parts of the restaurant industry and played out the violent, regressive clichés of the chef-auteur.”
Noma Could Have Changed So Much More Than Food
The globally acclaimed restaurant had the power and influence to remake restaurant culture. Instead, it perpetuated the darkest parts of that world.
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March 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The acclaimed restaurant Noma had the power and influence to remake restaurant culture, our chief restaurant critic Tejal Rao writes. “Instead, we’ve learned that Noma perpetuated the darkest parts of the restaurant industry and played out the violent, regressive clichés of the chef-auteur.”
The New York Times chief restaurant critic Tejal Rao was “delighted” by several dishes on the “labor-intensive” menu at The Paper Bridge, the 2-year-old Northern Vietnamese restaurant that landed on our own guide to Portland’s best new restaurants of 2025.
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May 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The New York Times chief restaurant critic Tejal Rao was “delighted” by several dishes on the “labor-intensive” menu at The Paper Bridge, the 2-year-old Northern Vietnamese restaurant that landed on our own guide to Portland’s best new restaurants of 2025.
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I was on KCRW Press Play with our food critic Tejal Rao to talk about the best food movies, pretty much my favorite topic on the planet! (Also the lead story on this segment sounds like a lot)
www.kcrw.com/shows/press-...
www.kcrw.com/shows/press-...
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May 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I was on KCRW Press Play with our food critic Tejal Rao to talk about the best food movies, pretty much my favorite topic on the planet! (Also the lead story on this segment sounds like a lot)
www.kcrw.com/shows/press-...
www.kcrw.com/shows/press-...
The Las Vegas buffet started as a “genius marketing move.” Now, there’s only a handful of them left.
The Las Vegas buffet, from 1946 to today
Dozens of Vegas buffets have closed since the pandemic. New York Times chief restaurant critic Tejal Rao visited a few of the surviving institutions.
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July 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The Las Vegas buffet started as a “genius marketing move.” Now, there’s only a handful of them left.
OpenAI livestream "Live from OpenAI DevDay 2026: Keynote"
"Watch Sam Altman, Romain Huet, Tejal Patwardhan, and Holly Li live from OpenAI DevDay 2026 as they unveil 20+ launches, debut new capabilities, and demo our latest breakthroughs for the very first time."
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"Watch Sam Altman, Romain Huet, Tejal Patwardhan, and Holly Li live from OpenAI DevDay 2026 as they unveil 20+ launches, debut new capabilities, and demo our latest breakthroughs for the very first time."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fls...
Live from OpenAI DevDay 2026: Keynote
Watch Sam Altman, Romain Huet, Tejal Patwardhan, and Holly Li live ...
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September 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
OpenAI livestream "Live from OpenAI DevDay 2026: Keynote"
"Watch Sam Altman, Romain Huet, Tejal Patwardhan, and Holly Li live from OpenAI DevDay 2026 as they unveil 20+ launches, debut new capabilities, and demo our latest breakthroughs for the very first time."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fls...
"Watch Sam Altman, Romain Huet, Tejal Patwardhan, and Holly Li live from OpenAI DevDay 2026 as they unveil 20+ launches, debut new capabilities, and demo our latest breakthroughs for the very first time."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fls...
This tweet appeared under this Techmeme headline:
Tejal Patwardhan / @tejalpatwardhan:
sharing more detail on best practice safeguards needed to continue any frontier RL training run:
Tejal Patwardhan / @tejalpatwardhan:
sharing more detail on best practice safeguards needed to continue any frontier RL training run:
September 29, 2026 at 11:18 AM
This tweet appeared under this Techmeme headline:
Tejal Patwardhan / @tejalpatwardhan:
sharing more detail on best practice safeguards needed to continue any frontier RL training run:
Tejal Patwardhan / @tejalpatwardhan:
sharing more detail on best practice safeguards needed to continue any frontier RL training run:
OpenAI's DevDay is about to start:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fls...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fls...
Live from OpenAI DevDay 2026: Keynote
Watch Sam Altman, Romain Huet, Tejal Patwardhan, and Holly Li live ...
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2026 at 4:52 PM
OpenAI's DevDay is about to start:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fls...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fls...
Can we start the day with a teeny bit of good news? This is a great decision. Two of the best to ever do it.
New York Times Names Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao as Co-Chief Restaurant Critics (Gift Article)
The pair, Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao, are part of an effort to expand starred restaurant reviews across the country, the company said.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Can we start the day with a teeny bit of good news? This is a great decision. Two of the best to ever do it.
How Much Do We Need to Degrow to Save the Planet?
This was the title of one of our sessions at the World Inequality Conference 2026, where we posed the question to Tejal Kanitkar, @jasonhickel.bsky.social, and Nicholas Stern.
Watch full session & more from the conference▶️ youtu.be/95RY5TSBY2c?...
This was the title of one of our sessions at the World Inequality Conference 2026, where we posed the question to Tejal Kanitkar, @jasonhickel.bsky.social, and Nicholas Stern.
Watch full session & more from the conference▶️ youtu.be/95RY5TSBY2c?...
August 20, 2026 at 8:22 AM
How Much Do We Need to Degrow to Save the Planet?
This was the title of one of our sessions at the World Inequality Conference 2026, where we posed the question to Tejal Kanitkar, @jasonhickel.bsky.social, and Nicholas Stern.
Watch full session & more from the conference▶️ youtu.be/95RY5TSBY2c?...
This was the title of one of our sessions at the World Inequality Conference 2026, where we posed the question to Tejal Kanitkar, @jasonhickel.bsky.social, and Nicholas Stern.
Watch full session & more from the conference▶️ youtu.be/95RY5TSBY2c?...
Tip: always read Tejal. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/d...
The Restaurant That Started Panda Express
The parent restaurant of Panda Express underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation. The deep, comforting pleasures are still on the menu.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Tip: always read Tejal. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/d...