Jul. 19, 2026
It’s not the job of restaurants to meet everyone’s price points
To the editor: The social media “war” over the Yerord Mas basturma brisket sandwich turned on a light bulb for me (“‘It looks like a war.’ How a $38 Armenian brisket sandwich ignited debate over culture and cost,” July 13). Social media as used by... Read more.
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