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Side Dish, the Superfine edition

Side Dish, the Superfine edition

Hello and welcome to Side Dish, our weekly round-up of industry news, hot goss and things you might have missed. Now, let’s get to it...

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May 08, 2025
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  • This blue long-neck bottle is a new status symbol.

  • The New Yorker heads to Kabawa and it is joyous!

  • Now you can drink Tate's Cookies

  • In things no one asked for, Sour Punch introduced Bacon Bite gummies.

  • In our weekly protein update, there's now a protein soda.

  • Tiny cocktails continue to trend.

  • Our tastebuds are peaking out right now.

  • 🔶🟥🔵 might be our favorite new place.

  • Well great, now our gum is coming for us.

  • Onion boils are a thing?

  • There's nothing wrong with Next Door @ Wegman's.

  • Brooklyn Beckham's hot sauce is a perfectly fine generic hot sauce.

  • KK's Khloud Protein Popcorn is just dusty.

  • Restaurant salads have gone giga.

  • Sweetgreen's getting in the K-Pop KBBQ game.

  • Now San Francisco is getting dirty.

  • So is Hailey Bieber.

  • Alinea turns 20 but could use a facelift.

  • Cornbread with caviar stole the show at the Met Gala.

  • New look, new flavor: Poppi’s Punch Pop hits shelves.

  • D.C.s Butterworth's wants your vote.

  • Erewhon's new smoothie is C.R.A.P.

  • Welp, Newark Airport has had a week.

  • Thankfully, this Hello Kitty airport is feline fine.

  • Glamping, by Marriott.

  • Who needs a dating app - just go to the airport lounge.

  • Birders, rejoice! Heathrow has gotchu.

  • "Reno" and "sushi" aren't the first two things we'd put together.

  • Away just dropped a line for kids and it is ca-yute!

  • Yosemite is the toughest reservation to get this summer.

  • Disney is heading to the desert.

  • Kylie, Timothée, Blake, Anna - everyone's going to Rome.

  • There's a new Versace hotel opening in Miami, with golden accents natch.

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