The Man Who Made New Yorkers' Dreams Come True

From the day Keith McNally opened Pastis in a then-desolate patch of Manhattan, it was the city's hottest restaurant. [Image] [Image]( The Return of Pastis, and the Man Who Made New Yorkers' Dreams Come True Pastis—the original Pastis—opened twenty years ago. It’s not as though we’re talking about ancient history.  And yet to get a sense of what the neighborhood felt like when the restaurant made its debut, you will want to start by scouting around for vintage photographs, as if you were rewinding to bygone, black-and-white street scenes captured by the likes of Berenice Abbott, Garry Winogrand, and Weegee. Abandoned cars, crumbling facades, prostitutes on the prowl. Go online and gawk at the grunge. Even at the tail end of the twentieth century, the Meatpacking District looked like what its name implies. It was a neighborhood on the physical and social margins of Manhattan. The packing houses with their swaying carcasses on hooks had begun moving out decades before, but their splatters of blood had been replaced by splashes of graffiti, and their caverns had been usurped by sex clubs.  Keith McNally took a walk one day and surveyed all this, and loved it. “It felt like the world’s end,” he recalls. “Raw. Natural. Alive. A healthy mix of meatpackers and transvestites.” In 1999, McNally was riding high on the success of Balthazar, the all-day SoHo brasserie that celebrities seemed to adopt as their canteen before they’d even gotten a peek at the red leather banquettes. The guy was in the zone, and he was wondering what to do next. [Read the Full Story]( [Image] [Image]( Everything You Need to Know About Big Little Lies Before Season Two Two years have passed since viewers were first introduced to Madeline Martha Mackenzie's little grudges (she tends to them like pets). But by the end of Big Little Lies' seven-episode run, the story that started as the darkly comedic inner workings of Monterey's wealthiest mothers, turned into a full murder mystery. Before it drops tonight on HBO, freshen up that memory with a recap of everything that happened in Season One, Amabella biters included. [Read the Full Story](  [Image]( The T-Shirt That Proves a T-Shirt Can, In Fact, Be Perfect I bought my first Rag & Bone classic tee on sale (and with a gift card) a few years ago. As a staunch supporter of T-shirts, I had various options that I liked, sure. Ones that worked with certain pants or layered under certain jackets. But this Rag & Bone tee—the one I bought on a whim—taught me that I didn't have to just like a T-shirt. I could love one. Now, I can't imagine my life without it. Here's what makes it perfect. [Read the Full Story]( [Image]( Dapper Dan Explains the Birth of His Legendary 'Knock-Up' Logo Clothing In 1982, a gambler turned clothier started sampling old-money status symbols, remixing the trademarks of Europe’s top fashion houses for Harlem’s biggest rappers, from Salt-N-Pepa to LL Cool J—even a future Supreme Court justice came knocking. Daniel “Dapper Dan” Day revisits the shop that brought the runway to the street, and the street to the runway. [Read the Full Story](  [Image]( Every Episode of Black Mirror, Ranked The anthology series has set out to consider the anxieties of our technological era. It warns—not that our advanced tools are bad—but that humans can misuse our own creations. It takes risks with storytelling, and it has even predicted a number of actual real world events, with episodes that have come eerily close to depicting Brexit and Trump before they happened. Like every anthology series, even the Emmy-winning Black Mirror can be hit or miss. So, with Season Five now on Netflix, we rank all 23 episodes of Black Mirror from worst to best. [Read the Full Story]( [Image]( June's Best Movies on Netflix Include the Batman Movie That Changed Everything It's classics time on Netflix. With every passing month, there's a new slate of movies that gets introduced to the streaming platform. It just so happens that this month is stacked with classics of all types: comedy, war drama, horror, and a little musical kick in there for you, too. Not your speed? That's fine. There's also a solid modern comedy choice in 50/50, along with the Batman movie that changed everything. Variety is the spice of life. Below, find our six stand outs for June's new additions to Netflix. [Read the Full Story](  Follow Us       [Unsubscribe](  [Privacy Notice](  esquire.com ©2019 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019   Â