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"One of the things I love about New York is that it's one of the only places where you could have an entire restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese"

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New York gets praised for its skyline and its hustle, but Savannah Guthrie lands on something sneakier: the city’s talent for turning a comfort-food punchline into a viable business model. A restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese isn’t just culinary kitsch. It’s shorthand for the way New York monetizes obsession. The joke isn’t that people love mac and cheese; it’s that in New York, loving something can become a brand, a lease, a line out the door.

Her phrasing, “one of the only places”, does cultural work. It flatters the city’s exceptionalism while gently poking at its absurdity: a metropolis so dense, so saturated with diners and tourists, that even an ultra-narrow concept can survive. That’s New York’s ecosystem in miniature: niche audiences stacked on top of each other, enough disposable income and curiosity to keep the weird, the indulgent, and the hyper-specific afloat.

Guthrie’s context matters, too. As a broadcast journalist and morning-show fixture, she’s speaking in the language of breezy relatability, not foodie evangelism. Mac and cheese is a safe symbol: nostalgic, non-political, instantly visual. It lets her celebrate New York without invoking the usual romance (Broadway, museums) or the usual grind (rent, subway delays). Underneath the charm is a clear-eyed acknowledgement of the city’s consumer theater: New York doesn’t just contain multitudes; it specializes them, sells them, and serves them in a bowl.

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Guthrie, Savannah. (2026, February 11). One of the things I love about New York is that it's one of the only places where you could have an entire restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/one-of-the-things-i-love-about-new-york-is-that-185277/

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Guthrie, Savannah. "One of the things I love about New York is that it's one of the only places where you could have an entire restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese." FixQuotes. February 11, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/one-of-the-things-i-love-about-new-york-is-that-185277/.

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"One of the things I love about New York is that it's one of the only places where you could have an entire restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese." FixQuotes, 11 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/one-of-the-things-i-love-about-new-york-is-that-185277/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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Savannah Guthrie

Savannah Guthrie (born December 27, 1971) is a Journalist from USA.

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