Emma Orlow is a reporter at Eater New York. 

You can also find her words in The New York Times, New York Magazine's Grub Street and Curbed, T Magazine, Bon Appétit, Vogue, and more. 

She has written about elusive restaurant signmakers, naughty cookbooks, establishments reanimating the subway, overdose prevention in hospitality, midnight urban apple-picking, a hidden food spot in a Brooklyn gas station, an Indonesian food bazaar in Queens, the doula nourishing new parents, a family-run crab delivery, a dosa stand that draws lines at the farmer's market, and a one-to-watch breakfast taco pop-up. As a lifelong New Yorker, food is often her lens for archiving trends in the city and the state of retail. She helped execute the Eater Guide to New York City (2024).

Beyond the restaurant beat, she's reported on the world's largest dollhouse miniatures convention, a ceramics studio working with formerly incarcerated individuals, unconventional artist residencies, and a variety store by a former pencil shop owner.

Her writing is informed by past work for food/prop stylists, photographers, artists, museums, and miscellaneous service industry gigs. 

Here's an interview that gives more of a taste.