It was a subfreezing Friday night, and I wanted a romantic dinner with my husband. But when we arrived at Emilios Ballato, a ...

Lines are a part of life. The grocery store, the DMV, Target on a Sunday — we're bound to queue up. I remember a time, however, when this was a bad thing. Think of anything someone has told you that ...

I’m a very impatient person, and standing in a slow-moving line is one of those very small, maddening aspects of life that drives me crazy. As often happens, however, when I learned more about the ...

During the weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year’s, tens of thousands of people will flock to Amapola Market in the Los Angeles area to buy freshly produced masa for making tamales, a cherished ...

As local restaurants face mounting challenges, diners are lining up for a final taste at some of the city's most beloved institutions. Why do they wait to queue at the bitter end?

Turns out that queuing up for smoked fish or pastrami at Russ & Daughters or Katz's is actually a 20th Century innovation ...

People wait in line for Ko, the all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant on Mission and 18th streets. Photo by Junyao Yang on Oct. 3, 2024. Around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, it was 85 degrees in the Mission. A ...

In a city that prides itself on moving fast, nothing’s slower — or suddenly trendier — than waiting on line. These days, it seems that New Yorkers will stand around and wait for just about anything — ...

People wait in a long line Monday, March 24, 2025, at the Lehigh Valley Driver License Center in Hanover Township, Lehigh County ahead of the Real ID deadline. People wait in a line that stretches ...