{"id":173176,"date":"2026-03-24T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173176\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:18:07","slug":"ill-take-manhattan-but-hells-kitchen-keeps-pulling-me-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173176\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll Take Manhattan \u2014 But Hell\u2019s Kitchen Keeps Pulling Me Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-grad-6-gradient-background has-background\">I\u2019ll Take Manhattan is W42ST\u2019s new column from legendary NYC writer Michael Musto \u2014 a monthly dispatch from the city\u2019s stages, sidewalks and secret corners.<\/p>\n<p>This column is supposed to represent the full breadth of Manhattan life outside of Hell\u2019s Kitchen, but somehow I keep finding myself right back in HK, as if a giant cultural magnet draws me there, kicking and screaming. It\u2019s just that good.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to verify and manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/michael-musto\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-Michael-Musto-80x80.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manhattan-born entertainment journalist Michael Musto cemented his role as a nightlife fixture with his irreverent Village Voice gossip column La Dolce Musto, launched in 1984. For decades he chronicled celebrity scandals and club culture with sharp wit, later authoring books and freelancing widely. Follow him on W42ST as he launches his new column, \u201cI\u2019ll Take Manhattan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/michael-musto\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Michael Musto\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll Take Manhattan is W42ST\u2019s new column from legendary NYC writer Michael Musto \u2014 a monthly dispatch from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-173176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}