#viral-food

#viral-food

On Instagram and TikTok, anything worth eating comes with a line. Whether social-media fame is sparked by an influencer or is the result of a concerted marketing effort to engineer a food's digital moment, timeline domination does not always correlate to actual quality. With this in mind, our "Underground Gourmet" columnist queues up each month to try some of the city's most-shared, most-liked foods to determine what phone bait is actually worth the wait.

Foster started Phew's Pies in 2020 and gained viral success after rapper Killer Mike tweeted about his pizza. Foster also recently joined an Eater and Punch Pre-Shift panel and spoke on what it takes to create a viral food menu. The handmade pies include pizzas topped with lemon pepper wet wings, oxtails, and ricotta. His signature pizzas, the Lemon Pepper Wet and Hot Lemon Pepper Wet, are made using a butter sauce, chopped chicken, and mozzarella, with wings dotting the center.

Social media has transformed the culinary landscape by creating a shared language around food, influencing how we perceive and enjoy dining experiences.