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It May be Time to Spruce Up
Restaurant Blog, The | 43 minutes ago
When was the last time you painted your dining room walls and ceiings, polished your floors, reupholstered your banquettes and completely wiped down and cleaned your chairs? Ho about the vents in the ktchen that work as a heat return? It may be time to get busy during the slow times.
EaterWire: SuperBoSsam, Broadway East's new Menu, a Deal at Bar Blanc, and More
Eater | 7 hours 36 minutes ago
Steamed Crap via Young Manhattanite RESTAURANT WEEK— Resys for the '09 Winter Restaurant Week are available online now. As usual, diners can get three courses for $24 at lunch, $35 at dinner at hundreds of NYC restaurants. Or, Bar...
resyFEED: little giant -- 212 226 5047 -- 2 rings, giant,...
Eater | 8 hours 29 minutes ago
little giant -- 212 226 5047 -- 2 rings, giant, sure we have openings, we have 8 hundred acres -- 212 475 7500 -- 2 rings, hundred acres, we have 8 market table -- 212 255 2100 -- 2 rings,...
Board Wrap: Let the Restaurant Week Begin
Eater | 8 hours 54 minutes ago
· The Biannual Debate on the Merits and Pitfalls of Restaurant Week [Yelp]· ...Also Discussed on Chowhound [CH]· ...And eGullet [eG]· eGulleters Deem Food at Shang Excellent, Service Slightly Off [eG]· Letting Loose on Anne Burrell's...
Beer & Boulud: Similar to the Met exhibiting master...
Eater | 9 hours 43 minutes ago
Similar to the Met exhibiting master works in Lite-Brite. Daniel Boulud's most upscale New York spot, Daniel, will be hosting beer pairing dinners on Jan 27 & 28, in anticipation of his casual restaurant (fka DBGB) opening on the Bowery....
The Plywood Report: Bomboloni, Just Salad, Brook Vin, 50 Henry, and More
Eater | 9 hours 53 minutes ago
1) Upper West Side: Via a press release we learn the Bomboloni, a new Upper West Side dessert and coffee shop, is set to open at Columbus and 67th in early April. The place will be located between the...
Space Fillers: We're perplexed as to why this...
Eater | 11 hours 14 minutes ago
We're perplexed as to why this merits a photo in People, but hell, Sam Talbot got one. Top Chef's Nikki Cascone is engaged to her co-owner at 24 Prince. [People]
Monday Opening Report: Co., Udon West, Bond Street Chocolate, Rooster's, 111 First Avenue Certified Open
Eater | 11 hours 14 minutes ago
The Scene Outside Co. on Saturday Night [Photo Credit] 1) Chelsea: A variety of sources including Slice have reported that Jim Lahey's Co. soft-opened last week and is already causing some mild hysteria. From Slice: "I am outraged that...
Renovation Report: Two Boots Tavern Down for January
Eater | 11 hours 34 minutes ago
More changes in the Two Boots empire. The New York pizza chain's LES location on Grand Street will be closed for the month of January while they "change the decorations." Looks like they are getting around to making those...
Four Seasons Turns 50: From the restaurant: "To celebrate its...
Eater | 11 hours 47 minutes ago
From the restaurant: "To celebrate its 50th anniversary, The Four Seasons Restaurant is offering a three-course $59 menu, priced in honor of 1959...Designed with a retro look that closely resembles the restaurant’s earliest menus, the $59 prix fixe is served...
Eric Konigsberg on Absinthe
Food Section, The | 11 hours 53 minutes ago
"If absinthe were a band, it would be Interpol, third-hand piffle masquerading as transgressive pop culture. If absinthe were sneakers, it would be a pair of laceless Chuck Taylors designed by John Varvatos for Converse. If it were facial hair,...
Genes, Geography, and Taste
Food Section, The | 11 hours 59 minutes ago
A recent study into the genetics of taste provides new insights into global variation in the sensitivity of humans to different flavors. Surveying residents of Kenya and Cameroon, the researchers discovered that these African populations were more sensitive to bitter...
Two Story Pizzeria/Cooking School Coming to Bleecker St.
Eater | 12 hours 25 minutes ago
West Village: While David Bouley works on his new Japanese cooking school down in Tribeca, we learn his isn't New York's only new culinary education import. Prudential Douglas Elliman just sent word that they offered a long term lease for...
Chopped: Chopped, the Food Network's rip off...
Eater | 13 hours 33 minutes ago
Chopped, the Food Network's rip off of Top Chef, premieres next week and there are some real, actual, in some cases well known, New York chefs competing. In addition to Bloomingdale Road's Ed Witt and Merkato 55's former chef Andrea...
Party Food
Amateur Gourmet, The | 13 hours 41 minutes ago
Quick, rank the following from least important to most important, on the subject of "what makes a good New Year's party": a. food; b. music; c. decorations/lighting. Many of us food lovers would like to believe that music and decorations rank less than food when it comes to a happy New Year's eve, but now that I am the survivor of my very own New Year's party--one that lasted into the wee hours and alienated us from our upstairs neighbors--I can say, with great confidence, the ranking goes li...
First Word: Comedy Clubs Set Sights on EVill Booze
Eater | 13 hours 54 minutes ago
East Village: Next week, the all powerful Community Board 3 SLA Licensing meets to deem which new restaurant and bar applicants are worthy of a coveted East Village liquor license. Over a dozen will go before the board, but two...
Momo Brunch: We'll take those Shake Shack heat...
Eater | 14 hours 21 minutes ago
We'll take those Shake Shack heat lamps and raise you one Momofuku brunch. Ssam Bar has three new egg dishes they serve at lunch time, finally making the place a viable weekend brunch option: "...brandade served with some greens, a...
ShackWire: Vital Shake Shack minutiae: The heat...
Eater | 14 hours 34 minutes ago
Vital Shake Shack minutiae: The heat lamps are out but they are not on. We repeat: heat lamps present, not yet fired up. And this: "It appears that the Shake Shack is now on a weekly custard schedule. I don't...
Media Watch: The New York Times Magazine is...
Eater | 15 hours 5 minutes ago
The New York Times Magazine is revamping their food section. Pete Wells' will continue writing about his 4 year-old culinary prodigy in sucessive columns, Sam Sifton will write about making restaurant recipes easy, and new food editor Christine Muhlke will...
Allen & Delancey Gets New Years Eve Fire Dept. Visit
Eater | 15 hours 27 minutes ago
Just over a week ago, we posted a reader complaint about Allen & Delancey, spurring a long thread about the decline of the one time darling of the LES culinary scene. Today we receive yet another report from a reader,...
Shutter Confirmations: At the end of November it...
Eater | 15 hours 51 minutes ago
At the end of November it was predicted the Plaza's troubled Palm Court would close imminently, and sure enough, she's now confirmed shuttered, date of death: 12/31/08. Stay tuned for the revamp. The restaurant's website reports they will relaunch in...
Saving Cheyenne: Nine months after the Cheyenne Diner...
Eater | 16 hours 23 minutes ago
Nine months after the Cheyenne Diner was reported as saved by Mike O'Connell, it still awaits a pricey move to Red Hook, a move that may not be a sure thing anymore: "...plans to move the more-than-100-foot-long structure in two...
The Shutter: Ciprianis to Close Rainbow Room Restaurant Next Week
Eater | 16 hours 36 minutes ago
News came over the wire this weekend of the imminent shutter of a New York icon, and thus more trouble for the Cipriani family. On January 12, the famed Rainbow Room restaurant will close after 74 years in business on...
Listage
Eater | 17 hours 7 minutes ago
Outside the Waverly Diner on New Year's Eve [Flickr/24gotham] · P&G Bar to Stay Open For Another Month [Lost City] · Interview With New Top Chef Judge/British Food Critic Toby Young [Metromix] · Bruni's Restaurant Wishes for the New...
Food Network Sneak Peak: Will Work for Food
Super Chef | 17 hours 18 minutes ago
By JULIETTE ROSSANTWhat do you get when you win The Next Food Network Star? Your own TV show, at least for a season until something better comes along. Adam Gertler, winner of season four, has his chance this January 19, at 8:30pm/7:30c when his shot, Will Work for Food premiers. Will it last more then one season? Super Chef got a sneak peak at the program and thinks that it has a chance to make it to season two.The idea of Will Work for Food is that Adam tries out different food industr...
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Restaurant Blog, The
Need-to-know info for restaurant owners and operators
Super Chef
Super Chef is a blog written by Juliette Rossant about the elements that transform chefs into "Super Chefs."
Food Section, The
The Food Section discusses "All the News That's Fit to Eat," and is brought to you by Josh Friedland.
NRN Foodservice Blog
The NRN Foodservice Blog provides "The Scoop" about the foodservice industry, brought to you by Nation's Restaurant News.
Eater
Eater is a New York City restaurant, bar and nightlife blog.
Emeril's Cooking Blog
Emeril's Notes From the Kitchen is chef Emeril Lagasse's guide to all things culinary.
Amateur Gourmet, The
The Amateur Gourmet provides food insight from an amateur's viewpoint.