Blog Profile / Grub Street
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| Filed Under: | United States / New York | |
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| Posts / Week: | 77.9 | |
| Archived Since: | June 30, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
Botanica Owner Mark Connell Opening Upstairs Wine Bar Estela
Sliced scallops with grapefruit.
When Mark Connell decided to transform the restaurant space above his Nolita dive, Botanica, into an upscale wine bar, he drafted a fine-dining dream team: former Blue Hill at Stone Barns beverage director...Show More Summary
A New Downtown Coffee Bar Upholds the Bean's Italian Traditions—and Creates a Few New Ones
Iced espresso with mint and lime (far left); iced coffee with ginger, apple, and star anise (top); On the Rocks (center); caffè freddo (right); Shakerato (bottom).
Now that iced-coffee season has commenced, the bean cognoscenti haveShow More Summary
First Look at Oda House, Bringing Georgian Cuisine to the East Village
Oda House brings the rare-for-Manhattan cuisine of Georgia to the East Village, and if you’ve ever had the pleasure of tucking into that country’s gut-busting fare, you know that it’s something worth getting excited about. Chef-partner Maia Acquaviva’s menu doesn’t stint on the classics. Show More Summary
In Season: Eric Ripert’s Sautéed Soft-Shell Crabs
One of the seasonal glories of the Mid-Atlantic seaboard, soft-shell crabs, or “soft crabs,” as they call them down along the Chesapeake Bay, are available from spring through summer but are at their peak in June and July. The name refers...Show More Summary
Team Torrisi Opening ZZ’s Clam Bar on Thompson Street
Big news from Thompson Street: Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone have scrapped plans for their Lobster Club sandwich shop in favor of a reservations-only raw bar opening next weekend. The twelve-seat spot is called ZZ’s Clam Bar — ZZ being the nickname of partner Jeff Zalaznick. Show More Summary
Foot-Long Lobster Rolls at Cull & Pistol; Rooftop Supper Club’s Oyster Social
? Cull & Pistol is offering foot-long lobster rolls during the weekend of June 14 to 16. The half-pound behemoths come either Connecticut-style (warm with drawn butter and lemon) or Maine-style (cold with mayo and scallion) and will run you $34. Show More Summary
Learn How to Make Cronuts
Time to make the cronuts.
The pastry chef Dominique Ansel is looking for a pastry cook to join the team. This is the Soho bakery where cronuts — and many, many other delicious things — are produced. Maybe you've heard of cronuts? Anyway, no corporate super-spies, please. Show More Summary
Nestle and Mars Accused of Massive Candy-Bar Price-Fixing Conspiracy in Canada
The evidence is stacking up.
Canada's Competition Bureau has charged Nestlé, Mars, and a group of independent wholesalers with conspiracy to commit price-fixing of chocolate bars in the country. From the looks of the government's statement, this thing went wider and deeper than a cavity in a molar. Show More Summary
Service Included: 11 Restaurants Where Tipping Isn’t Customary
There's no need to break out your calculator app at Sushi Yasuda.
Yesterday, Ryan Sutton reported that Sushi Yasuda is no longer accepting tips. It's not alone. So, is there a tipping backlash? Not really, but that doesn't mean plenty of restaurants (mostly high-end) aren't also trying to do away with tips. Show More Summary
Times Critic Pete Wells Got Into It With a Ham on Twitter
Cuts like a knife.
It all started, apparently, with the Times review of Carbone on Wednesday, in which Wells praised the "aged country ham" from Kentucky as an effective "stunt double for Parma." Maybe because the prosciutto has protected...Show More Summary
Acclaimed French Chef Alain Passard Gets Graphic-Novel Treatment
Service! Service!!
It's not exactly Get Jiro! (we hope), but Chronicle Books is releasing an English edition of French comics artist Christophe Blain's In the Kitchen With Alain Passard, an account of the minimalist artist's time with the three-Michelin-starred chef. Show More Summary
Annoying California Chef Gets Death Threats From Foie Gras Protesters
Ron Levi.
Ron Levi, whom this ultra-serious CBS news report bills as "one of the best doughnut chefs around," created the gimmicky line of sweets sold at Psycho Donuts in California. He's now also been threatened with physical violence and more for announcing plans to serve foie gras today. Show More Summary
Harvard Study Links Obesity to the Sexual and Physical Abuse of Women
For many, comfort foods are an outlet for stress.
Harvard Medical School scientists have found that food addiction is twice as common among women with a history of sexual or physical abuse. The study of 57,321 women looked at those who had experienced abuse before the age of 18 and developed issues with food later on in life. Show More Summary
Questlove Breaks Down New York’s Fried-Chicken Scene in Six Easy Steps
Man about town.
Roots drummer and budding restaurateur Ahmir Thompson, who's better known to the world as Questlove, takes to Immaculate Infatuation to cheekily plug his Chelsea Market fried-chicken stand, in the process revealing an ad hoc taxonomy of his picks for the city's best fried chicken. Show More Summary
Luxury Condo Owners Threaten Incoming Denny’s With $10 Million Lawsuit
It won't even look like this, swears Denny's.
A coalition of financial district condominium owners has filed a suit for up to $10 million in New York State Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to block Denny's from opening in the ground floor of their landmarked building. Show More Summary
Canada-Based Big Smoke Burger Signs First NYC Lease
Incoming!
We first heard that the Ontario-based hamburger chain Big Smoke Burger was headed to New York last year, and it's just been announced the import has signed a 1,000-square-foot lease at 70 Seventh Avenue, near West 15th Street. Show More Summary
David Beckham Dines at Acme; Katie Holmes and Gloria Steinem Go to Carbone
Oh, hello.
Celebrities were spotted lunching, brunching, and having temper tantrums this week: Although there were no Amanda Bynes sightings, Ramona Singer threw a fit when her daughter's graduation party didn't go as planned. Meanwhile,...Show More Summary
Coca-Cola Introduces Dazzling Bottle Made Entirely of Ice
If this peppy ad is any indication, all sorts of svelte beachgoers in Colombia are at this very moment having the time of their lives with Coke's new botella de hielo, a soda bottle made of ice. It's sort of innovative: With the exception...Show More Summary
NBA Legend Bill Laimbeer Hunts His Own Food and Grabs Dinner With Isiah Thomas
Dinner with friends at De Andrea.
Former Detroit Pistons center Bill Laimbeer (member of the famed Bad Boys squad) is largely considered one of the dirtiest athletes in the history of professional basketball: He threw elbows, feigned fouls, talked trash, and pissed off basically everyone outside of Michigan. Show More Summary
Free Southern Food at the Mississippi Picnic; The Back Room at Sugar and Plumm Opens
? The Back Room at Sugar and Plumm's West Village location opens tomorrow, serving ebelskivers (Danish pancakes) and specialty milkshakes and sundaes. Here's the menu. [Grub Street] ? The recently opened Preserve24 is starting a supper club. Show More Summary