Two rival streetwear companies recently got into a brawl at Max Fish, and being that it’s 2010, the entire thing was caught on video. It’s hard to determine which is worse, the fight itself or the quality of the camera work, especially compared to last week’s royal rumble at Blockheads .
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Kung Fu Fightin: Two rival streetwear companies recently got…
Some dinky Queens deli wasn’t the only restaurant to earn an A today, the very first day of the Department of Health’s new letter grade system. The folks over at Park Avenue Summer sent in the above picture of GM Roger Morlock and sous chef Cameron Slaugh with their bright blue letter
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DOh Chronicles: Park Avenue Summer Earns an A from the DOH
Food Network Humor notices a curious blue box atop the website for Paladar , the former Aaron Sanchez Spanish joint now owned by the Superdive team. It notes that payment on the site is three months past due, and that if it’s not received by the end of the month, the site will be auctioned off
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Bills, Bills, Bills: Food Network Humor notices a curious…
Newly listed Baltimore-area restaurants were: B&O American Brasserie, Bluegrass, Bon Fresco in Columbia, Centro in South Baltimore, Coal Fire Pizza in Ellicott City, Grano at Chestnut (aka Big Grano) and Grano Pasta Bar (aka Little Grano), Mr.
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The new Zagat books are here! The new Zagat books are here!
Ever since Jersey Shore hit airwaves last fall, the crew from the show have been popping up at some of New York’s hottest bars and restaurants, sometimes for business, sometimes for pleasure. Along the way, they’ve made some friends in the nightlife world, but also a few enemies. In anticipation of tomorrow night’s Season 2 premiere, here’s a map of the NYC hot spots that the GTL crew visited since getting on TV, as well as a few of the bars and restaurants that tried to cash in on the phenomenon along the way.
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Eater Maps: The Jersey Shore Guide to NYC Dining and Nightlife
“We’re going to see what all the fuss is about,” said Anne Nelson, 34, a McDaniel College philosophy professor who at the bottom of the fourth inning, stood at the end of the line — still snaking all the way back to first base. “I’m a vegetarian, so it’s rarely worth it for me to spend $300 on dinner.” Attendance was 7,315 — more than double a usual Tuesday night turnout, said Keys public relations director Adam Pohl, who said he hoped a Volt concession stand could be reprised annually.
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Bryan Voltaggio, ballpark concessionaire
“We’ve never had to enforce that policy (and, frankly, I would feel uncomfortable doing so), but it’s a gentle reminder to guests that Restaurant Week tends to be very busy — particularly on the weekends,” he said. “We still follow our standard policy of not overbooking, etc, but it’s a balancing act with so much demand. “Weeknights are really the best time to experience restaurant week — it’s generally a much more relaxed pace and there is usually availability.” If you’d like to see Aldo’s restaurant week menu, see below
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No dilly-dallying during Restaurant Week
Whether a tip on where to find the best printed jars, watermelon limeade recipe, or an opinion and guide on savory cupcakes, La Femme Epicure is a go-to guide for the chef looking for inspiration or the owner searching for foodie ideas and culinary trinkets. And what could be more stimulating than to ask your chef to replicate a bacon cupcake for your Sunday Brunch menu?
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Sarah Simms, La Femme Epicure Bring Passion to the Table
Sweat in restaurant kitchens is a very sticky subject. It is hardly appealing to see a chef dripping with seat especially when preparing food. Worse, it is less appetizing when a server sweats tableside.
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Don’t Sweat the Heat in the Kitchen, It’s a Fact of Restaurant Life
At Monday night’s Community Board 3 meeting, the committee approved Little Printz Cafe for their ” global Jewish ” restaurant proposed for 40 Avenue B in the old Russo’s spot. She wasn’t at the meeting, but PR confirms a commenter tip that Top Chef alum and the owner of the recently closed 24 Prince is the woman in charge here
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First Word: Top Chef’s Nikki Cascone to Open ‘Global Jewish’ Resto
[ Krieger , 10/16/08] Yesterday’s list of some of the words restaurants use to describe their restaurant—Jewsion, Gastro fusion—was almost an exercise in the absurd. But there are other words and phrases used to describe restaurants that have become so overused, so misused that they’ve become trendy dining styles that are adopted in name only.
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Listicles Dept.: 10 Restaurant Concepts That Don’t Mean Anything Anymore
Guy Fieri is creating quite the stir at the New York Times cafeteria. There are already two elevator sighting tweets . Meanwhile, food writer @kimseverson reports : “You should have seen the Guy fans in the NYT cafeteria.
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Guy Fieri Saves the World, Again: Guy Fieri is creating quite the…
Bowery Boogie reports on two new Subway franchises , one on 66 Delancey, another at the Avalon Chrystie building, and wonders if they’re expanding maybe a bit too rapidly in the East Village and Lower East Side. Hey, it is the most ubiquitous food chain in the world, and as Grub Street notes , there are actually more Subway shops in New York than subway stations.
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Eater Maps: Subway is Officially Suffocating the East Village and LES
It turns out the legendary $10 for 5 shots of anything promotion at Continental Bar is a money loser. Trigger the owner says Continental spends “$20,000 a year in shot glasses alone, but it brings them in to hopefully buy a beer or two…I needed some gimmick to attract a crowd.
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Expensive Promotions: It turns out the legendary $10…
Washington Post staff writer Hank Stuever says Top Chef 7 “fails to stir.” : “One has a Michelin star. The words ‘James’ and ‘Beard’ are thrown around so much, I’ve ceased to know what they even mean. There’s no element of youthful striving (or, in fact, youth); it’s become a show in which older chefs seek validation and buzzy PR .” [WaPo via Eater National ]
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Top Cheffage: Washington Post staff writer Hank Stuever…
It’s never simple with dear, beloved Ryan Skeen . Though at the opening of his new Harlem restaurant 5 & Diamond , chef Skeen pitched himself as chef and partner, this is no longer the case. He tells Fork in the Road that it was always his intention to open the restaurant, get it off the ground, and then take a consulting role while ceding the kitchen to chef de cuisine David Santos
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Today in Ryan Skeen: Ryan Skeen Slowly Stepping Out of Kitchen at 5 & Diamond
Midtown Lunch enrolled the owner of the Miss Softee truck to live blog today’s hearing about a newly proposed anti-food vendor bill that calls to suspend the vending permits of any street vendor that has accrued two parking tickets in the last 12 months. Vendors are testifying, as are suits from the local BID and neighbors. Mayor Bloomberg’s office has dropped a letter in opposition of the bill
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Meals on Wheels: Midtown Lunch enrolled the owner of…
Andrew Carmellini has gotten around to confirming earlier reports that he’s opening a restaurant in the old Cub Room space with his FOH man at Locanda Verde, Josh Pickard. Rumors have circulated about the place since last November (when he signed the lease) and the restaurant’s designers confirmed the news last month. [Andrew Carmellini via GS ]
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CarmsWire: Andrew Carmellini has gotten around to…
I’ve never thought of Father’s Day as a big restaurant holiday, but maybe it is. Restaurants as diverse as Pazo, Red Springs Cafe and Ranazul are all offering Father’s Day deals. And an e-mail I received from a reader suggests it might be a busy day for eating out
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Celebrating mom on Father’s Day
Reps announce that a new location of burger joint Five Guys has opened at LaGuardia, an airport that currently has scant food options. It’s located in the food court near Gate D, before security. This is just the first of new promising food options that are coming to the airport to give JFK’s Terminal 5 a run for its money
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Opening Alert: Reps announce that a new location…