This is the latest edition of Who Goes There? a regular feature in which Lost City’s Brooks of Sheffield cracks the doors on mysteriously enduring Gotham restaurants—unsung, curious neighborhood mainstays with the dusty, forgotten, determined look—to learn secrets of longevity and find out, who goes there
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Who Goes There? : Trieste Restaurant, Hidden Away in Jackson Heights
A blogger dreams that the Domino Sugar Factory could magically become a multi-venue nightclub. It’s not just the size and flexibility that gets their heart racing, it’s also the location “in Williamsburg but away from its annoying Bedford and North 7th epicenter and practically within spitting distance from downtown Manhattan. Also, the neighborhood is relatively low on residential units (for now), so fewer uptight prig neighbors to worry about.
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Pipe Dreams: A blogger dreams that the Domino…
An Eater SF tipster has found a benefit to Yelp’s new Foursquare-like check in feature for restaurant owners : “If you have an iPhone, you could join Yelp, log in on your phone and see who in the dining room is ‘checked in.’ Users who are ‘checked in’ may not be there to review, but you could certainly make a mental note of whatever they experience and then keep an eye out for their review.” [Eater SF]
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Checking In: An Eater SF tipster has found…
Acting on some twitter intel last night, a group of Eater operatives in the vicinity of The Gutter in Williamsburg headed on down to South 6th Street to confirm that yes Zak Pelaccio’s Fatty ‘Cue quietly opened to the public last night, about six days ahead of schedule (or two years behind schedule, depending on who’s counting). Not only is it open, but it looks like it’s going to be the Southside neighborhood-maker many had hoped it would be
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Certified Open: Fatty ‘Cue is Open to the Public and Worth the Two Year Wait
Every week in Tony Bourdain and Eric Ripert’s radio show “Turn & Burn,” the hosts lampoon Ruth Reichl’s weirdly poetic tweets in a segment called the Tao of Ruth. Yesterday, Ruth herself called into the show to join in and read a new composition, and then went on to discuss new twitter mashup @ruthbourdain .
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#RuthReichlWins: Reichl Lampoons Her Own Tweets on Bourdain’s Radio Show
Just heard from the Dining@Large lurker who tipped me off recently to Pigs’ Feet Yat Gaw Mein . Lurker writes: “With the warm weather upon us, I have a craving for pulled pork bbq. “Trouble is, every place I’ve seen in Baltimore features the western North Carolina style (tomato based bbq sauce).
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Looking for true ‘cue
EAST VILLAGE — East Village Mexican stalwart Mary Ann’s has been seized by the tax man. [FitR] RED HOOK — The previously mentioned Cathy Erway-Sixpoint Brewery rooftop garden will now include live chickens. [Feast] BLOG DEALS — Deadline learns that Ree Drummond’s food blog, the Pioneer Woman is being developed into a major motion picture.
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EaterWire: Mary Ann’s Seized, Reese Witherspoon in Food Blog Film
From Whole Paycheck to Whole Food Stamp. There’s provocative story in Salon headlined, ” Hipsters on food stamps .” Subhed: “They’re young, they’re broke, and they pay for organic salmon with government subsidies. Got a problem with that?” The story happens to open with two, young, underemployed Baltimoreans who use their food stamps at the farmers’ market and Whole Foods.
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Foodies on food stamps
[ Krieger ] Betel , a new Thai restaurant from Australian restaurateurs, opened in the old Wild Ginger space on 51 Grove last week. Designed by the man behind the Upper East Side’s sleek Le Caprice, the space itself is a looker, and people in the neighborhood seem happy with what he’s done with the landmarked space.
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Good News/Bad News: The Early, and Very Positive, Word on Thai Newcomer Betel
Midtown Lunch reports that Kyochon , the $2 million Midtown flagship of the Korean fried chicken chain, is currently closed for retraining . Says their tipster: “they’re closed for the next two days to retrain all of the employees due to the poor reviews they’ve received.
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Retooling: Initial Crap Reviews Force Kyochon to Close for Retraining
Not content to stiff wine lovers who’d like to order vino legally from out-of-state vineyards, Maryland lawmakers are considering ways to stiff waiters. A bill before the General Assembly would outlaw the automatic tip that some restaurants tack onto the tab, at least for parties smaller than 10, the Baltimore Business Journal reports today. Del
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Campaign slogan: will work for tips
Not to overstate things, but Eleven Madison Park’s annual Kentucky Derby celebration is one of the parties of the year . The crowd gets into the theme, with suits and souped up hats galore, there’s food all over the place, a live band, cigar smoking, and a screening of the big race
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Eater Contests: Win Two Tickets to EMP’s Killer Kentucky Derby Soiree
Introducing one of Pulino’s yet to be fully explored assets, those big doors that open right onto the Bowery, offering spring breezes and views of Whole Foods. It might hit 70 today, so try going after the lunch rush for those primo seats
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Signs of Spring: And on the Fourth Day, Pulino’s Embraced the Bowery
The SF food blogs took to shaming a local waffle truck this week when they discovered he was a franchise operation, not an indy artisan wafflemaker . The problem is, he never claimed to be artisan, never said he was making the dough from scratch. Still, the blogs are calling is a ” fauxtisanal scheme “.
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WaffleGate, SF Edition: The SF food blogs took to…
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Like many restaurants seeking a liquor license in an oversaturated zone, newish Pichet Ong dessert bar Spot is lobbying the neighborhood for signatures. But in this case, when neighbors sign Spot’s petition, they get a “complimentary treat” and a “St. Marks Resident VIP card where you will receive 10% off purchases FOREVER.” [EVG]
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Small Time Bribes: Like many restaurants seeking a liquor…
[ Curbed ] To be honest, it would be weird if Danny Meyer hadn’t toured the prospective restaurant spaces in the upcoming Brooklyn Bridge Park , given he has restaurants in both Central and Madison Square Parks, considered bidding on the Tavern on the Green space, and holds a slew of operations at CitiField. But yes, he was there last week to tour the Pier 1 facilities along with the owners of Red Hook’s destination restaurant The Good Fork , mini Asian chain Rice , Dumbo’s Superfine , and at least 30 others (and one blogger plant ). Correction : Reps for Meyer say he was not on the tour
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Parks and Rec.: Danny Meyer and 30 Other Vendors Eye Brooklyn Bridge Park
Let’s face it-when restaurants are empty, owners love lollygagging customers who sit at a table for hours, especially in the window. However, two days later when that restaurant is full, the same owner wants the same customer to leave after a reasonable amount of time.
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Customers Only Loiter When You Need the Chairs
If you overdid it last night celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, I’m not sure you’ll feel like cooking a big breakfast of spicy sirloin sliders and breakfast burritos. But the folks at Tabasco and chef Laurent Tourondel of New York’s BLT Market say that’s just the thing for the morning after.
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Cures for the "Irish flu"
EAST VILLAGE — Workers on the scene today revealed that the former (beloved) Astor Place East Starbucks is going to become a cafe for the New York Film Academy , which apparently rents some space in the building. [EaterWire] SOHO — Feast hears that Socarrat Paella Bar is considering expanding to Soho
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EaterWire: New Tenant for Astor Place ‘Bucks, Rumored Soho Socarrat