Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz VUVUZELA! Apologies, but I am completely enthralled with the World Cup for that reason alone. While watching the games, I have a strange desire for toast and I wander about ducking and flailing wildly trying to avoid any imaginary wasps.
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Speedy, Unmoving, and Loaded for Bear with Aloe
Nina’s Food ‘s win at the Vendy Awards has proven bittersweet . The street food vendor stole the show , and as a result has attracted a ton of attention both positive and negative. Midtown Lunch reports that some of the unwanted attention comes by way of cops: ” She’s been shut down and harassed so often since the Vendy’s, she doesn’t think she can continue unless she gets a truck, which she can’t afford
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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…
The hotel’s innovative F&B outlets, including LA Market and Glance, are now open.
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Restaurants Cooking Up Excitement at JW Marriott Los Angeles
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…
A drastic lowering of the legal drink-drive limit, random breath tests and possible permanent driving bans for persistent offenders have been recommended in a Whitehall-commissioned report.
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Lower drink-drive limit proposed
The review of 5 & Diamond that came out today needs a clarification–it turns out that, for the last month or so, Ryan Skeen has been transitioning to a consulting role at the restaurant, w…
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Ryan Skeen Moves to Consulting Role, David Santos Is Chef of 5 & Diamond
“Last call” at Naperville bars will not be an hour later after all on the night before Thanksgiving. City Council members Tuesday night voted 5-3 to reject a request by the Restaurant Association of Naperville to extend operating hours for watering holes and eateries with liquor licenses on so-called “Black Wednesday” from 1 a.m
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Naperville rejects extended bar hours on Thanksgiving Eve
In the Seattle Police Southwest and North Precincts , a “pilot program” is under way to talk one-on-one with residents about crime and safety issues in their neighborhoods – by sending police officers door-to-door with a survey of sorts. We learned about this from a West Seattleite who messaged us about it via Facebook after an officer showed up at her door to ask some questions
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Why a police officer might turn up at your door, with questions
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…
Bartending competition results can never tell the whole story, nor do they reflect the true strengths of each competitor. However, numbered rankings often seem harsh, especially to those who didn’t come is first. Like those old “No Fear” t-shirts from the 1990s that claimed “second place is the first loser”, numbers are merciless
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PANAMA CITY Bay County restaurants are facing a fish and oyster shortage not because of supply but because BP’s payments mean fewer people fishing or oystering.
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Fish, oyster shortages hit Bay County restaurants
If I go to Ladakh, I would want to take photographs on the highway from Manali-Leh. I have some questions: 1. On a bus, do they stop automatically for the night on the road, or do you have to get two seperate bus tickets, one to the stopover and the other from the stopover to Leh.
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photography on manali-leh hwy
(Tuesday photo of crows and eagle mixing it up, by Christopher Boffoli ) From the WSB West Seattle Events calendar, which includes several events of WS note that are happening downtown – West Seattle High School ’s Class of 2010 graduates at 5 pm tonight, Memorial Stadium @ Seattle Center (followed by Grad Night ) … The city Landmarks Preservation Board considers whether to designate West Seattle’s “ Bloss House “ as a city landmark, 3:30 pm at the Municipal Tower downtown (public comment is welcome at the meeting) … City Councilmember Sally Clark is the guest at the Delridge Neighborhoods District Council meeting at 7 tonight, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center , following the Strategic Delridge meeting at 6 (tonight’s topic: “create or maximize places and events where diverse groups can come together to build trust and reciprocity”) … If you’re interested in the seawall component of the Alaskan Way Viaduct project, WSDOT has a public hearing as part of its environmental review, 5:30 pm at Bell Harbor Conference Center on the downtown waterfront (after a 4 pm open house) … The Seattle School Board ’s last meeting of the school year is at 6 pm at district HQ in SODO ( agenda here ), preceded by a 5:30 pm rally led by a group opposed to renewing Superintendent Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson ’s contract (which is on tonight’s board agenda) … Even more, on the calendar !
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West Seattle Wednesday: WSHS graduation; Clark @ Delridge; more
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema takes to Sheepshead Bay to visit Halikarnas and Marmaris, two competing Turkish seafood spots; while Sarah DiGregorio heads up to Harlem to see just h…
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Robert Sietsema at Halikarnas and Marmaris; Sarah DiGregorio at 5 & Diamond
Once you’ve stayed at a One & Only resort, it’s hard to settle for less. This portfolio of ultra-lux properties– “conceived as hallmarks of excellence”– are located in idyllic settings around the globe– from the pristine blue lagoons of the Maldives to the sandy beaches of the Bahamas.
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Save 25% at the Swank One & Only Ocean Club, Bahamas
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…
PANAMA CITY Bay County restaurants are facing a fish and oyster shortage not because of supply but because BPs payments mean fewer people fishing or oystering.
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Fish, oyster shortages hit local restaurants
Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI’s) prolonged deadlock with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) eventually came to a conclusion as the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) …
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Hospitality Biz India :: TDSAT verdict offers respite to hoteliers