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Grub Street - May 21, 2008
Yung Berg, confusing his eighties icons.Photo: Getty Images Indiana Jones may be afraid of snakes, but rapper Yung Berg revealed a most unusual phobia at the U.S. premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the …
Tagged: sandwiches, newsfeed, yung berg
Grub Street - May 21, 2008
It’s no secret that Beatrice Inn, Employees Only, and Smith and Mills owner Matt Abramcyk is poised to open a lounge on the fifth floor of the Chelsea in Atlantic City (we’ve just heard it will be called the Terrace …
Tagged: las vegas, los angeles, nightlife, atlantic city, stratosphere, newsfeed, beatrice inn, employees only, paul sevigny, the chelsea
Grub Street - May 21, 2008
Coming soon to Terminal A?Photo: Noah Kalina Frank Bruni delivers a epoch-marking piece on the death of Florent in the Times today, one of the largest, and best, such features we can remember reading in the paper. For …
Tagged: frank bruni, meatpacking district, newsfeed, florent, florent morellet
Grub Street - May 21, 2008
The collective gastronomes who supply the reviews for Steve Plotnicki’s emergent Opinionated About dining-guide empire are nothing if not snippy; all you have to do is check out the new “Most Overrated Restaurants” …
Tagged: jojo, newsfeed, one if by land two if by sea, del posto, il mulino, opinionated about dining, steve plotnicki
Grub Street - May 21, 2008
"Voilà, le pain!"Photo: nymag.com A Hell’s Kitchen reader wrote in not once but twice to ask us why her Amy’s Bread location has been “compromised” by rabid tourists: Lately, it's been hellish to get in and take an …
Tagged: hell s kitchen, the in box, amy s bread
Grub Street - May 21, 2008
Brad Thompson is gearing up his new Lever House menus.Photo courtesy Culinary Vegetable Institute We spoke with Bradford Thompson, the new chef at Lever House today, and asked him for a little sneak preview of what we …
Tagged: newsfeed, lever house, bradford thompson
Grub Street - May 21, 2008
A sign on the door from November 2006.Photo: Daniel Maurer This week Dave Kaplan of Death & Co. told the Observer that he was suing the State Liquor Authority to keep his bar open. He’s not the only one: Lower …
Tagged: nightlife, lower east side, 205, newsfeed, death and co, state liquor authority, guy jacobson
Grub Street - May 21, 2008
• With little more than a month until the closing of Florent, its proprietor and some of its notable patrons talk about its legacy. [NYT] • For Frank Bruni, Florent has been a place to get a quick post-dinner drink at …
Tagged: frank bruni, napa valley, mediavore, david chang, momofuku ko, florent, florent morellet, robert mondavi
Grub Street - May 21, 2008
Randall Lane made it in to Momofuku Ko and gives the place five stars, gushing, “dish after dish dazzles with class, innovation and balance.” The behind-the-counter action, with David Chang berating a girl cook for the …
Tagged: alan richman, robert sietsema, steve cuozzo, the other critics, paul adams, randall lane, san domenico, ryan sutton, danyelle freeman, momofuku ko, broadway east, bar milano, elettaria, olana, bar q
Grub Street - May 21, 2008
Harry Hawk had what it took to win the Burger Battle.Photo: Abbe Benson In a bittersweet coda to the Schnäck saga, the restaurant's Long Island City sister won the Burger Battle of the Boroughs last night in the …
Tagged: burgers, newsfeed, farm on adderley, 67 burger, brgr, schnack, coals, harry s at water taxi beach, joe s bestburger