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Bill’s Burger Backlash Builds
After Alan Richman and Robert Sietsema laid into it, the latest to join in the backlash against the much-ballyhooed burger at Bill’s Bar are greasy-grub enthusiast NYC Food Guy and, perhaps more damningly, Times critic Sam Sifton. The latter says the burger is “amazingly both ...
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Eric Ripert Thinks L2O's Grilled Kindai Toro is Just Dreamy
from Grub Street Chicago Grilled Kindai toro with apple, lime, olive, and miso at L2O. Each week on the Food Chain, we ask a chef to describe a dish he or she recently enjoyed. The chef who prepared the dish responds and then picks his or her own memorable meal. On and on it goes. ...
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Tapas Juggernaut Lands in Soho
According to Crain’s, Lizarran, a Spanish fast-casual chain that specializes in Basque pintxos and tableside flamenco performances, will open its first New York location in January, at 45 Mercer Street (in the former Cendrillon space). According to Lizarran’s website, where a ...
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FIPS Blog Grades Park Slope Delivery
Park Slope restaurants who deliver, time to step it up! The cantankerous neighborhood blog, Fucked in Park Slope, has begun rating its delivery experiences in a video series called "Put Out, or Take Out." The first victim is Istanbul Park , but a friendly phone manner, speedy delivery, ...
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Raided Aunt Suzie’s Owner: ‘I Felt Like I Was Living in Some Kind of Banana Republic’
After the Department of Labor netted 25 Park Slope restaurants for underpaying workers, we notice that one of them, Aunt Suzie ’s owner Irene Lo Re, had also spoken against a proposed bill that would require restaurants to offer their employees paid sick leave. We’ve now had a ...
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Al Roker’s Nonfiction Barbecue Favorites
Al Roker's new mystery novel, The Morning Show Murders , centers around a celebrity chef whose LES restaurant serves French food like poisonous coq au vin, but the author himself would prefer to open a barbecue joint. “You know, something American, quintessential American,” he ...
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Thanksgiving in a Can!
If customs confiscated your canned armadillo, or one of those other weird canned foods from around the world , but you’re still determined to have a revolting Thanksgiving, check out this video starring Ian Knauer, a former Gourmet editor and recipe tester who also happens to be an ...
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Papaya Purge: The King is Vanquished on 14th Street
We’ve covered the great Papaya Purge with equal parts diligence and sorrow, shaking our heads ruefully as Clinton Papaya , Papaya del Barrio , and Papaya Dog of Washington Heights have shuttered. But this one is hard to swallow: Jeremiah’s Vanishing has noticed that the 14th ...
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Doubling Up the Best Meals Under $6
Working right in its wheelhouse, the Voice ’s blog names its favorite ten meals for under $6. Of course, this is Sietsema talking, so factor in the $4.50 it’s going to take you to get up to the Bronx or out to Queens and back. This is an impressive assortment of dumplings, ...
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Alex Ureña Will Be the Chef de Cuisine at R2L
from Grub Street Philadelphia Pinnacle Room at R2L Alex Ureña said he might explore options outside of New York , after shuttering his struggling Spanish spot Pamplona back in October, and explore he did. Florence Fabricant reports Ureña is heading to Philadelphia to be the chef de ...
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Sam Sifton Likes Missy Robbins; Le Caprice Has Its Charms
At A Voce , Missy Robbins "cooks rustic Italian food and sends it out of the kitchen looking like modernist plate paintings, little sculptures, edible art," says Sam Sifton. But the corporate setting leads him to believe that the owner is testing a chain concept. [ NYT ] Related: First Look at ...
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100 Things Rookie Restaurateurs Should Never Blog About
Servers aren’t the only ones who are up in arms about aspiring Hamptons restaurateur Bruce Buschel’s list of “ 100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do .” Owners are also questioning whether he knows what he's talking about, e.g., the proprietor of Estia’s ...
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Murray’s Cheese Goes National; States Misusing Food Stamps
• Murray's Cheese will open 50 locations in Kroger supermarkets across the country. [ Diner's Journal/NYT ] • The USDA is concerned that dozens of states aren't properly administering food stamps. [ WSJ ] • Were their bid for Cadbury successful, Hershey and Ferrero would ...
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Fairway Does Not Fear Trader Joe’s; Now Luca Lounge is Cooking With Electric
East Village : Luke’s Lobster applied for a beer license. [ Lo Down ] Luca Lounge will debut a new menu early next year, once they figure out how to cook with an electric oven (they recently changed over from gas). [ Fork in the Road/VV ] Kip’s Bay: Ziggiz greasy spoon is now ...
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Roberto Passon Leaves Namesake Restaurant
Roberto Passon has left his namesake restaurant, for five years a recommendable option in the Theater District. Partner Enrico Malta, who operates the New York City Restaurant Group along with his brother Bobby, tells us they plan to replace Passon with Giuliano Matarese (currently the ...
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Tables Available at Allegretti; Le Bernardin Fully Booked
It’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.) Today: Gourmet French. Adour Alain Ducasse  ...
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Eric Ripert, Costco War Correspondent
Riffing off of Eric Ripert's PBS show Avec Eric , Alan Richman invited the chef to his home in Westchester County to prepare a meal made entirely with ingredients from Costco. There's a video included, but be sure to read the full post to get Ripert's report on his first-ever visit to ...
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Crying Fowl: Chick-fil-A to Best KFC?
from Grub Street Philadelphia A stock analyst believes that within ten years, Chick-fil-A will bump Kentucky Fried Chicken from the number one spot in the "quick-service chicken segment," reports the Inquirer . Why is the privately held Chick-fil-A outperforming KFC? Business ...
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United States of Arugula
If “Satur Farms mesclun” sounds dandy, try “White House arugula.” The dinner menu for tonight’s state dinner, prepared in part by Marcus Samuelsson , has been unleashed. [ ABC ] Read more posts by Daniel Maurer Filed Under: foodievents , marcus ...
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Family Feud at Café Regular
A Grub Street tipster sent an e-mail over the weekend about unwelcome changes to Park Slope's Café Regular. "Martin O'Connell, the legendarily sarcastic wizard of the espresso machine, was ousted by his sister Anne this week," the tipster wrote. A source close to Martin confirmed the ...
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