Chumley's Reopening Behind Schedule; Ruth Reichl's Mommy Disguise
5/6/08 at 10:00 AM
• It would take a miracle for Chumley’s to reopen this month as originally planned. [Lost City]
• Health Department inspectors have started handing out citations to chain restaurants that have yet to post their calorie info on menus, but fines won’t be issued until July. [NYP]
• Lee Schrager has inked a deal to release a cookbook in 2011 to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. [NYP]
• Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl used to disguise herself as her mother when reviewing restaurants for the Times. [NY1]
• Speaking of Ruth Reichl’s and moms, the editor has just signed a deal to write a book about motherhood. [WWD]
• A former Sopranos actor opened a Williamsburg pizzeria in November and has since then “hosted a retired jewel thief, bookies and assorted ex-cons” for slices. [NYDN]
• The fourth annual D’Artagnan Duckathlon may have been a chance for some restaurant workers to compete in quirky challenges, but it was also an exercise in cross-dressing. [Feed/TONY]
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