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What We Learned From the ‘Times’ Fall Preview
Franklin Becker’s new project, who will cook in the old Dani, and more restaurant news for a packed autumn.
Posted 09/03/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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E. Coli Outbreak Compounds Food Fears; Ed Witt Opening 88 Bloomingdale Road in August
Plus: Franklin Park expands, the Aix Brasserie space gets a new tenant, and more, in our morning news digest.
Posted 07/03/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Plans for Aix Revealed; African BBQ Comes to Union Street
The Nathan's hot-dog-eating contest gets shortened, and the Old Time Bar's burgers are just so-so, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 06/10/08 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch
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Breaking: Aix to Close, and Soon
We’re told by a source close to the restaurant that Aix Brasserie, Philip Kirsch's Upper West Side French restaurant, is closing after service on Sunday. Apparently, the costs and complexities of running the place have become too much for Kirsch to bear, particularly as he struggles to maintain FR.OG. The staff is to be told today.
Posted 02/15/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Gilt Shows Midtown East the Hand
Battery Park City: Flurt frozen yogurt looks almost complete on South End Avenue. [Eater] East Village: Wannabistro 26 Seats has just changed owners, but for now the menu will remain the same. [Grub Street] Flatiron: The Gansevoort people plan to open another hotel on Park Avenue South somewhere in the Twenties. [Down by the Hipster] Midtown East: Gilt will close for the last two weeks in August, before chef Christopher Lee debuts the fall menu. [Grub Street] Sunset Park: Sunset Park locals fight to keep out Papa John’s pizza: “I feel like this is the neighborhood’s last stand,” says one pie protester. [NYT] Upper West Side : Aix brasserie will host a six-course wine dinner next Monday night showcasing rosé. [Grub Street]
Posted 08/06/07 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch
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Inside the Troubled Russian Tea Room; Meyer and Others on Media Scrutiny
The fullest account yet of the debacle that is the new Russian Tea Room. Gary Robins comes out looking far more sinned against than sinning, and the owner comes out looking like a jerk. [NYP] A blue-ribbon panel including Mario Batali, Bill Telepan, and Danny Meyer study the question of whether it’s possible to open a restaurant under the radar. The near unanimous answer is no. Will Goldfarb suggests one way: “Do it in Queens.” [Snack] Pichet Ong formerly of Spice Market is the first of the hot pastry chefs to open his own restaurant, the eponymous P*ong. Rivals Sam Mason and Jehangir Mehta (formerly of Aix) are close behind. [NYS] Related: The Launch [Grub Street]
Posted 02/14/07 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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