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6/19/08

5:30 PM

Stringer, Markowitz in Kosher Duel at Barney Greengrass Centennial

Scott Stringer and Mary Markowitz shilling at the Barney Greengrass Centennial.Photo: Getty Images

A party last night in honor of Barney Greengrass’s centennial was a lox-strewn affair, with dozens of loyal noshers coming to pay their respects to the beloved Upper West Side bastion. Naturally, this being New York, there were also a few attendees who like their bagels with a schmear of retail politics. Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer read a proclamation naming June 18 Barney Greengrass the Sturgeon King Celebration Day. What did Stringer, who said he’s been coming to the smoked-fish emporium for “more years than I’m going to admit,” admire so much about the place? “I like the sturgeon, I like the sable, and I like the lox — it’s a little pricey, but I get by,” he said. “This is feel-good food. You come, you have a bagel, you have sable, you sit with friends, you kibbutz, you don’t kvetch, and you have a great time.”

Neighborhood Watch

6/11/08

3:00 PM

Barney Greengrass Slashes Prices; Kuma Inn Coming to Fort Greene

East Village: Back Forty served a "lightly sweet strawberry Red and Black tequila cocktail with a black-pepper-and-sugar rim" at the James Beard Awards, and it was a hit. [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]
Fort Greene: King Phojanakong of Kuma Inn is on a roll: First Talay this summer, and now he plans to open a second Kuma Inn on Myrtle Avenue this fall. [NYS]
Midtown West: If chef Waldy Malouf had to pick one dish he always enjoys at Beacon, "it would be wood-roasted oysters, because they are unique, light, flavorful, and taste great." [Restaurant Girl]
South Harlem: An outlet of the chain Ottomanelli will bring Italian food to Fifth Avenue at 111th Street. [NYP via Uptown Flavor]
Upper West Side: Barney Greengrass is now 100 years old, so they're selling food today at 1908 prices. Borscht is 50 cents, and a meal of "Nova Scotia salmon and sturgeon on a bagel, plus orange juice and coffee, came to a whopping $3.25." [TONY]
Williamsburg: A painfully hip doughnut shop planned for the hood is looking for a managing partner. [Eater]
West Village: Maybe it's to offset guilt over his beautifully scathing review of Ago this morning, but Bruni has blogged about Dell'Anima and how it's now better than he once noted. [Diner's Journal/NYT]

More: Neighborhood Watch »back forty, barney greengrass, beacon, dell'anima, east village, fort greene, kuma inn, midtown west, ottomanelli, south harlem, upper west side, waldy malouf, west village, williams

In Other Magazines

2/25/08

3:30 PM

‘Details’ Announces the Nation’s Top Breakfasts

Part of a complete breakfast.Photo: iStockphoto.com

Fresh off the heels of Esquire’s Best Sandwiches in America comes Detail’s Best Breakfasts in America. We’re beginning to think that these features are a little played out. Since Alan Richman’s “The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die” spread in GQ last year, it seems every major man mag is looking to create its own Saveur 100, gathering up the most picturesque greasy spoons west of the Pecos. But who is going to get to all these places, anyway? And since they tend to be written by committee, why should we believe that they are good? They are fun to read, we’ll admit. And we don’t squawk at their only giving New York two picks (Barney Greengrass and Mei Lai Wah Coffee House). New York is a horrible breakfast town, where you can’t even get buttered toast, much less good shredded hash browns or scrapple.

Breakfast in America [Details]
Related: Esquire Sandwich Survey Is Spot-on

More: In Other Magazines »alan richman, barney greengrass, breakfast, details, esquire, mei lai was coffee house

Back of the House

2/21/08

11:45 AM

Bourdain Gives NYC Restaurant Picks (Again)

Fodor’s goes to the Tony Bourdain well today for the latest in their “Top Chef Travels” feature, and though it’s all probably stuff you’ve heard him enthuse about before (Barney Greengrass, Ssäm Bar, Del Posto), we did enjoy his curmudgeonly take on the city’s live-music scene: “I don't know which is worse: to be packed in a room with a lot of people half your age, in which case you feel like an idiot, or even worse, go see someone you've really loved for a long time, like Elvis Costello, and you look around and see all the other original fans and they're all old and hideous just like you.”

Top Chef Travels — Anthony Bourdain [Fodor's]

More: Back of the House »barney greengrass, del posto, momofuku ssam bar, tony bourdain

The Underground Gourmet

10/20/06

9:30 AM

Sandwich of the Week: Like Dragging Bacon Through a Car Wash With a Marmalade Spray Gun

The BMP, courtesy of Prune

The Underground Gourmet expects nothing less than divine sandwich inspiration from Gabrielle Hamilton at Prune. After all, this is the woman who introduced Triscuits with sardines and Dijon mustard to fine dining — to say nothing of a brunch that's like a cross between Barney Greengrass and H.R. Pufnstuf. Now Hamilton has added a lunch menu to her superb repertoire, and the centerpiece is a bacon-and-marmalade-on-pumpernickel sandwich. Hamilton says it's an old suburban-Jersey-family favorite, but its roots may in fact be British — something an eccentric grouse hunter might bring along with him for sustenance on the shoot.

Edited by Josh Ozersky with Daniel Maurer

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