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All Posts Tagged: ‘big lou elrose’

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4/25/08

10:00 AM

Ducasse Dines at Brasserie Cognac; Don't Eat Too Many Soft-shell Crabs

• Alain Ducasse and Eric Ripert dined together at Brasserie Cognac the other night, in spite of the fact that it was the night Ducasse’s Benoit opened. [NYP]

• Stephen Aspirino, the well-attired former Top Chef contestant, may open a second restaurant in Miami. [NYP]

• There’s more to Cinco de Mayo than just drinking margaritas. [Feed/TONY]

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4/16/08

10:00 AM

Elaine’s Turns 45; Chefs Cursing Too $&#*$@% Much

Elaine’s turned 45 on Sunday, and Woody Allen, Richard Dreyfuss, and Gay Talese were there to celebrate. [City Room/NYT]

• Tom Colicchio thinks the profanity on this season of Top Chef is “excessive.” [NYT]

• Fresh out of court, Patsy’s (the midtown one) is opening a second location in Atlantic City.
Related: And the Winner in the Patsy’s-vs.-Patsy’s Suit Is…Patsy’s

• Excessive smoke caused the FDNY to pay a visit to Artichoke Basille’s Pizza & Brewery last night. [Slice]

• “Big Lou” Elrose, late of Hill Country, has a lot of barbecue styles to juggle at Wildwood Barbeque when it opens next week. [NYP]

Back of the House 

12/10/07

3:30 PM

The Mystery of the Pitmasters Stymies the ‘Times’

Big Lou didn't come from a lunch wagon.Photo courtesy Lou Elrose

The Times, touching on a story Grub Street broke in October, had a big feature on the dearth of experienced pitmasters Sunday, pegged on GS pal Big Lou Elrose of Wildwood. The piece marvels at the quick ascent of Big Lou from working an Ozone Park lunch wagon to his current post, but in fact, Elrose’s bones were made as Adam Perry Lang’s right-hand man in competition; the lunch wagon was just a lark. Still, the city’s top pitmasters are as baffling to food writers as they are to the general public. Their job is hard to understand, because nothing they do happens while customers are present to observe. There is one factor that never changes, though, and will always separate real pitmasters from merely titular ones.

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