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Old, Rich Wine Drinkers Immune to Economy; Food Chains Pick on Each Other in New Ads
What to when a waiter serves you the wrong entrée in a restaurant, and gelato that comes from a tanning salon, from our glance at the morning headlines.
Posted 10/02/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Forget Seth MacFarlane’s Doodling, the King Is Back IN THE FLESH
A new Burger King commercial puts our favorite plastic-faced titan in New York City.
Posted 09/11/08 in Grub Street : The King and I
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Seth MacFarlane Set to Forever Cheapen the Dignity of The King
Does this qualify as regicide?
Posted 08/18/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Trans-Fat-Less Goods Still Tasty; Burger King’s ‘Healthy’ Kids Meal
Plus: Salmonella victims in Nassau County, learning knife skills from a book, and more, in our morning news roundup.
Posted 07/02/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Local Produce Not Always Carbon-Friendly; Scores East to File for Bankruptcy?
Plus: Alain Ducasse ditches France, Florent Morellet keeps a secret about what will replace his diner, and more, in our morning news roundup.
Posted 06/25/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Cocktails Go Molecular; Hung Going to Bocuse d’Or?
Plus celebrity-chef cookware tested, a new Water Taxi Beach–like space in Red Hook, and more, in our morning news roundup.
Posted 06/20/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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The Shocking Secrets of Chain-Restaurant Calorie Counts
After reviewing our findings, you may come to consider the Baconator, compared to certain other murderous burgers, a "healthy" option.
Posted 04/24/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Burger King Is Recessionproof; UWS Gets Food Festival
Burger King's CEO explains how the economy works in his favor, the Upper West Side gets a festival to celebrate its new crop of restaurants, and the 'Times' explores cooking with microwaves.
Posted 04/02/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Shake Shack Serves Top Dog; Burger King to Open Whopper Bars
One writer claims Shake Shack serves the best hot dogs in New York, Michael Psilakis talks more about the new Kefi, and the owner of Gristede's wants to be our mayor.
Posted 03/31/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Don't Try to Shmear Bacaro's Hosts; Burger King Wants You
Mia Dona's diners like pitchers of PBR, a look at Veselka's perfect burger, and how not to get in at Bacaro.
Posted 03/25/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Joe Chirico Allegedly Served As Mob Extortionist; Femme Fatale's Clubhouse to Be Called Come
Brooklyn Restaurant Association president Joe Chirico, indicted last week along with the Gambino clan, allegedly lived a secret life in which he served as an extortionist for the mob. [NYP] Related: New York Restaurant Association Big Netted in Gambino Roundup Foodies all over the country are willing to drop serious money to sit at chefs’ tables, but is it worth the hefty price tag at a place like Café Gray? [WSJ] If insects aren’t dirty or disease-ridden and they are packed with protein, then why aren’t we eating them? [NYT] Related: What’s It Take to Get a Decent Grasshopper Around Here?
Posted 02/11/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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City to Reenact Calorie-Display Rule; Bloodbath Near Spotlight Live
The city’s Board of Health is set to reenact its legally contested rule requiring all restaurants with fifteen or more eateries nationwide to post the caloric value of food items on their menus. [NYDN] Related: Fast-Food Biz Wins Fight Against City Hall Restaurants and nightclubs currently owe the city $14 million in health-code violation fines, which means that high-roller venues like the Rainbow Room can get away with stiffing the city out of $50. [NYP] Times Square’s Spotlight Live became the latest scene of club violence when one man was killed and five others stabbed there yesterday morning. [NYDN]
Posted 01/22/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Madame Tussauds Immortalizes the Burger King, For a Limited Time
It doesn’t take much to become immortalized in Madame Tussauds these days: The wax museum, where Napoleon Bonaparte twice sat for his likeness, now has the copies of RuPaul, Freddie Krueger, and George Pataki occupying its not-so-hallowed halls. Still, we were taken aback when we heard that the Burger King and his progeny, the Whopper, were about to be enshrined. (Burger King, which came up with the idea, also paid for it.)
Posted 12/06/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Bacon Salt Makers Agree: Bacon Has Jumped the Shark
Having dismissed Bacon Salt as the final sign that America’s favorite breakfast meat had jumped the shark, we received this ironic action figure in the mail from Bacon Salt’s makers, along with handwritten “care instructions for Fonzie.” They describe three meals and a snack, each to be liberally doused with the seasoning and served to the plastic Fonz. We’ve now tried the stuff, by the way, and found it every bit as awful as we had imagined it would be. But the truth is, we like things that represent jumping the shark, from Sinatra’s version of “Both Sides Now” to the Burger King quad stacker. Bacon Salt may be bad, but at least it’s an interesting kind of bad. Earlier: Bacon Has Jumped the Shark
Posted 08/09/07 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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Noise Police Harden Their Hearts for Mr. Softee; Trans-Fat-Free Fryer Oil Arrives
Mr. Softee vendor busted for noise pollution: “I am aware of the law, but I need to play [the jingle].” [NYT] DiFara’s Dom De Marco bows to the Health Department, but he ain’t happy about it. [TONY] Steakhouse offers a “cut specifically for women,” but Nina Lalli ain’t having it. [VV] Drew Nieporent tells Baird Jones, with pickle breath, that he’s lost 50 pounds in 100 days. [NYDN]
Posted 07/06/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Free Brazilian Pool Party Returns to Times Square
Clinton Hill: “Seder in a Box” prayer kit available for $1 at St. Joseph’s College. Bring it to one of the nontraditional Seder meals we recently recommended! [Clinton Hill Blog] Lower East Side: MySpace pages offer insight into why Falai Panetteria waitresses are so bitchy. [Gawker] Midtown East: No longer keeping their chin up: I-Chin has closed. [NYT] A Burger King on Fifth Avenue sues its landlord over rats, who were probably seeking a new food source after Hunan Fifth got shuttered. [NYS] Red Hook The beloved El Huipil is no more, but the new owners of the space will also serve Mexican food — made by a “hot chef.” [Eat for Victory/VV] Times Square: “Reality dining” comes to Broadway when Spotlight Live opens on April 6. [NYT] The free Brazilian pool party at Hotel QT returns this Thursday, promising live music, cachaça specials, and skinny-dipping-themed pickup lines. [NewYorkology] Tribeca: Oh, dom: Dominic closes. [NYT] Turtle Bay: The U.N.’s all-you-can-eat Malaysian buffet kicks off in mid-April! [NewYorkology] Union Square: Union Square Café name sold to Tokyo group. Related: Tokyo has a Union Square? [NYT] Upper West Side: Ollie’s Noodle Shop workers follow Saigon Grill deliverymen. [Eater]
Posted 03/28/07 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch
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Activists to Have It Their Way at Burger King; Classic Kitchen Pranks
Burger King swears off cage eggs and inhumanely treated pork — although it will be a while before its suppliers can catch up with the new policy. [NYT] New York molecular gastronomy alert: Spanish neurologist-scientist-chef Dr. Miguel Sanchez Romera is scoping out NYC locations — must have greenhouse. [NYP] Cafe Fonduta’s ordeal with the Department of Health highlights the overall klutziness of the system. [NYO]
Posted 03/28/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Rocket Rod Dances Back Into the River Café; Nobody Likes Ilan
Rod Stewart, banned for life at the River Café for pulling his own “rod” out, gets readmitted after a penitential jig for owner Buzzy O'Keefe. [NYDN] McDonald's coffee "the cheapest and the best," according to Consumer Reports. Of course, it was only going up against Burger King, Dunkin' Donuts, and Starbucks. [NYDN] Frank Bruni also thinks Marcel got the shaft in the Top Chef finale. Does Ilan have any fans in the media at all? [NYT]
Posted 02/02/07 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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Trans Fats Versus Razor Blades; ‘Times’ Inspired by Our Restroom Report
Bruni ponders bathrooms, giving a shout-out to Grub Street's Restroom Report; apparently the Sultan had a pretty nasty encounter with the ones at Gordon Ramsay. [NYT] Hamptons officials loosen up and consider lifting the music ban in restaurants — if there's very tight regulation of it. [NYP] E! wrap-up on the Top Chef finale, including a plate-by-plate account of the competition’s Last Supper, which is more interesting, to us anyway, than whether Ilan got his money and new oven. [E!] Related: Ilan Won, Yes, But What Does It All Mean?
Posted 02/01/07 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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City Fears Unflaky Pie Crusts, Turns to Whoppers and Whiskey
• The city bans trans fats from restaurants, despite the fact that nobody minds the stuff, the industry is against the regulations, and New Yorkers stand to lose their flaky pie crusts. (NYT) • McDonald's, meanwhile, donates $2 million to childhood-obesity research. (Nation's Restaurant News) • And hackers bust open Burger King's free Whopper offer. (A Hamburger Today) • More women are hitting the hard stuff. (NYDN) • In a champagne-and-caviar matchup, fired Gilt chef Paul Liebrandt will consult for Stephen Starr, the mogul behind Buddakan and Morimoto. (Snack)
Posted 09/27/06 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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