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• According to the FDA, we may never find out where the salmonella-laden tomatoes came from, since all of their leads have fallen apart. [NYT]
• At Matsugen, you can get a sea-urchin bukkake. Okay, please make that thought go away now. [Eater]
• A businessman from Virginia who’s lost 60 pounds since December on a McDonald’s-only diet has got be the fast-food chain’s favorite customer ever. [WSJ]
• Frank Bruni is always in bed by midnight and he likes the East Village’s “scruffy glee.” [Yelp]
• Whoever ranked Chipotle in this top five list of healthiest chain restaurants must not have seen their calorie information. [Health]
Related: The Shocking Secrets of Chain-Restaurant Calorie Counts
• Apparently that new pizza bus tour is doing just fine. [Eater]
While restaurant trade groups fight a city law requiring chains to post calorie values on menus, Chipotle, Starbucks, and Subway have already complied. But even when the number is right before your eyes, do calorie counts change the way New Yorkers consume? New York’s Tim Murphy went to Union Square for lunch yesterday and surprised more than one diner with the fat truth about their food. Watch the video to learn about denial and dieting tips.
Related: The Shocking Secrets of Chain-Restaurant Calorie Counts
Chain restaurants have until Monday to start posting calorie information, but don't expect to see all the signs go up at once. AM New York reports that the New York Restaurant Association has appealed the law and that the city won’t fine offenders until June, though it will issue citations. Even the first signs to go up have elicited a predictable response: “Wait, the chips and guacamole are 710 calories?" the paper quotes one Chipotle customer asking rhetorically. Wait till she sees what a Quad Stacker will run her!
• The very study that was used by the Health Department to crusade for mandatory calorie posting in food chains may now be used by defense lawyers to undermine the law’s future. [NYS]
• Some Lower East Siders are not stoked about Bruce Willis opening the Bowery Wine Company, so they’re going to buy a pig, name it Bruce, and then eat it. [NYP]
• Wine bars are everywhere, and, thankfully, they’re a lot less stuffy than they used to be. [NYT]
A Beard judge?Photo: Getty Images
“I tried to get a job at Chipotle when I got back from Japan, but they wouldn’t hire me,” he says. “They knew what I was up to.” It’s easy to see the parallels between Ssäm Bar and the Tex-Mex monolith that’s invaded Manhattan. “A lot of this is premised on what Chipotle’s done: Make affordable, good food, and do it with integrity.”
We've noted that Bobby Flay is also possibly a fan of Chipotle (indeed Bret Thorn overheard him calling it "good food"). And we're sure Chang and Flay aren't the only ones. So when will Chipotle’s founder, Steve Ells, finally be nominated for a Beard Award?
Related: Comedian Todd Barry Eschews Tomatoes, Eggs, and Mayo, But Not 33-Cent Cookies
"Second midday snack: some 33-cent Drake’s oatmeal cookies."Melissa Hom
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Night Sky Holdings, which formerly operated Windows on the World at the World Trade Center as well as the Rainbow Room, has signed a contract to run the Oak Room and the Oak Bar at the Plaza Hotel. Also, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s former sous-chef Didier Virot will be helming the kitchen at the hotel’s other eatery, the Palm Court. [NYP]
Sushi chef Hiroshi Nakahara has left New York’s BondSt to run the kitchen at a new outpost in Beverly Hills. [PR Newswire]
Chipotle will be serving 200 million meals using naturally raised meat this year, a 40 percent increase from 2007. [The Grinder/Chow]
The Zagat family has put their empire of burgundy books on the market, with Goldman Sachs handling the search for a buyer who will have to drop at least $200 million for the acquisition. [NYT]
Stereo, the club outside which a patron was shot last week, closed after a weekend police raid. [NYDN]
Howie Mandel’s mention of the Waverly Inn on Live With Regis & Kelly made Graydon Carter’s restaurant a highly searched Google item. [Gawker]
Carroll Gardens: The nabe has an Empanada Lady. [A Brooklyn Life]
Clinton Hill: Pillow Cafe, known for its peanut-butter smoothies, is serving alcohol, but, let's hope, not PB shooters. [Eat for Victory/VV]
Harlem: Twenty blocks is an unheard-of trek for a Venti Caramel Macchiato; residents near the impending Starbucks at 145th Street wait with bated breath for the opening. [Uptown Flavor]
Morningside Heights: Columbia students have gained a Chipotle at 110th and Broadway, and it will kick off its opening on Wednesday, June 27, with a fund-raiser for the university’s athletics. [Grub Street]
Nolita: Protest notices have been posted in response to the opening of burlesque club Forty Deuce in the former Little Charlie’s Clam Bar space. [Eater]
Williamsburg: Monkey Town’s new chef Ryan Jaronik, from three-star restaurant Masa in Boston, debuts his menu next week. [Grub Street]
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