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• An impromptu meeting of 40 public-relations workers at 230 Fifth was interrupted when owner Steve Greenberg yelled at them to leave since no one was ordering any drinks. [NYDN]
• Da Silvano owner Silvano Marchetto showed up to a cancer benefit with his big-toe nails painted blue with yellow scorpions on top. [NYP]
• Domestic asparagus farmers aren’t happy that President Bush openly declared his love for German asparagus to the media during his visit there last month. [WSJ]
• With the salmonella-tomatoes fiasco not yet a memory, supermarkets around the country are pulling half a million pounds of beef from their shelves due to potential E. coli contamination that has already caused 40 illnesses. [NYT]
• Sure, these are more casual times, with no real dress code for restaurants anymore, but the handful of remaining restaurants with an actual code should be respected by their patrons. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• Lunchtime diners in Times Square haven’t changed their eating habits based on the calorie figures now posted on menus. [Slate]
Get to know Pecorino.Photo: iStockphoto
Say Cheese: Free-Pecorino Events Start Tomorrow [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]
Clearly misses Benny's Burritos.Photo: Getty Images
During last night's CB3 meeting, partner Andrew Salmon would reveal only that Momofuku Ko will hit capacity at fourteen, with no waiters and with fixed menus changing daily. “You sit directly across from the cook,” Salmon told the board. He kept the “vaguely Asian” food quiet, conceding only that it would include “all local ingredients … all sustainable development.” Unfortunately, he didn’t take the time to make sure a petition was including in the application, so no motion could be passed. Projected opening date: two weeks' time!
Fashion Week brought the usual celebrity infestation to town last week for glitzy after-parties, but we’ve already covered those. The real question is, where did the “normals” catch a bite? And of course by normals we mean billionaires, Nobel Prize winners, and Super Bowl champs, all of whom made the scene this week.
Da Silvano, eat my dust.Photo: Getty Images
Ye Waverly Blog: The Spanish Visitor [Ye Waverly Blog/VF]
Graydon Carter: Restaurant Promoter [Gawker]
Is Graydon Carter’s Cachet Depleted? [Gawker]
Vanity Flair [Guardian]
With Michelle Williams in New York.Photo: WireImage
Jennifer Garner cooks?Photo: Getty Images
Richie Akiva dines with his dog, Meatball, at Butter.Photo: Melissa Hom
Astoria: There was a bit of volatile reaction from our readers to the quality of Rose & Joe's Sicilian pies: “Any self-respecting pizza eater in Astoria will know that going anywhere but Rizzo’s for a square pie/slice is absolutely maniacal.” [Grub Street]
East Harlem: If you have trouble finding “cuchifritos (a.k.a. Puerto Rican soul food), Mexican, French, Caribbean, and pizza” in the nabe, you can join NoshWalks for a food tour this Saturday. [Uptown Flavor]
Flatiron: Gramercy Tavern jumps on the beer-for-dessert train by pairing stout with chocolate bread pudding. [NYDN]
Park Slope: Another cupcake shop mobilizes to join the bakery front on Flatbush Avenue. [Eater]
Upper West Side: Two food writers found a special of gnocchi with short-rib ragù and ricotta cheese at Ouest to be a perfect plate of food, and want it to make the fall menu. [Ed Levine Eats/Serious Eats]
West Village: Picholine alum Craig Hopson moves into the kitchen of One if by Land, Two if by Sea, now that Gary Volkov is opening his own spot. [Restaurant Girl] Da Silvano may not have been taken out of the rat feature on Inside Edition, but his lawyer was given uncommonly ample on-air time to respond. [Gawker]
The Food Network dumps Mario Batali, and he dumps Iron Chef America in return. [NYP]
Da Silvano‘s media connections won’t keep rat spottings out of the news as Inside Edition will air footage of the vermin tonight alongside similarly damning video of both Peter Luger and Blue Ribbon. [Eater]
"Nobody at the Bryant Park tents has to starve, sleep or stay sober" during fashion week thanks to sponsorships including Eleni’s cookies, Nespresso, and most importantly the entire Spanish wine region of Rioja. [NYDN]
Danyelle "Restaurant Girl" FreemanPhoto: Patrick McMullan
"I didn’t eat until I came home for dinner."Photo: Melissa Hom
This week, the big boys decided to tip some sacred cows.
• Alan Richman, battling Peter Luger, delivers what might be the most damning takedown of a major New York restaurant since his famous indictment of Jean Georges in GQ. Sundry are the crimes of this tavern: It has "lost touch with the concept of restaurant hospitality"; deploys cheap flatware and snarling waiters; serves inconsistent steak, mundane sides, and a "hostile burger." [Bloomberg]
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