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Alan Richman Loves Brooklyn, Blasts Bloggers
Posted 06/23/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed
The GQ critic offers a tired argument against those darn blogs.
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Butcher Parties Against ‘Joke’ Fancy Foods Show and ‘Joyless’ Greenmarket
Posted 06/19/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed
Tom Mylan, of Diner and Marlow & Sons, says his unFancy Food Show will make locavorism fun again.
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A Walkout at the Boathouse, a Williamsburg ‘Bromance’
Posted 06/13/08 in Grub Street: Mediavore
Plus why Frank Bruni tuned out of 'Top Chef,' Tony's Danza'a meatball recipe, and more, in our morning digest of news and gossip.
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Bruni Interviews the Bros. Bromberg; Can Diner’s Steak Compete With Luger’s?
Posted 01/17/08 in Grub Street: Neighborhood Watch
East Village: BondSt has made its West Coast debut in the new Thompson Hotel in Beverly Hills. [Snack] Hell’s Kitchen: Sietsema doesn’t think Metro Marché feels enough like a real bistro; maybe stepping out into Port Authority to view a homeless man peeing into a Dunkin’ Donuts cup just takes away the mystique. [Eat for Victory/VV] Lower East Side: 'inoteca is back, with new and improved wine storage. [Eater] Soho: Bruni uncovers the history of Blue Ribbon (which began in 1992 with a fancy French restaurant on Sullivan Street between Prince and Spring) and finds it interesting. [Diner’s Journal/NYT] Williamsburg: Diner has "begun doing Porterhouses for two, four, sometimes six, along with bone-in rib-eyes and T-Bones, cooked to order and slathered with marrow butter," right across from Peter Luger. Has anyone been to both to compare? [Brooklyn Based]
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Michael Rankin of Diner: ‘I Think That Guy’s McLovin — You Should Card Him’
Posted 01/08/08 in Grub Street: Ask a Waiter
Yesterday we caught wind that Christopher Mintz-Plasse, the actor who played McLovin in Superbad, was at Diner on Friday night. Naturally, we wondered whether he had attempted to procure an adult beverage. And who better to tell us than Michael Rankin, who has been a waiter at the converted twenties railcar for three out of the nine years it’s been serving up slow-cooked American food? Rankin had plenty to say on the celebrity front (Bono biting a bartender?) and the foodie front — including a convincing reason the humble establishment might overtake its neighbor Luger in steak supremacy.
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McLovin Eats Out, and Not at McDonald's
Posted 01/07/08 in Grub Street: Celebrity Settings
As jaded as we are from combing through gossip columns for our weekly Celebrity Settings feature, there are certain celebs we’d give our middle nut to spot. Case in point: Friday night a friend texted us that she saw Christopher Mintz-Plasse, better known as McLovin from Superbad, leaving Diner in Williamsburg — presumably after eating a “sexy hamburger.” No word as to whether he attempted to purchase a drink with a Hawaiian I.D. (somehow the bartender hadn’t seen Superbad), but it’s good to see McLovin is keeping it low-key despite the mounting Oscar buzz. Related: Oscar Buzz for McLovin Reaches Fever Pitch [Vulture] McLovin and Matchbox Twenty in Williamsburg [Gothamist]
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Pies-N-Thighs Co-founder Flies Coop; Menu Stretches Out
Posted 04/04/07 in Grub Street: Back of the House
If you’ve visited Pies-N-Thighs in the last six or seven weeks, you may have noticed Steven Tanner, the restaurant’s resident chicken and barbecue man, missing in action. The laconic chef exited the business in early February, leaving the “thighs” half of the business in the capable hands of Diner and Spotted Pig alum Carolyn Bane, who bought out his interest. (“Steven loves to cook,” Bane tells us, “but he didn’t want to own a restaurant.”)
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Gansevoort Owner Apologizes for Sign He’s Not About to Take Down; FDA Acting Shady
Posted 03/09/07 in Grub Street: Mediavore
The owner of the Hotel Gansevoort abjectly apologizes for its monstrous sign but says that the lease has been signed and that there’s no way out of it. Whether this satisfies Keith McNally and other opponents remains to be seen. [NYP] Rachael Ray conquers yet another swath of America, becoming the official “spokes-chef” for Dunkin’ Donuts. She will develop a line of dishes for the chain. [Nation's Restaurant News (registration required)] The FDA allowing factory farm veterinarians to use cattle antibiotics which may lead to resistant microbes and eventually endanger humans. The Times is not down. [NYT]
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Tables Open at iCi and Park Side; the Grocery Mostly Booked
Posted 09/29/06 in Grub Street: Two for Eight
It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Greater New York.
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