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All Posts Tagged: ‘empire hotel’

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7/ 2/08

10:00 AM

Trans-Fat-Less Goods Still Tasty; Burger King’s ‘Healthy’ Kids Meal

• Good news! It seems that baked goods made without trans fat taste just as good, if not better, according to a taste test. [NYDN]

• Spike Mendelsohn from Top Chef thinks Washington, D.C., is the next big food city. [WP]

Ko’s reservation system has turned into a Net obsession? You don’t say. [Wired]

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6/ 4/08

10:00 AM

‘Daily Show’ Writer Sues Batali; Ex-Babbo Sommelier Cooks for You

• A former Daily Show writer who was hired to work on a book to accompany PBS’ forthcoming Spain…on the Road Again butted heads with Mario Batali over the project and is now suing the series producer’s company. [NYS]

• Jeffrey Chodorow’s lounge atop the Empire Hotel opens this week, but the pool is open to hotel guests only. [TONY]
Related: Poolside Bar Set to Open Atop Empire Hotel

Le Cirque’s former chef de cuisine, Jason Kallert, has thrown Friars Club regulars for a loop with his highbrow creations, even if some courses are “vaguely dated.” [Feed/TONY]
Related: Le Cirque Loses Its Young Chef De Cuisine to the Friars Club

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4/28/08

7:00 PM

Poolside Bar Set to Open Atop Empire Hotel

empire hotel

This is going to be good.Photo: Courtesy of Empire Hotel

Here’s a little ray of sunshine on this very damp day: The Pooldeck, a rooftop pool bar, will open atop the Empire Hotel on May 1. Reps say that it’ll accommodate a maximum of 150 hotel guests, but if you have the know-how to reach the Hudson Hotel’s Sky Terrace rooftop sans room key, we’re thinking you can do the same here — assuming crowds don’t reach 230 Fifth levels.

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NewsFeed 

1/ 2/08

12:42 PM

Maxim Prime to Contain First-Ever Tequila Sommelier?

Maxim Steak

What we think you'll be served at Maxim Steak.Courtesy of Maxim; iStockphoto (meat)

The Times today confirms that this summer Jeffrey Chodorow will open a steakhouse, Center Cut, in the Empire Hotel and — the real horror show — a Maxim-magazine-branded steakhouse to replace Ono in the Gansevoort Hotel in late March. Will it be a “breastaurant” combining boob tubes and tube tops à la Hooters, or will Chodorow go for something a tad bit more refined? Below, our predictions for the experience.

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Celebrity Settings 

12/11/07

3:30 PM

Ben Stiller Crashes a Party at Fiamma, Penélope Cruz Makes Out at Socialista

Penelope Cruz

She only got in because she knows Javier Bardem.Photo: WireImages

Every Friday a notable New Yorker tells us where they’ve been eating, but where are the rest of them chowing down? Starting this week we’ll sort through the gossip columns à la Ils Vont (RIP) to tell you who’s been seen where (casual sightings only — boring galas, vodka launches, and pluggy appearances don’t count). We’ll eventually compile a ranking of restaurants most often visited by celebs. Not that you care about that sort of thing! Oh, but if you do, won’t you please leave your own sightings in the comments?

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