The Gansevoort’s G Spa Lounge Is Done

Drink till G Spa is dry on Saturday, if you don’t mind the pedicure smells.

Posted 09/04/08 in Grub Street : Closings

Tags: closings, g spa, gansevoort

Bloomberg Delivers Cheesecake; McDonald's Takes on Starbucks

Hizzoner showed up to a political summit in Oklahoma with Junior’s cheesecake for all. [NYS] Jennifer LeRoy sees another 30 years of LeRoy ownership at Tavern on the Green, but she isn’t striking a deal with Donald Trump to keep the place. [Insatiable Critic] When world adventurer Anthony Bourdain found out that Food Network would be re-airing episodes of his series A Cook’s Tour, he was sitting by a pool in Hawaii. His reaction? “This was like being unexpectedly groped and publicly slipped the tongue by the ugliest girl at the prom.” [Anthony Bourdain’s Blog/Travel Channel]

Posted 01/07/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore

Tags: allen and delancey, cheesecake, dave zinczenko, donald trump, fiamma, frank bruni, g spa, jennifer leroy, mcdonald's, mediavore, michael bloomberg, restaurant girl, rosa mexicano, soto, starbucks, tavern on the green, tony bourdain

Casey Lauren of Butter and G Spa Doesn't Want Your $100,000

When's she's not at the gym or taking voice lessons, aspiring actress Casey Lauren divides her time between the Gansevoort Hotel's subterranean bar G Spa and Lounge, where she's a cocktail waitress, and Scott Sartiano's other joint, Butter, where for over two year's she's been the hostess of the Monday-night party that's harder to get into than a pair of Tsubi jeans. We asked her what it's like working in a bathrobe amid the meatpacking moneypackers.

Posted 10/11/06 in Grub Street : Ask a Waiter

Tags: ask a waiter, butter, casey lauren, g spa, scott sartiano