Grub Street Posts Tagged: greenwich hotel

Order Your Seder Today; Doughnuts Ease Tax Pain

Tax Day specials and kids' party venues in our roundup of neighborhood food news.

Posted 04/15/08 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch
Tags: ago, astoria, buddakan, cantina, chelsea, cobble hill, cobblestone foods, dunkin donuts, east village, greenwich hotel, harlem, hudson river cafe, jason neroni, neighborhood watch, ruby foo's, tribeca
Fort Greene Restaurant Scene's Crescendo; De Niro Hotel So Close You Can Book It

Astoria: The Southwest restaurant that's been under construction near the Ditmars stop on 31st Street is named Mojave and opens tonight. [Joey in Astoria via Astorians] East Village: The Mermaid Inn reopens tomorrow after a one-week renovation, which may have been inspired by Time Out‘s mouse sightings. [Eater] Fort Greene: New restaurants the Smoke Joint and 67 Burger have joined older favorites like iCi and Thomas Beisl to build a thriving restaurant scene near the Brooklyn Academy of Music. [NYT] Tribeca: De Niro’s Greenwich Hotel is now taking reservations for the spring. [NewYorkology via Eater]

Posted 01/07/08 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch
Tags: 67 burger, astoria, brooklyn academy of music, east village, fort greene, fresh meadows, greenwich hotel, ici, jimmy eng, king yum, mermaid inn, mojave, neighborhood watch, queens, robert de niro, smoke joint, thomas beisl, tribeca
Thor Loses Third Chef; Tribeca Can Thank Girl Scouts for the Completion of Ago

Chelsea: The old Bright Food Shop space will be replaced by Tommy’s Mexican Grill, seemingly from the owners of Tello’s, Mare, and Casa Havana, the latter of which is set to replace Havana Chelsea. [Blog Chelsea] Clinton Hill: Gnarly Vines boutique wine store has opened and is offering a promotional discount of 15 percent off full and mixed cases. [Clinton Hill Blog] Lower East Side: Thor’s third executive chef (after Kurt Gutenbrunner and Kevin Pomplun), Mark Spangenthal, has now abandoned the restaurant after realizing “that this marriage wasn’t going to work.” [Eater] Tribeca: One conjecture on De Niro’s source for the thousands of corks that protrude from Ago’s ceiling: They were acquired “from a branch of the Canadian girls scouts that collected and sold them for charity.” [Down by the Hipster] Upper East Side: The French Institute will host a Beaujolais Nouveau tasting party on November 15 in their new skyroom at 22 East 60th Street. [Zagat] The Pierre hotel will close at the end of December for an entire year during a $100 million renovation that includes revamping Cafe Pierre and its bar. [NewYorkology]

Posted 11/06/07 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch
Tags: ago, beajolais nouveau, bright food shop, cafe pierre, casa havana, chelsea, clinton hill, gnarly vines, greenwich hotel, lower east side, mare, mark spangenthal, neighborhood watch, pierre hotel, robert deniro, tello's, thor, tommy's mexican grill, tribeca, upper east side