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Gansevoort Park Stirs Controversy, Hilton Garden Inn Green-lighted
A community board discussion of the Gansevoort Park Hotel's new rooftop bar and steakhouse proved contentious.
Posted 09/12/08 in Grub Street : Rooftop Rumble
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Gansevoort Guru Plans Rooftop Pool for Frat-iron District
Look out, 230 Fifth.
Posted 08/26/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Gansevoort Assures Us, ‘The Hotel Is Not Anti-Semitic’
A couple of days ago we linked to a "Page Six" item that claimed that staffers at the Hotel Gansevoort’s G-Spa taunted a clubgoer for wearing a yarmulke, eventually booting him and his friend from the club and spitting in the friend’s face. The Gansevoort has now issued a statement telling their side of the story, and we’re not at all surprised that it involves Kid Rock.
Posted 01/10/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Restaurant I.D.-Theft Ring Exposed; Ted Nugent–Influenced Cuisine
Waiters in 40 restaurants formed a huge identity-theft ring, recording credit-card numbers and making $3 million in purchases. [Fox NY] Donald Trump gets a sweetheart deal from the state to build Trump on the Ocean, a huge restaurant and banquet hall, on Jones Beach. [Newsday] Chef J.J. Rachou is still feeling the sting from his Department of Health closure and can't bring himself to reopen Brasserie LCB yet. “If you lift every can, you find a cockroach,” he says. [NYT]
Posted 04/23/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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San Gennaro Still Hanging; Power to the Deliverymen!
The San Gennaro festival is still facing serious opposition from the local community board, which recommends refusing it a permit. [NYT] The Chinese deliveryman revolution is spreading; it's a legitimate movement driven by “sheer numbers and … some forceful advocacy groups.” [NYT] Related: The Heartening Backstory of the Deliveryman Rebellion One of the Gansevoort Hotel’s co-owners is found to have run a business with ties to a Russian assassin and gang leader. [NYP]
Posted 04/16/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Gansevoort Owner Apologizes for Sign He’s Not About to Take Down; FDA Acting Shady
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]
Posted 03/09/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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