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Edison Ballroom Opens in Former Supper Club Space
Owner Allan Wartski has sunk $5 million into the space, but you'll only be able to dance there if you're invited.
Posted 06/11/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Empire State Tomatoes Safe; How ‘Top Chef’ Judging Works
The five steps to becoming a locavore, a preview of the 'Food & Wine' Classic in Aspen, and more, in our morning digest of news and gossip.
Posted 06/11/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Chefs Offer Depressing Strategies for Cutting Food Costs
Offal, the deep freeze, or take it and like it.
Posted 06/10/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Tom Colicchio Punctures the Myth of the Faux-Hawk
Tom Colicchio on the Chang bus and the advantages of being bald.
Posted 06/09/08 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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‘Beat the Beards’ Winner Thinks Past New York
Some came close...but only one can win.
Posted 06/09/08 in Grub Street : Foodievents
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James Beard Awards Justify Excessive After-Parties
New York's chefs threw their hands in the air and waved them like they just didn't care.
Posted 06/09/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Boulud Makes the A-list; Blue Hill’s New Slaughterhouse
Plus Lisa's peanut-butter mashed potatoes from 'Top Chef' end up on a menu, there are some good wine books to buy for Dad, and more, in our morning digest of news and gossip.
Posted 06/06/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Insider Take on the Beards: Up With Mario, Enough Chang Already!
There's one thing a critic, a flack, and a chef can all agree on: They're not rooting for David Chang.
Posted 06/02/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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New York Owns the James Beard Design Awards
All three James Beard design nominees? Right here in New York.
Posted 04/29/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Mitchell Davis Stands Up for Morandi in ‘The Art of Eating’
James Beard VP Mitchell Davis wonders in 'The Art of Eating' why everybody likes Balthazar and no one seems to love Morandi.
Posted 04/21/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Beard Awards Get ‘Sex’y; Pizza.com Selling for $2.6 Mil
A Sex and the City star will host the James Beard Awards, the domain pizza.com is selling for over $2.6 million, and the Patsy's v. Patsy's trial rages on.
Posted 04/03/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Bourdain & Co. Give Their Picks for Beard Chef NYC
We spoke to a number of food-world luminaries, several of whom will be voting in this year's James Beard Awards, and asked for their picks for Outstanding Chef NYC.
Posted 03/25/08 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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New York Looking Good for Beard Awards 2008
Who's the best chef in New York?
Posted 03/24/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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James Beard Hopefuls Lobby on Facebook
It’s time again for Beard nominations, and the whole kerfuffle over Jason Neroni last year isn’t stopping the shameless shilling. A Grub Street reader alerted us to the Facebook group "Vote Evan Rich for the James Beard Rising Star Chef Award," created by a friend of Rich, chef at Sumile Sushi. Rich is in a good spot if the group’s twelve current members are any indicator. Nice of the moderator to invite them all to Sumile! Let’s hope for the sake of propriety that there won’t be any comped green-tea ice cream. Vote Evan Rich for the James Beard Rising Star Chef Award [Facebook]
Posted 10/25/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Don't Pull a Neroni at This Year's James Beard Awards
It’s that time of year again — time for chefs to nominate themselves for the James Beard Awards! The process by which anyone and everyone can go online and get their favorite cooks and restaurants on the ballot is a recipe for self-promotion and voter fraud beyond Karl Rove’s juiciest fantasies. Just ask Jason Neroni, the “desperate chef” whose ingenuous plea to his friends and family propelled him to laughingstock status. The Beard Awards are actually decided by an august committee, but starting on Monday, anyone who wants to make the judges aware of a chef or restaurant (even if they aren’t that chef themselves) can do so by going to the Beard Website. By all means though, don’t write anything along the lines of “hey everybody, I need your help!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE vote for me for rising star chef!” Because, you know, someone could get a hold of it and publish it on a Website, and then where would you be? Related: Chef's Desperate Plea: Nominate Me for an Award!
Posted 10/12/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Take Off Your Toque: Partying With Daniel Boulud
There have been a flurry of Chef Q&As in the blogosphere lately, but Gothamist’s sit-down with Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park really stood out for us. Part of it was the chef’s unabashed enthusiasm for three-star European chefs nobody has ever heard of. (Nobody, that is, who reads blogs.) Then there was this tidbit, which interviewer Hugh Merwin saved for last: After this year’s James Beard Awards, Humm threw an informal party at Eleven Madison. The highlight was 80 drunken guests pouring into the kitchen, where Daniel Boulud made scrambled eggs with truffles. This just highlights an important food rule: Always follow Boulud. Last year, the highlight of the after-party at Thor was Boulud jumping up on the bar and spraying everyone with champagne at three in the morning. If you can’t hang out with the man, at least read about it in Gothamist. Daniel Humm, Chef [Gothamist]
Posted 09/10/07 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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Sam Mason Knows an A-hole When He Meets One
Welcome to the latest installment of the Launch, where Sam Mason, former pastry chef at wd-50, relates the ups and downs of preparing to open Tailor, the swanky restaurant and lounge coming together at 525 Broome Street.
Posted 05/10/07 in Grub Street : The Launch
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Beard After-parties: Hawaiian Tropic Zone, Momofuku Party Bus, More
The James Beard Awards after-parties presented special challenges which could only be solved by the liberal use of an open bar. The place to go was the Hawaiian Tropic Zone, whose bikini-clad waitresses and go-go dancers, serving at the behest of chef David Burke, provided a welcome dose of vulgarity after the high-class Beard gala. But the truly hot ticket was the Momofuku party bus, which, if David Chang & Co. were to be believed, was a chartered party vehicle where the most intense celebrating would be done. Regretfully, though, it was closed to press. “Sorry, dude,” David Chang told us, dazed and blissful and still unbelieving in the wake of his victory.
Posted 05/08/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Mr. Chow Sued for $5 Million; Loans Crush Wannabe Chefs
Michael Chow of Mr. Chow is hit with a $5 million lawsuit for skimming tips, demanding “cult-like attention” from staff, and utilizing “degradation as a management technique.” [NYP] Cooking-school graduates are being crushed by their student-loan debts: “The story is always the same. The school convinces the student they are going to be the next Julia Child or Wolfgang Puck, and the student will sign anything.” [NYT] The Smith and Wollensky Restaurant Group finally agrees to be bought out by Patina Restaurant Group [NYT] Related: The Secrets of Steakhouse Riches [Grub Street]
Posted 05/08/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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And the Tablecloths Burn
Revolutions don’t happen overnight, so we weren’t shocked that only one of the three Beard Award categories reversed tradition. Still, last night’s ceremony officially ushered in a new era in fine dining.
Posted 05/08/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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