Pissed-Off Protégé Marcus Wareing Topples Gordon Ramsay

Posted 08/27/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed

A former protégé dethrones Restaurant Gordon Ramsay as the No. 1 eating establishment in London.

Tags: gordon ramsay, london, marcus wareing, petrus

Amy Sacco Is Getting Something Off the Ground at Aviator Field

Posted 07/24/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed

Jada Yuan asked her about her most exciting project and about the latest attempt at Bungalow-dom, the Eldridge.

Tags: amy sacco, aviator field, bungalow 8, london, matt levine, nightlife, the eldridge

Socialite Tamsin Lonsdale's Supper Club Probably Doesn't Want You

Posted 10/11/07 in Grub Street: NewsFeed

While the Post ran a story yesterday focusing on Homeslice West’s secret dinners in Upper West Side apartments, the dinner-club scene is going to get a lot glitzier when Brit socialite Tamsin Lonsdale brings her London “supper club” to New York. Ahead of a launch party later this month, Lonsdale has already held recruiting dinners at Indochine, La Esquina, and Gemma — with more planned at Palma and the new Cantina. At the dinners, current members have entertained friends who might be willing to pay a $750 fee to be invited to what a spokesman (yes, a dinner club has hired a PR firm) tells us will eventually be twelve events a month (some of them requiring purchase of additional tickets).

Tags: cantina, dinner clubs, gemma, homeslice west, london, palma, tamsin lonsdale

Liebrandt (Sort of) Linked to Montrachet; First Pulitzer for a Food Critic

Posted 04/17/07 in Grub Street: Mediavore

L.A. Weekly’s Jonathan Gold is the first food writer to win a Pulitzer Prize in criticism. (Links to some of his recent reviews included.) [L.A. Weekly] Work is going on at Montrachet, and owner Drew Nieporent is seen in public with brilliant unemployed chef Paul Liebrandt, lending some possible credence to the rumored Liebrandt-helmed relaunch of the place. [Eater] Yeah, there’s some good food to be had in London, but the city’s still not there yet. [NYT] Related: Has the Food Over There Really Become Edible? [NYM]

Tags: bacon, chinatown, cocoa bar, drew neiporent, jonathan gold, london, lower east side, montrachet, paul liebrandt, taste of chinatown, taste of the lower east side

How to Eat in London

Posted 03/22/07 in Grub Street: The Gobbler

The Gobbler’s recent Rabelaisian adventures in London produced a piece of measured and in-depth reportage. As usual with pieces of in-depth reportage, however, plenty of stuff got left out. The Gobbler forgot to mention his favorite Indian restaurant (it’s Pakistani, actually), his favorite outdoor market, his tips for ordering dessert (any dish that includes the word “sticky” will do), and his secret strategy for not blowing all of your precious cash (there isn't one). So here, in slightly expanded form, are the Gobbler’s ten rules for eating well in London.

Tags: dessert, french, lamb, london, michelin, prix fixe, produce