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5/ 9/08

10:15 AM

Designer Scott Morrison Still Parties in Woodstock

"Naka Naka is my favorite Japanese place. All my Japanese friends, it's their favorite restaurant downtown."Photo: Melissa Hom

Before Taavo Somer was a restaurateur he designed a T-shirt line, as we learned in this week’s magazine. His partner in that endeavor (and someone who might just be able to skip the line at Freemans) was Scott Morrison, also the founder and designer of Earnest Sewn, best known, of course, for its jeans. Morrison himself wears a slim-cut size 33, but he doesn’t skimp on meals to fit into them. In fact he considers McDonald’s to be the best restaurant of all time and is such a beer lover that his home bar in Woodstock, designed by Somer, was featured in Food & Wine. We asked him where he went this week for food and beer.

NewsFeed

12/19/07

9:03 AM

Meatpacking Moguls Remm, Birnbaum, and Rabin on How to Be Cool

Tenjune owners relax with Dave Matthews.Photo: WireImage

Our fave waitress Courtney Yates isn’t the only face Belvedere Vodka is using to try to look cool — the company, in association with UrbanDaddy, is running Web interviews with David Rabin, owner of Los Dados and Lotus, and Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum, owners of Tenjune. Remm and Birnbaum don’t exactly steer toward the underexposed when asked for their favorite restaurants: BondSt, Nobu, Bar Pitti, Los Dados, Mr. Chow, the Spotted Pig, Pastis, Buddakan, Dos Caminos Soho, Cipriani, Butter, Rose Bar, and Waverly Inn.

More: NewsFeed »bond st, brother jimmy's, buddakan, butter, cipriani, dos caminos, los dados, mr. chow, nobu, pastis, rose bar, spotted pig, tenjune, waverly inn

Celebrity Settings

12/18/07

3:30 PM

Tom and Gisele Lock Lips at Nobu, ‘Full House’ Cast and the B-52s Hit Bowery Hotel!?

Earlier this week we linked to a Daily News item claiming Padma Lakshmi rudely refused complimentary dishes from Fiamma’s chef. A commenter wrote, “I was at Fiamma the night Padma was dining there and it absolutely did NOT go down that way. When the dishes arrived at the table, she thanked them profusely and apologized for being too full to eat any of them!” Whatever happened, Padma was just one of many celebs to chow down (or at least show up) at local restaurants this week, and here’s our gossip-column compendium of just who went where.

Mediavore

5/ 9/07

10:32 AM

City Gears Up to Better Police Labor Violations; Beef Threatens Fish at Le Bernardin

City Council to introduce a bill giving authorities more power to crack down on restaurant labor violations like the alleged ones at Saigon Grill. [MetroNY]
Related: 100 Students to Protest Saigon Grill [Grub Street]

Kobe beef, having once appeared on Le Bernardin’s menu, is taking over and chasing the fish away – a fact chef Eric Ripert is less than thrilled about. [NYP]

Bizarre details of Mr. Chow’s abuse emerge from the lawsuit, including information about one employee who was forced to lie on the floor and be menaced and even kicked by the diminutive restaurateur. [Gawker]

Mediavore

5/ 8/07

10:00 AM

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]

NewsFeed

1/ 9/07

1:03 PM

Mr. Chow, Dojo, and Other Biggies So Flunked Their Health Inspections

Clearly, the toilet at this place just wasn’t up to par.Photo: Andrea Gingerich

Taking an active interest as we do in hygiene, we keep an eye on the New York Health Department’s restaurant-inspection site. Usually, it’s outer-borough taco joints and the like that flunk their tests. We were surprised today, however, to find a few big names cited for everything from suspect shellfish to — something worse than supect — rats.

Two for Eight

11/21/06

4:00 PM

Tables Open at Centovini and Porter House; STK and Tasting Room Mostly Booked

It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Recently reviewed by Adam Platt.

Two for Eight

11/ 6/06

4:00 PM

Tables Open at Chinatown Brasserie and Japonais; Robuchon Fully Booked

It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. We just asked ten restaurants the best time they can squeeze a couple in for dinner; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don't guarantee the results.) Today: Recently reviewed by Adam Platt.

The New York Diet

11/ 3/06

9:00 AM

D.J. and Waverly Diner Regular Mark Ronson Craves Skips and Walkers

"I had popcorn, nachos, a Kit Kat, and soda. That was dinner."Photo: Melissa Hom

Mark Ronson, the A-list set's most in-demand D.J. — he's spun parties like the Met gala and is a favorite of everyone from Tommy Hilfiger to Jay-Z — isn't one for home cooking. "The only thing I really waste expendable income on is food. When I go to my accountant, he's like, 'Do you have to eat out all the time?' He's half happy I don't have a heroin addiction instead." We asked him how he allotted his dining dollars during the past week.

More: The New York Diet »aussie tuck shop, bar pitti, carnegie deli, gray's papaya, mark ranson, mr. chow, pink tea cup, raoul's, tea and sympathy, waverly diner

The New York Diet

9/22/06

4:59 PM

What Stephanie March of 'Law and Order' Ate This Week

"I eat raisins, cocktails, olives, and Goldfish."Photo: Patrick McMullan/Photo-Jimi Celeste/PMc

Stephanie March plays assistant district attorney Alexandra Cabot on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and is appearing in 30 Rock.* This week, she had Wagyu-beef at Craftsteak and raisins and cigarettes at home.

More: The New York Diet »bobby flay, craftsteak, landmarc, mr. chow, stephanie march

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