The Box Responds to Allegations; Gawker Backtracks on Calling it a ‘Slum’ Run by ‘Slime’

Did blogger Ian Spiegelman go too far when he seemingly advocated putting a blade in Simon Hammerstein's throat?

Posted 09/29/08 in Grub Street : The Box

Tags: community board, ian spiegelman, myspace, nightlife, porcelain twinz, randy weiner, simon hammerstein, state liquor authority, The Box

Cavatappo Brand to Expand; Vote for New McDonald’s Jingle

Plus Gotham pizza at Domino's, a nightlife great passes away, and more, in our morning news digest.

Posted 07/17/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore

Tags: arthur weinstein, big mac, budweiser, cavatappo wine bar, coffee, domino's pizza, grilling, inbev, luca, luca marcato, mcdonalds, mediavore, myspace, pizza, studio 54

Foodies Flock to Networking Site; No Word If Any Have Dates

Food Candy is as simple as a baked potato: It's the Foodie Friendster (or, as you cutting-edge types would probably prefer, MySpace). The strange thing about the site is how happy, normal, and attractive the people look. Can these really be the same hard-core geeks that we've eaten with? Or is this the food version of JDate, which for the longest time showed you pictures of one Sarah Silverman after another, only to deliver Golda Meirs? We appreciate how the site brings together established bloggers like Daisy Martinez with obscure but worthy writers we didn't know about, like the farm-loving Pease Porridge and the admirably focused Burrito Blog. (Restaurant Girl and Famous Fat Dave had already made fans of us.) We just hope this social phenomenon reflects the foodie community's increasing obsessiveness, not some attempt at reintegrating with normal human society.

Posted 10/16/06 in Grub Street : Back of the House

Tags: Back of the House, burrito blog, daisy martinez, famous fat dave, food candy, golda meirs, myspace, pease porridge, restaurant girl, sarah silverman