Il Buco’s Olive Oil Harvested by Seniors

Il Buco's owner debuts her first food documentary tomorrow night.

Posted 06/17/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed

Tags: donna lennard, il buco, new york food film festival, newsfeed, olive oil

Cheesesteaks and Bar Towels at the NYC Food Film Fest

More movies and more Motz burgers.

Posted 06/03/08 in Grub Street : Foodievents

Tags: foodievents, grimaldi's, harry's water taxi beach, new york food film festival, una pizza napoletana

Amanda Hesser in Trouble Again; Room 4 Dessert to Reopen

Times Magazine food editor Amanda Hesser runs afoul (again) of the paper’s strict conflict-of-interest policy, this time by reviewing a book by someone who had blurbed one of hers. [Gawker] Room 4 Dessert, currently closed, will be reopening in a week. [Eater] The DeMarco family has a special message to the public about Di Fara’s imminent reopening. [Gothamist]

Posted 06/12/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore

Tags: amanda hesser, di fara, mcdonald's, mediavore, midwood, new york food film festival, new york times, reservations, room 4 dessert, soho

Enjoy the Horrors of Vegas Buffets at Water Taxi Beach

There are a lot of reasons to go to the first New York City Food Film Festival, but the chance to watch Buffet — All You Can Eat Las Vegas at the Water Taxi Beach is for us chief among them. Judging from its trailer, above, we think the movie looks like a snarky study of the capital city of American gluttony, complete with shots of waving flags on huge Diamondvision screens and cutaways to pigs feeding at a trough. Given that the festival will be held at one of the most unmistakably New York settings, directly across from midtown on the other side of the East River, and sure to be filled with supercilious foodies, there is bound to be a keen snob pleasure to be had. But the other movies in the festival promise more wholesome joys.

Posted 05/25/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed

Tags: crazy legs conti, long island city, new york food film festival, newsfeed, water taxi beach