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Two for Eight

7/16/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Rosanjin and Soto; Sushi Yasuda 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, asiate, buddakan, morimoto, nobu, rosanjin, sakagura, sushi yasuda, tamarind

Two for Eight

6/30/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Asiate and 15 East; Sushi Yasuda 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, asiate, buddakan, morimoto, nobu, rosanjin, sakagura, sushi yasuda, tamarind

Two for Eight

6/18/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Anthos and Esca; Jean Georges and Nobu 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: Certified Geniuses.

More: Two for Eight »Bouley, Elevent Madison Park, Esca, Falai, jean georges, latelier dejoel robuchon, Nobu, tailor, wd-50

Two for Eight

6/16/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Morimoto and Rosanjin; Asiate and 15 East 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 East, Asiate, buddakan, Morimoto, Nobu, rosanjin, Sakagura, Sushi Yasuda, tamarind

Two for Eight

6/ 4/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Esca and Falai; Jean Georges and WD-50 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: Certified Geniuses.

More: Two for Eight »anthos, Bouley, Elevent Madison Park, Esca, Falai, jean georges, latelier dejoel robuchon, Nobu, tailor, wd-50

Two for Eight

6/ 2/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Tamarind and Kittichai; Sushi Yasuda 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 East, Asiate, buddakan, Morimoto, Nobu, rosanjin, Sakagura, Sushi Yasuda, tamarind

Two for Eight

5/27/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Megu and Morimoto; Nobu 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 East, Asiate, Buddakan, Kittichai, Masa, Megu, Morimoto, Nobu, Sakagura, Sushi Yasuda

Two for Eight

5/19/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Bouley and Falai; Per Se 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: Certified Geniuses.

More: Two for Eight »5 east, anthos, bouley, cafe gray, Eleven Madison Park, Falai, jean georges, nobu, per se, wd-50

Two for Eight

5/ 7/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Kittichai; Nobu, Masa, and Buddakan 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 East, Asiate, Buddakan, Kittichai, Masa, Megu, Morimoto, Nobu, Sakagura, SushiYasuda

Two for Eight

5/ 1/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Café Gray and 15 East; Jean Georges and Per Se 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: Certified Geniuses.

More: Two for Eight »5 east, bouley, cafe gray, Eleven Madison Park, Falai, jean georges, nobu, per se, tailor, wd-50

Mediavore

5/ 1/08

10:00 AM

De Niro to Open Nobu Hotel; Start Stockpiling Food Today

• Robert De Niro plans to open Nobu Hotel — a Japanese-themed hotel-condo complex housing an outpost of the famous restaurant — in the financial district. [NYP]

• Gordon Ramsay was expected to stop by the launch of Alain Ducasse’s Benoit last night. [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]

• In case you missed Law and Order: SVU on Tuesday night, Robin Williams played a creep who also happened to be a locavore. What are the writers implying here? [Serious Eats]

More: Mediavore »alain ducasse, benoit, chick-fil-a, financial district, gordon ramsay, law and order, localvores, mcdonald's, nobu, robert de niro, robin williams

Two for Eight

4/21/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Asiate and Morimoto; Masa and Sushi Yasuda 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 East, Asiate, Buddakan, Kittichai, Masa, Megu, Morimoto, Nobu, Sakagura, SushiYasuda

Two for Eight

4/15/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at 15 East and Bouley; Masa 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: Certified Geniuses

More: Two for Eight »5 east, anthos, bouley, cafe gray, jean georges, masa, nobu, per se, tailor, wd-50

The New York Diet

4/11/08

12:00 PM

Robin Quivers of ‘The Howard Stern Show’ Is Vegan at Per Se

robin quivers at gordon ramsay

At Gordon Ramsay at the London: "I juice every morning and use nutritional supplements."Photo: Melissa Hom

Howard Stern’s perennial sidekick Robin Quivers used to pig out on Roy Rogers with him after the show, but in the past six months she has switched to a vegan diet. “I was having trouble with discomfort, lack of energy…when I discovered fasting all these things went away.” Her co-workers mock her, despite the fact that she’s lost sixty pounds in six months, but no matter. “I sometimes say to them, ‘You’re the guys who can’t make it through the show. By 9:30 a.m., you’re falling asleep. I seem to be fine.” We asked her to sell us on a life without meat and cheese.

More: The New York Diet »cafe gray, cafe metro, cru, europa, four seasons, french laundry, howard stern, liquiteria, nobu, per se, robin quivers, veganism, zona rosa

Two for Eight

3/28/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Tailor; Nobu and Masa 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: Certified Geniuses.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, anthos, bouley, cafe gray, jean georges, masa, nobu, per se, tailor, wd-50

Two for Eight

3/12/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Anthos and Café Gray; Per Se 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: Certified Geniuses.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, anthos, bouley, cafe gray, eleven madison park, falai, jean georges, nobu, per se, wd-50

NewsFeed

2/12/08

10:41 AM

Momofuku Ko Hoping to Open in Two Weeks; No Malice Palace Prevails

During last night's CB3 meeting, partner Andrew Salmon would reveal only that Momofuku Ko will hit capacity at fourteen, with no waiters and with fixed menus changing daily. “You sit directly across from the cook,” Salmon told the board. He kept the “vaguely Asian” food quiet, conceding only that it would include “all local ingredients … all sustainable development.” Unfortunately, he didn’t take the time to make sure a petition was including in the application, so no motion could be passed. Projected opening date: two weeks' time!

More: NewsFeed »amalia, bubbys, cafe carlyle, cipriani, da silvano, elaine's, fresco, gemma, jour et nuit, kobe club, le cirque, marquee, nobu, primola, socialista, starbucks, tenjune, the plumm, the waverly inn, whole food

Celebrity Settings

2/12/08

9:00 AM

Kobe Dines on Kobe at Kobe; Nobu Gives Manning a Standing O

Fashion Week brought the usual celebrity infestation to town last week for glitzy after-parties, but we’ve already covered those. The real question is, where did the “normals” catch a bite? And of course by normals we mean billionaires, Nobel Prize winners, and Super Bowl champs, all of whom made the scene this week.

More: Celebrity Settings »amalia, bubby's, cipriani, da silvano, elaine's, fresco, gemma, jour et nuit, kobe club, le cirque, marquee, nobu, primola, socialista, starbucks, the plumm, waverly inn, whole foods

Neighborhood Watch

2/ 1/08

3:00 PM

Don’t Be an Ass, You’ll Be Made to Wait; Park Slope Gets Its Beer Table Saturday

Clinton Hill: John's Donut Shop & Restaurant looks like an unassuming diner, but a recent visit revealed an actual wait. Do people know something we don't know? [Clinton Hill Blog]
Dumbo: Water Street Restaurant is promoting $3 Draft Beers and a 2-for-1 Cheeseburger Special on Sunday. [Dumbo NYC]
Flatiron: If you get to Hill Country at 8 p.m. on a Saturday and come 9 p.m. you’re still waiting for a table, you’ve now struck "Shot o’clock," according to GM John Shaw, "gratis shots for all at the bar." [Eater]
Little Italy: This is proof that the city’s nightlife is still hot: "Degenerates of nyc in full swing at gold bar. 19 yr old Brazilians having makeshift photo shoots as the party floods into the D.J. booth to play with the new mac computers." Only Bangkok could be hotter than that! [Down by the Hipster]
Park Slope: Beer Table, whose SLA woes were chronicled by the Times this week, will open Saturday. [Eat for Victory/VV]
Tribeca: A bit of diner rudeness has been spotted around town lately — stool-swiping, line-cutting, table-hogging — but there’s a bit of consolation (and warning to offenders): Nobu co-owner Richie Notar revealed "they get secretly punished with extra-long waits." [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]

More: Neighborhood Watch »beer table, clinton hill, dumbo, flatiron, goldbar, hill country, john shaw, john's donut shop, little italy, nobu, park slope, richie notar, superbowl specials, tribeca, water street restaurant

Two for Eight

1/24/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Café Gray and Tailor.; Masa Fully Booked

It’s just past 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: certified geniuses.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, anthos, bouley, cafe gray, jean georges, masa, nobu, per se, tailor, wd-50

Two for Eight

1/10/08

4:10 PM

Tables Available at Kittichai and Morimoto; Nobu Fully Booked

It's after 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, buttakan, chinatown brasserie, kittichai, masa, megu, morimoto, nobu, sakagura, sushi yasuda

Celebrity Settings

1/ 3/08

9:00 AM

Dave Chappelle Tiffs With the Wife at Coffee Shop, ‘Entourage’-ers Talk Movie at 1 Oak?

It wasn't a celebration at Coffee Shop.Photo: Getty Images

This week’s juiciest bit of celeb-sighting gossip was, of course, the Post’s report that after a performer dumped a drink on Demi and Ashton, Box honcho Simon Hammerstein sent an e-mail to his partner and a GM saying, “I can’t stand those two” — apparently because they’re “so far up their own arses” and “don’t spend anything” — “and I applaud whoever spilt a drink on them.” We’re thinking Kid Rock got kinder treatment when he went to Southern Hospitality, or there would’ve been a Tommy Lee–style throwdown.

More: Celebrity Settings »1 oak, bonjoo, fanelli's cafe, gansevoort hotel, gypsy tea, la palapa, le cirque, nobu, paris commune, pure food and wine, river cafe, room service, rose bar, scarlatto, southern hospitality, sunburst cafe, tenjune, the box, the coffee shop, the thirsty scholar, via quadronno

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

Back of the House

12/18/07

9:30 AM

Nobu Looks for an Opulent Suitor

Nobu 75 could spawn Nobu Exit 13W.Photo: Corbis

Do you have a valuable brand name? A blue-chip reputation sanctified by the food media? Do you need ready capital — for expansion, debt reduction, or even retirement in your golden years? Just sell out to the nearest major conglomerate looking to add a bit of class! On her Website’s new gossip page, New York’s Insatiable Critic, Gael Greene, reveals the details of the latest rumored arranged marriage: this one between Nobu and Colony Capital, “the force behind Xanadu, the 2.2.-million-square-foot sports, leisure, shopping and family entertainment complex sprouting in the Meadowlands.” Is Nobu Matsuhisa playing Kubla Kahn?

Insatiable Critic: Short Order

More: Back of the House »colony capital, gael greene, meadowlands, nobu, nobu matsuhisa

Two for Eight

12/17/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Morimoto and Sushi Yasuda; Nobu 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, buttakan, chinatown brasserie, kittichai, masa, megu, morimoto, nobu, sakagura, sushi yasuda

Mediavore

11/30/07

10:00 AM

Jenna Jameson Does Chinatown; Nobu's Fish Not That Exclusive

Jenna “ex-porn honey-turned-businesswoman” Jameson and Heatherette designer Richie Rich plan to open a nightclub/clothing shop in Chinatown next year called the General Store. [NYP]

Part-owner of the Waverly Inn and Maritime Hotel Eric Goode enjoys retreating to small-town Ojai in California. [NYT]

Nobu executive chef Mark Edwards reveals not only that the restaurant’s infamous black cod is actually sablefish (which is so not endangered), but also that he can’t stand the dish anymore after tasting it day after day. [Bloomberg]

More: Mediavore »black cod, chinatown, eric goode, jacques torres, jenna jameson, maritime hotel, mark edwards, nobu, richie rich, sucelt coffee shop, the general store, waverly inn

Two for Eight

11/29/07

4:00 PM

15 East and Asiate Mostly Booked; Sakagura 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, asiate, buttakan, kittichai, masa, megu, morimoto, nobu, sakagura, sushi yasuda

Two for Eight

11/19/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Anthos and Masa; Per Se 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: Certified geniuses.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, anthos, bouley, cafe gray, eleven madison park, jean georges, masa, nobu, per se, wd-50

Two for Eight

11/ 7/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Chinatown Brasserie and Kittichai; Nobu 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, asiate, buttakan, chinatown brasserie, kittichai, megu, morimoto, nobu, sakagura, sushi yasuda

Two for Eight

11/ 1/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Anthos and Tailor; Nobu 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: Certified geniuses.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, anthos, bouley, cafe gray, jean georges, masa, nobu, per se, tailor, wd-50

Mediavore

10/29/07

10:00 AM

Chang Has Big Dreams for Vegas; Nobu to Cater

David Chang plans to open a Momofuku in Vegas where everyone “wants you to do well. [And] there are no government officials who go after you and none of the bull[bleep] that’s in New York City.” [NYP]

Nobu heads to the Sundance Film Festival this January as the first push to establish a catering arm of the company. [NYP]

Gordon Ramsay at the London, Insieme, and Toloache are some of the newer restaurants spicing up pre-theater dining. [NYT]

More: Mediavore »'ino, cru, david chang, franny's, gordon ramsay at the london, insieme, julian medina, l&b spumoni gardens, lenny kravitz, momofuku, nobu, toloache, truffled egg toast

Two for Eight

10/22/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Chinatown Brasserie and Morimoto; Sushi Yasuda 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: Haute Asian.

More: Two for Eight »15 east, asiate,