Supersizing Wall Street; Sizzler Threatens Midtown

Rice shortages in Australia, Vongerichten considers Vancouver, and more in today's food news.

Posted 04/17/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore

Tags: calorie posting, cindy mccain, community board, food network, gramercy tavern, liquor licenses, mediavore, nancy olson, pastry chef, recipes, rice, sizzler, thai

A Voce’s New Pastry Chef Is Homegrown

There’s a new, high-powered young dessert chef in town. And get this — he’s homegrown! His name is Joshua Gripper, and his new boss, A Voce’s Andrew Carmellini, vouches for him thusly: “He’s the shit.” Gripper, a 27-year-old Queens native, has worked with Carmellini at Café Boulud and is also a member of A.C.’s hip-hop combo, the Crown. Primarily, though, he’s said to be a talented technician with a simpatico sensibility and eight years of classical training. So what is he doing at A Voce?

Posted 10/15/07 in Grub Street : Back of the House

Tags: a voce, andrew carmellini, Back of the House, cafe boulud, db bistro moderne, dessert, joshua gripper, pastry chef

Porta-Café Touching Down in Columbus Circle; La Marmite Back in Harlem

Astoria: Sorriso’s Italian Salumeriaa at 44-16 30th Avenue makes a serious Rosino Panino. “It may look like chicken, but those thick white slabs in the middle of the sandwich are actually house-made slices of fresh mozzarella (made three times a day) piled atop a generous helping of prosciutto cotto.” [Serious Eats] Chelsea: P.S. 11’s fall festival this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. features a ten-piece salsa band, free food, and a bake sale, plus it’s open to the public. [Blog Chelsea] East Village: Back Forty from Savoy chef Peter Hoffman is opening October 17. [Grub Street] Harlem: La Marmite restaurant has finally opened in its new location. [Uptown Flavor] Lower East Side: Now’s your chance to be the next Sam Mason: Thor is looking for its own rock-star pastry chef. [Eat for Victory/VV] Tribeca: The new home for Steak Frites will be the same space that was temporarily the doomed Charolais. [Eater] Upper West Side: From November 28 to December 29, Illy coffee will maintain a “Push Button House” in the Time Warner Center; the installation is basically a large shipping crate that opens to reveal a full-service café that premiered at the 52nd Venice Biennale. [NotCot]

Posted 10/10/07 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: astoria, back forty, chelsea, east village, harlem, homeslice west, illy coffee, la marmite, lower east side, neighborhood watch, pastry chef, peter hoffman, push button house, savoy, sorriso's, supper clubs, thor, time warner center, tribeca, upper west side