Grub Street Posts Tagged: persepolis

Calories to Show Up on Menus Starting March 31; Mercury Levels Horrifically High in Tuna Sushi

The Board of Health decided yesterday in a unanimous vote to make all chain restaurants with fifteen or more outlets – approximately 10 percent of the city’s restaurants – post calorie info on their menus starting March 31. RIP, 1,230-calorie triple Whopper with cheese. [CNN] Laboratory tests run on sushi samples from twenty Manhattan stores and restaurants revealed shockingly high levels of mercury in bluefin tuna, so high that the FDA could technically take the fish off the market. And if you’ve got to have your tuna sushi, you’d best head to Fairway and avoid Blue Ribbon Sushi at all costs. [NYT] Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl is “obsessed with” Momofuku Ssäm Bar, “like everyone else in New York,” according to her. [TONY]

Posted 01/23/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
Tags: blue ribbon sushi, calorie posting, coffee, craig hopson, fairway, food art, gourmet magazine, mediavore, mercury, momofuku ssam bar, one if by land two if by sea, persepolis, ramen, ratatouille, red meat, ruth reichl, scallops, starbucks, steve cuozzo, sushi, thomas keller
Two Starrs, Another Frederick's, and More Tables at Babbo

The latest comings and goings: Restaurants spawn offshoots, Stephen Starr throws a couple more chips down, and Babbo opens its basement. Regina Schrambling explains the insanity of our big-box restaurants to Los Angelenos: "Everything about the trend should feel wrong, but somehow it connects in this changing city." [LAT] Starr "looking to do two more concepts" downtown: tapas and (hold your breath) another Asian. [NYP] The Flo chart: Dennis Foy, the man behind Mondrian and EQ, comes home to roost at Lo Scalco; Sushi of Gari, Frederick's, Pastrami Queen, and Persepolis relocate or branch out; and more. [NYT] A profile of Compass's John Fraser, just named a "chef to watch" by Esquire. [NYDN] Da Bronx snubbed by Zagat? [NYDN] Babbo now lets you dine in the wine cellar. [Eater]

Posted 10/19/06 in Grub Street : Back of the House
Tags: babbo, Back of the House, compass, dennis foy, frederick's, lo scalco, metro marche, pastrami queen, persepolis, stephen starr, sushi of gari