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Bruni Speaks
The ‘Times’ milks him for a podcast-like “audio slide show” in which he tells Dining editor Pete Wells why Michael's is empty at night: “Part of the reason could be the food.”
Posted 09/10/08 in Grub Street : Bruni's World
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Who Will Replace Peter Meehan at the ‘Times’?
Our candidates to write the "$25 and Under" column.
Posted 04/23/08 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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‘Times’ Confirms Meehan Is Over ‘$25 and Under’
Peter Meehan leaves the 'Times' and his cheap-eats column.
Posted 04/18/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Bouley Closing Danube by End of Year
David Bouley will close Danube and turn it into a traditional French restaurant.
Posted 04/09/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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John's Is Back, If Not Better Than Ever; Colors in the Red
Don't worry about Lonesome Dove’s Tim Love. He’s doing fine back in Texas. [Fort Worth Star-Telegram] John's reopens, none the worse for wear after their brief run-in with the Health Department. [amNY] Colors, the cooperative founded by former Windows on the World workers, continues to struggle with the economic realities of opening and running a Manhattan restaurant. [NYT]
Posted 03/08/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Meehan Rising Up Against Oppressors at ‘Times,’ Covering Ultracheap Eats
Peter Meehan, the Times' "$25 and Under" critic, lately sounds more like the $7 and under critic. In the past three columns, he's reviewed a Korean fried chicken and beer joint and most recently, a taco stand inside a garage in Bushwick. What Meehan is doing is actually far more radical than most readers realize. Twenty-five and under was conceived as a sop to the masses, a side order to the real review's main course. And a lot of people, including new dining-section editor Pete Wells, have complained that $25 is an unrealistically low figure in this day and age. Covering ultra-ultra-cheap eats, meanwhile, seems to be Meehan's idea of progress. Here's hoping his next piece continues the trend. How do we know Pete Wells thinks $25 is too cheap? He told us so.
Posted 10/17/06 in Grub Street : The Other Critics
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A Visual Guide to Your Favorite Food Critics
Who in his right mind believes that there's a food writer out there who looks "similar to Harrison Ford but more muscular and tan"? Tim Love, apparently. We already got some good mileage out of the same Forth Worth Star Telegram article on Tim Love opening his new restaurant, but Gastropoda pointed out something from it that we missed: There's a "fat notebook" Love and his wife kept on the food media, tracking the aforementioned Ford look-alike as well as a "better, younger-looking Woody Allen." If you ask us, half of the food-writing corps (Meehan, Peter; Asimov, Eric; Lee, Ted; et al.) resemble "nerdier Elvis Costellos." But there are exceptions. As a gift to Mr. Love and his colleagues, we offer the following quiz.Posted 10/13/06 in Grub Street : Back of the House
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New ‘Times’ Dining Editor Talked Smack About Frank Bruni
Pete Wells, the New York Times dining editor–elect, was supremely cautious when he spoke to us a couple of weeks ago about the staff he will soon take charge of. But he was considerably less guarded in March, when, in his Food & Wine column, he had a few choice words for the Sultan of Bruni. Read more here.
Posted 10/09/06 in Grub Street : In the Magazine
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New ‘Times’ Dining Editor Speaks
For some time, readers have been calling for an overhaul of the New York Times "Dining & Wine" pages. Pete Wells, who was recently hired as the section's new editor, might, in fact, be the guy to do it. (Disclosure: He's a friend of ours.) Wells, a James Beard–award-winning writer and who is currently the food editor at Details, begins in October. We asked him how things will look after the regime change.
Posted 09/20/06 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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