Top Wine Prices Not Dropping; Taste the ‘Frozen Popcornsicle’

Plus: how to make a cup of green tea, Starbucks kills the competition in Harlem, and more, in our morning news digest.

Posted 06/24/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore

Tags: bed, brick lane curry house, green tea, harlem, mediavore, popcorn, richard blais, starbucks, top chef, wine

After the Catwalk, a Bagel for Wakiya, and More

The desks at Grub Street are covered with high-heeled shoes, empty gift bags, and other detritus from Fashion Week, and only a laserlike focus could allow us to catch the disparate restaurant intelligence floating around in this week’s issue. Adam Platt visits Wakiya, the much-hyped Chinese restaurant in the Gramercy Hotel, and hands them a bagel in his restaurant review. The crown jewel of the B.R. Guest restaurant empire, Fiamma, has reopened with one of the most celebrated Italian chefs you’ve never heard of. Baby cucumbers and tomatillos get a close appreciation from Rob and Robin. Add in Gray Kunz’s secret ingredient, and you can see why the latest lines from Milan had but little effect on us.

Posted 09/17/07 in Grub Street : In the Magazine

Tags: adam platt, bobo, fiammi, gray kunz, in the magazine, popcorn, produce, Tokyo bar