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Two for Eight

7/ 1/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Hearth and Graffiti; Dressler and the Stanton Social 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: Modern American Cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »commerce, dovetail, dressler, eighty one, graffiti, hearth, lure fishbar, mas (farmhouse), prune, stanton social

Two for Eight

6/17/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Eighty One and Graffiti; Prune and Dovetail 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: Modern American Cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »commerce, dovetail, dressler, eighty one, graffiti, hearth, lure fishbar, mas (farmhouse), prune, stanton social

NewsFeed

6/13/08

3:35 PM

Neighbor Defends JoeDoe Against Fellow Neighbors

As we noted, newcomer JoeDoe pled its case to the East 1st Street Block Association on Wednesday. A reader who was at the meeting wrote in to express his consternation that owners Joseph Dobias and Jill Schulster might have trouble getting a license to serve “small-batch spirits” (a community-friendly term for “sweet, sweet booze”).

More: NewsFeed »east village, jill schuler, joe dobias, joedoe, kozy cafe, prune, quhni

NewsFeed

6/12/08

4:40 PM

New Neighbor JoeDoe Plans to Out-Prune Prune

Welcome to the neighborhood.Photo: Daniel Maurer

Prune may be getting some competition next month — private chef Joe Dobias (who was versed in the ways of farm-fresh food while a sous-chef at Savoy and helped to open Quaint in Long Island City) is planning to open an eponymous restaurant, JoeDoe, across the street, in the erstwhile Quhnia space. Not only does the seasonal American “RESTAURANT, NOT BAR OR CLUB!” (per an informational packet handed out at a block association meeting last night) deploy bone-marrow butter, but it's taking direct aim at Prune: “We’ll offer the neighborhood exactly what that used to be,” Dobias told us, when asked about the elephant on the block. “They’ve priced themselves to where they’re only a destination. And their menu has never changed.” As for JoeDoe’s menu, entrées range from $20–$28 (about the same as Prune’s, as far as we can tell) and might include “chicken in chicken” (Dobias stuffs a dark-meat mousse inside of white meat), a pasta of the day, and “young spring lamb” with pea fritters and Greek yogurt.

More: NewsFeed »east village, joedoe, prune

Two for Eight

6/ 3/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Dressler and Hearth; the Stanton Social 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: Modern American Cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »commerce, dovetail, dressler, eighty one, graffiti, hearth, lure fishbar, mas (farmhouse), prune, stanton social

Two for Eight

5/22/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Lure Fishbar and Town; Prune 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: New American Cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, lure, market table, mas (farmhouse), prune, stanton social, town

Two for Eight

5/ 6/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Eleven Madison Park and Hearth; Prune and Stanton Social 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: New American.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, lure, market table, mas (farmhouse), prune, stanton social, town

Two for Eight

4/18/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Aureole and Town; Lure Fishbar and Market Table 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: New American Cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, lure, market table, mas (farmhouse), prune, stanton social, town

Two for Eight

4/ 2/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Aureole and Hearth; Mas (farmhouse) and Stanton Social 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: New-American Cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, lure fishbar, mas (farmhouse), prune, Stanton Social, Town

Two for Eight

3/17/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Eleven Madison Park and Lure Fishbar; Prune 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, home, lure fishbar, market table, prune, stanton social, town

Two for Eight

2/28/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Hearth and Home; Market Table 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, home, lure fishbar, market table, prune, stanton social, town

Two for Eight

2/12/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Lure Fishbar and Gotham; Stanton Social Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked nine 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, Home Restaurant, lure fishbar, mas (farmhouse), prune, Stanton Social, Town, vegetables

Two for Eight

1/29/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Aureole and Home; Stanton Social 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, Home Restaurant, lure fishbar, mas (farmhouse), prune, Stanton Social, Town

Mediavore

1/16/08

10:00 AM

DOA Makes You Wait Longer to Eat Frankenbeef; Find Dinner on FoodTube

Though the FDA approved the sale of meat and dairy from cloned animals, the Department of Agriculture is asking farmers to postpone introducing cloned animals into the food supply until they can calm retailers and overseas trading partners. [NYT]
Related: FDA to Beef Industry: Send in the Clones

The list of restaurateurs interested in snatching up Tavern on the Green when its lease expires at the end of the year has expanded to include heavyweights such as Danny Meyer, Drew Nieporent, and the Ciprianis. [NYP]

The Great Restaurant Critic Notebook Caper of 2008 continues! With confirmation that it belongs to neither Frank Bruni nor Danyelle "Restaurant Girl" Freeman, the search for its owner goes on. [Eater]
Related: So the Critic Left Her (?) Notes. So What?

More: Mediavore »back forty, blue ribbon, burgers, cipriani, cloned beef, danny meyer, drew nieporent, foodtube, fortune cookies, frank bruni, jamie oliver, prune, restaurant girl, shorty's.32, tavern on the green, wylie dufresne

Two for Eight

1/14/08

4:00 PM

Special Valentine's Day Two for Eight: Tables Available at Alto; Asiate, Chanterelle 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 on Valentine's Day; you need only make your chosen reservation. (As always, we make the calls but don’t guarantee the results.)

More: Two for Eight »alto, asiate, Bobo, chanterelle, daniel, jean georges, one if by land two if by sea, prune, River Café, vegetarian

Two for Eight

12/14/07

4:01 PM

Tables Available at Home Restaurant; Mas and Stanton Social Nearly 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »Aureole, Eleven Madison Park, Gotham Bar and Grill, Hearth, Home Restaurant, Lure, Market Table, Mas (farmhouse), prune, Stanton Social

Two for Eight

11/27/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Town and Home Restaurant; Prune Mostly 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »Aureole, Eleven Madison Park, Gotham Bar and Grill, Hearth, Home Restaurant, Lure, Mas (farmhouse), prune, Stanton Social, Town

Two for Eight

11/ 6/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Hearth and Lure Fishbar; Stanton Social Mostly 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »Aureole, Eleven Madison Park, Gotham Bar and Grill, Hearth, Home Restaurant, Lure, Mas (farmhouse), prune, Stanton Social, Town

Foodievents

10/29/07

11:43 AM

A Love-Hate Letter to Prune's Gabrielle Hamilton Wins Taste of New York

Plenty of room at Prune!Shanna Ravindra

Entries came in by the bagful for our Taste of New York contest, but, sad to say, only one entry could win the tickets. Most of the pleas took a similar tack, berating us for not including either a well-known chef (David Chang and April Bloomfield being most frequently mentioned) or restaurant (DeNino’s, davidburke & donatella, even Ruby Foo’s!). What most entries lacked was a “why” — too often, we were just told that “his food is awesome!!” The winner stood out as much for its detailed reasoning as for the strangely masochistic impulse which lay behind it — one so purely New York that we felt compelled to grant it primacy. So congratulations to Jim “Don’t Call Me Captain” Kirk for his nomination of Prune’s Gabrielle Hamilton. Having always had an unhealthy appetite for backhanded compliments and ambivalent attachments, we felt Kirk’s entry stood apart.

More: Foodievents »east village, gabrielle hamilton, prune, taste of new york

Two for Eight

10/19/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Eleven Madison Park and Home Restaurant; Prune 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »Aureole, Eleven Madison Park, Gotham Bar and Grill, Hearth, Home Restaurant, Lure, Mas (farmhouse), prune, Stanton Social, Town

Back of the House

10/ 5/07

12:54 PM

‘Forbes Traveler’ Bungles Best Brunches

Prune maybe we could see.Photo: Shanna Ravindra

The view of New York from Dubuque and Ho-Ho-Kus is a laughable one, but we could never understand the reason why. Don’t the editors of Forbes Traveler, author of this ridiculous “America’s Best Brunches” feature live in New York? It’s as if Vogue were to get its New York fashion sense from watching Sex and the City. The four brunches called out — Balthazar, Prune, Cookshop, and Norma’s — are places nobody we know would touch if they were giving away bottomless mimosas. Not because they aren't good. But they’re all wildly crowded, and in neighborhoods where no one would ever want to be on a hung-over weekend day. (Despite Forbes’ assurance that West Chelsea is “the trendiest of neighborhoods.”)

More: Back of the House »balthazar, brunch, cookshop, norma's, prune, the tasting room

Two for Eight

10/ 3/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Aureole and Town; Prune Mostly 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »Aureole, Eleven Madison Park, Gotham Bar and Grill, Hearth, Home Restaurant, Lure, Mas (farmhouse), prune, Stanton Social, Town

Two for Eight

9/17/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Eleven Madison Park and Town; Aureole Mostly 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »Aureole, Eleven Madison Park, Gotham Bar and Grill, Hearth, Home Restaurant, Lure, Mas (farmhouse), prune, Stanton Social, Town

Foodievents

9/ 7/07

4:38 PM

Women Chefs Come Out in Force for Benefit

Kaplan and Stark

Nicole Kaplan and Ivy StarkPhoto: Patrick McMullan

It’s often remarked, and with some justice, that the New York restaurant business is a man’s world, with women having to claw and scratch for every bit of recognition. (At least, that was Keith McNally’s view.) A Second Helping of Life, though, a big benefit event for breast-and ovarian-cancer survivors, boasts a pretty heady lineup of stars, and all of the female persuasion: Prune’s Gabrielle Hamilton, Del Posto’s Nicole Kaplan, Butter’s Alexandra Guarnaschelli, Amalia’s Ivy Stark, and Rebecca Charles, inventor of the lobster roll, will all be present and accounted for, along with such founding mothers of the New York food scene as Gourmet’s Ruth Reichl, and the formidable Ariane Daguin of D'Artagnan. Tickets are $300 for the event, to be held on September 17 on Chelsea Piers. Visit sharecancersupport.org for more information.

More: Foodievents »alexandra guarnaschelli, amalia, anita lo, ariane daguin, butter, d'artagnan, del posto, ivy stark, nicole kaplan, prune, rebecca charles, ruth reichl

Neighborhood Watch

8/29/07

3:00 PM

Prune Alum Doesn't Fall Far From the East Village Tree

Clinton Hill: The construction workers who opened Il Torchio have created an intimate space serving elegantly constructed Italian tapas but can’t resist sporting baseball caps and — beer in hand — approaching customers to say what’s up. [Clinton Hill Blog]
East Village: Prune alum Matt Hamilton will run the kitchen at Belcourt when it opens next month. [NYS]
Harlem: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que offers up a Labor Day-weekend recipe: really salty potatoes (yes, that’s 2:1 spuds to salt). [NYS]
Midtown West: The London Times picks the Burger Joint in the Parker Meridian as the best burger in New York. [A Hamburger Today]
North Fork: A foodie farm tour featuring tastings and cooking demonstrations on September 9 will make a stop at Garden of Eve, a supplier to Flatbush Farm. [Brooklyn Based]
West Village: Anita Lo always has a vegetarian entrée available at Annisa in addition to the one listed on the menu. [Restaurant Girl]

More: Neighborhood Watch »anita lo, annisa, belcourt, burger joint, clinton hill, dinosaur bbq, east village, harlem, il torchio, labor day, matt hamilton, midtown west, north fork, prune, west village

Two for Eight

8/28/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Aureole and Home; Prune Mostly 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, chestnut, gotham bar and grill, hearth, home, mas (farmhouse), prune, the stanton social, town

Two for Eight

8/13/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Home and Tocqueville; Stanton Social Mostly 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, home, mas (farmhouse), prune, the stanton social, tocqueville, town

In the Magazine

7/23/07

2:04 PM

Cheap Eats est Arrivé!

You can always raid the Borough Food and Drink fridge.Photo: Ben Stechschulte/Redux for New York Magazine

The annual Cheap Eats issue arrives this week and represents, as usual, a massive compendium of low-end gastronomic wisdom. The Underground Gourmet round up some of the city’s very best cheap eats in the main section, but Adam Platt also weighs in on what passes for cheap in the city’s high-end places, some top chefs give their own picks, and three of the city’s greenmarket specialists vie to outdo each other not just in locavorism but also in “cheapavorism.” Add to that laser-focused profiles on burgers, barbecue, and Korean fried chicken, and you have a Cheap Eats supplement to put all others to shame.

More: In the Magazine »adam platt, barbecue, borough food and drink, burgers, cheap eats, fried chicken, joel robuchon, locavores, prune, resto, underground gourmet

Two for Eight

6/26/07

4:05 PM

Tables Available at Aureole and Hearth; Prune Mostly 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, home, mas (farmhouse), prune, saul, the stanton social, tocqueville

What to Eat Tonight

6/21/07

2:00 PM

Prune Provides an East Village Kind of Clambake

The perfect clambake — minus the sun, the sand, the ocean …Photo: Melissa Hom

You can’t get much of a clambake going at Brighton Beach, which is about as close as we at Grub Street get to the ocean these days. But we still pine for the crude pleasures of a summer ritual that has almost no presence in the daily life of New York. Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune felt more or less the same way, and so came up with tonight’s special, a dish of steamed Manila clams, merguez sausage, and corn (for $23) meant to summon the experience, if not the setting. “I think it’s like a clambake,” she says, “just not in a pit of sand in the ground. But it has all the other elements, plus ones you wouldn’t normally find, like smoked paprika, cilantro, piquillo peppers.” But why Manila clams? That doesn’t seem especially traditional. “It isn’t,” Hamilton says. “But we love their saltiness, and they are the perfect size to open at just the right time it takes for the merguez to cook.”

More: What to Eat Tonight »clambake, gabrielle hamilton, lower east side, prune

Neighborhood Watch

6/15/07

3:05 PM

Treats Truck Will Grace the East Village With Its Presence Tomorrow

Astoria: GoWasabi at 29-11 Ditmars Boulevard will serve sushi with a side of live jazz tonight. [Joey in Astoria]
East Village: The Treats Truck is bringing its freshly baked (in Red Hook) sandwich-cookies, brownies, and crispy confections to Bond Street at Lafayette on Saturday. [The Treats Truck] Are you extremely kind, and do you love the smell of offal in the morning? Prune is looking for someone really nice to be their next hostess. [Eat for Victory/VV]
Hell’s Kitchen: Terrance Brennan’s Artisanal Premium Cheese Center is holding a tasting course on cheeses of the newly trendy Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, June 19. [Artisanal Premium Cheese Center]
Midtown West: Curry craziness has died down at Go!Go!Curry, but should rev back up if Hideki Matsui (its namesake of sorts) hits a homer any time soon. [Gothamist]
Park Slope: The newly opened Hotel Le Bleu will house a restaurant with views of the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty; it’s aptly named Vue. [NewYorkology]

More: Neighborhood Watch »ago, artisanal premium cheese center, astoria, east village, food classes, go!go! curry, gowasabi, hell's kitchen, hideki matsui, hotel le bleu, midtown west, park slope, prune, robert de niro, terrance brennan, treats truck, tribeca, vue

Two for Eight

6/11/07

4:30 PM

Tables Available at Eleven Madison Park and Hearth; Prune Mostly 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: New American cuisine.

More: Two for Eight »aureole, eleven madison park, gotham bar and grill, hearth, home,