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All Posts Tagged: ‘savoy’

Neighborhood Watch

5/30/08

3:00 PM

Tailor Launches Late-Night Menu; Hamptons More Exclusive Than Ever

Hamptons: Sounds like the poor state of the economy is weeding out this year's batch of beachgoers. [Down by the Hipster]
Park Slope: Lookout Hill Smokehouse needs to work on its pulled pork, but its beer and bourbon selection is legit. [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]
Soho: Tailor launches its late-night menu tonight, which runs from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. and includes plated dishes like grilled asparagus with poached-and-fried quail eggs and chorizo hollandaise, skate frites with purple potato tots, and the always-popular Tailor wings. [Grub Street]
A scathing crowd assessment at SubMercer: "The crowd itself isn't always up to par; you may find yourself mingling with the white v-neck-wearing Jersey set." Ouch. [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]
Union Square: Savoy chef and Haute Barnyard guru Peter Hoffman is hosting a Greenmarket tour on June 25. [Zagat Buzz]
Williamsburg: The corner of Driggs Avenue and North 7th Street is getting a "Fiambreria and Queseria." Think it's "flaming cheese and fondue"? Let us know in comments. [Eater]

More: Neighborhood Watch »hamptons, lookout hill smokehouse, park slope, peter hoffman, savoy, soho, submercer, union square, williamsburg

Two for Eight

5/21/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Rose Water and Barbuto; Blue Hill and Telepan 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: Haute Barnyard.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt market, blue hill, cookshop, esca, Mas (farmhouse), pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Two for Eight

5/ 5/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Cookshop and Savoy; Mas (Farmhouse) 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: Haute Barnyard.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt market, blue hill, cookshop, esca, Mas (farmhouse), pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Two for Eight

4/17/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Rose Water; Barbuto and Blue Hill 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: Haute Barnyard.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, esca, Mas (farmhouse), pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, tasting room, telepan

Two for Eight

4/ 1/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Telepan and Cookshop; Blue Hill 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: Haute Barnyard.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt market, blue hill, cookshop, esca, mas, pure food and wine, savoy, tasting room, telepan

Engines of Gastronomy

3/28/08

5:00 PM

Savoy's Branding Iron Is Not Cruel to Crème Brûlée

It doesn't feel anything.Photo: Melissa Hom

In most restaurants, crème brûlée is a year-round dessert, but that's not the case with Savoy. The crème brûlée branding iron is heated in the fireplace. That's right: a crème brûlée branding iron. Savoy is defiantly old-school, and refuses to use a butane torch to brown the surface of its custard. Says owner Peter Hoffman, “It adds a nice ‘fireplace flavor’ to the dessert — a subtle taste of wood and smoke that’s infused into the sugar. With a butane torch, you can definitely caramelize the sugar; but you can’t get that fireplace flavor.” There's even a pleasant side effect to the iron's use: A sweet, marshmallowy aroma briefly wafts across the room, no doubt inspiring other diners to order the same thing. Get your branded brûlée this weekend and next. After that, the fireplace goes cold for the season.

Related: Annotated Dish: Savoy’s Cassoulet

More: Engines of Gastronomy »creme brulee, desserts, peter hoffman, savoy, soho

Two for Eight

3/14/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Savoy and BLT Market; Barbuto and Blue Hill 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt market, blue hill, cookshop, esca, mas, pure food and wine, savoy, tasting room, telepan

Two for Eight

2/27/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Barbuto and the Tasting Room; Blue Hill 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt market, blue hill, cookshop, esca, mas, pure food and wine, savoy, tasting room, telepan

Two for Eight

1/28/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Rose Water and Telepan; Esca 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, esca, Mas (farmhouse), pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, tasting room, telepan

The Annotated Dish

1/17/08

5:30 PM

It’s Winter, So That Means Savoy’s Cassoulet

“Cassoulet,” wrote Julia Child, “is everyday fare for a peasant but ambrosia for a gastronome, though its ideal consumer is a 300-pound blocking back who has been splitting firewood nonstop for the last twelve hours on a subzero day in Manitoba.” The serving of the classic French bean-and-meat casserole, a pillar of French cookery, is a yearly event at Savoy, Peter Hoffman’s Haute Barnyard restaurant in Soho. The cassoulet is served in individual cast-iron Dutch ovens that cook in the restaurant’s two fireplaces. They’re in demand, though, and if you want one, you would do well to mention it when you make your reservation. Mouse over the different elements of the dish to hear chef de cuisine Ryan Tate describe this mixture of beans, bacon, sausage, lamb, and bread crumbs.

More: The Annotated Dish »cassoulet, savoy, soho

Two for Eight

1/ 9/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Savoy and Rose Water; Blue Hill Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked some 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt market, blue hill, cookshop, esca, mas, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Neighborhood Watch

12/19/07

3:00 PM

Peter Hoffman Served a Rubber Band to His Mentor; Bloomberg to the Veggie Rescue in Harlem

Astoria: La Flor de Puebla on Astoria Boulevard between Steinway and 38th Street makes a mean carnitas taco. [Joey in Astoria]
East Village: Peter Hoffman of Back Forty (and Savoy) reveals to Frank Bruni that he "once served a watercress salad to Richard Olney, my mentor and culinary hero, only to discover upon going to his table to see how he liked it that we had also served him a rubber band." [Diner's Journal/NYT]
Harlem: Only 3 percent of bodegas in the nabe carry leafy green vegetables, so Mayor Bloomberg's coming to the rescue. No wonder Mizrahi loves him. [NYS via Uptown Flavor]
Park Slope: The end of Donuts Coffee Shop on Fifth Avenue is near; Associated Supermarket is about to swallow up the landmark diner. [The Gowanus Lounge]
West Village: It's a Q&A kind of day: Centro Vinoteca and newly anointed Gusto chef Anne Burrell says her trademark "cowgirl skirts are a good luck charm when we do Iron Chef … I figure if all the old ladies in Italy wear dresses in the kitchen, why can't I wear a skirt in NYC?" Though she may not have seen our kitchen fashions for the preening chef. [Restaurant Girl] Gusto is also hosting a Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve, which includes this recipe for zuppa di pesce. [Eat for Victory/VV]

More: Neighborhood Watch »anne burrell, astoria, back forty, bloomberg, centro vinoteca, east village, feast of the seven fishes, gusto, harlem, la flor de puebla, park slope, peter hoffman, richard olney, savoy, the donuts coffee shop

Two for Eight

12/13/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Esca; BLT Market 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt market, blue hill, cookshop, esca, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, tasting room, telepan, the tasting room

Two for Eight

11/26/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Blue Hill and Rose Water; Esca 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt market, blue hill, cookshop, esca, mas, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Two for Eight

11/ 5/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Barbuto and Pure Food and Wine; Esca Fairly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked some 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt market, blue hill, cookshop, esca, mas, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

NewsFeed

10/26/07

12:00 PM

Virginia Pig Farmer Is the Toast of the New York Pork World

Portrait of the Ossabaw as a young pig.Photo courtesy Colonial Williamsburg

It sounds like a fairy tale: Some Spanish hogs, brought over by Spanish colonists in the sixteenth century, take over an island off the coast of Georgia and run wild there for hundreds of years. Feral and boarlike, they are also about the best tasting pork imaginable, and cousins to the world’s most celebrated ham. Is it a fable, conjured by the heated imagination of foodies? Or an eye-opening truth, as irrefutable as a piece of gamey and rich roast pork? We’re happy to say that it’s the latter. Bev Eggleston, of Eco-Friendly Foods in Virginia, has started selling his amazing pork to a handful of New York restaurants, and soon he may be giving the Spanish a run for their money in the ham business.

More: NewsFeed »bev eggleston, boqueria, fabio trabocchi, fiamma, gramercy tavern, michael anthony, peter hoffman, pork, savoy, seamus mullen

Two for Eight

10/18/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Rose Water and the Tasting Room; Blue Hill Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked some 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, esca, mas, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, tasting room, telepan, the tasting room

Neighborhood Watch

10/15/07

3:00 PM

Josh DeChellis Frying Lunch in the West Village; Gray's Papaya Still Political

Clinton Hill: Il Torchio may have only opened in August and be prone to underseasoning and overbearing Italian accents, but the restaurant is already gearing up to expand. [Eat for Victory/VV]
East Village: Savoy chef Peter Hoffman’s new restaurant Back Forty has a soft opening today and will officially begin service on Wednesday. [Grub Street]
Greenwich Village: The 70-year-old founder of Gray’s Papaya who posted the “Bloomberg for President” sign on 8th Street “has never been shy about using his store windows for political expression; Jimmy Carter, in 1976, and Bill Bradley, in 1999, both earned his presidential endorsement. And in 1998, when Bill Clinton was facing impeachment, Mr. Gray displayed a sign that read, ‘Hang in there, Mr. President.’” [NYT]
Midtown: Beacon has added a "kitchen counter" which functions as a chef's table, a burger bar, and the site of a weekly tasting menu. [Strong Buzz] A midtown pizza-truck war has broken out. [Midtown Lunch]
West Village: BarFry kicks off lunch service today. [Grub Street]

More: Neighborhood Watch »back forty, barfry, beacon, clinton hill, east village, gray's papaya, greenwich village, il torchio, josh dechellis, peter hoffman, savoy, west village

Neighborhood Watch

10/10/07

3:10 PM

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]

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

Two for Eight

10/ 1/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Barbuto and Savoy; Telepan Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked some 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blt prime, blue hill, cookshop, esca, mas, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Two for Eight

9/13/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Telepan and Esca; Blue Hill Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked some 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, esca, mas, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan, the tasting room

Two for Eight

8/10/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Barbuto and Hearth; Blue Hill 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, craft, gramercy tavern, hearth, pure food and wine, savoy, telepan, the tasting room

Two for Eight

7/26/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Hearth and Rose Water; Gramercy Tavern 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, craft, gramercy tavern, hearth, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Two for Eight

7/10/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Hearth and Rose Water; Blue Hill 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, craft, gramercy tavern, hearth, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Neighborhood Watch

6/19/07

3:06 PM

Varietal’s Kitchen Closes in Chelsea

Bronx: Italian pastry shop Egidio has a history steeped in family feuds, politics, and adultery; now a cannoli-wielding former owner has opened up shop nearby. [Lost City]
Chelsea: Varietal has closed its dining room, though wine’s still being served at the bar. [Restaurant Girl] Great Small Works performing-arts group will host a Spaghetti Dinner this Sunday evening on the roof of the 14th Street Y. Besides bowls of garlicky pasta, ticket holders can look forward to “puppet theater [and] New Orleans brass band music.” [Blog Chelsea]
Greenpoint: The Original Soup Man (a.k.a. the Soup Nazi) joins other chains on Manhattan Avenue and shocks customers by charging $9 for some selections. [Gothamist]
Hell's Kitchen: Alex Garcia’s new restaurant, Gaucho Steak Co., at 752 Tenth Avenue, is now open for lunch and offering delivery. [Grub Street]
Soho: Savoy’s Clambake Dinners start July 6 and run through the end of the month. [Restaurant Girl]

More: Neighborhood Watch »alex garcia, bronx, chelsea, clambake, egidio bakery, gaucho steak co., gertel's, great small works, greenpoint, hell's kitchen, lower east side, original soupman, savoy, soho, spaghetti dinners, varietal

Two for Eight

6/ 8/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Savoy; Hearth and Blue Hill 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: Haute Barnyard.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, craft, gramercy tavern, hearth, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Two for Eight

5/23/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Barbuto and Savoy; Gramercy Tavern 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, craft, gramercy tavern, hearth, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Two for Eight

5/ 9/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Rose Water and Hearth; Gramercy Tavern 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, craft, gramercy tavern, hearth, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Two for Eight

4/24/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Hearth and Cookshop; Blue Hill 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, craft, gramercy tavern, hearth, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

Two for Eight

4/ 9/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Barbuto and Rose Water; Blue Hill 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: Haute Barnyard destinations.

More: Two for Eight »barbuto, blue hill, cookshop, craft, gramercy tavern, hearth, pure food and wine, rose water, savoy, telepan

NewsFeed

3/23/07

2:00 PM

Matt Weingarten Bids Savoy Adieu, Brings His Lamb Sandwich to Midtown

St. Bart's terrace, future home of Matt Weingarten.Photo: Jed Egan

The last time we heard about Matt Weingarten, the bespectacled, red-bearded chef’s first restaurant, Porcupine, had gone belly up, and he had brought his checked pants and his knives to Savoy as chef de cuisine. But Weingarten, an intellectual type who thinks about food night and day, couldn’t be contained forever, and he will be leaving Savoy in early April to head up Café St. Bart’s, the terrace restaurant attached to St. Bartholomew’s Church at Park and 50th. Weingarten will be consulting on the food this summer and in the fall remaking the menu as executive chef. What can diners expect? “Well, there won’t be any foams,” he says. “I’m not a molecular-gastronomy kind of cook. Everything will be very simple and classic.” He does assure us that he will be bringing with him the leg-of-lamb sandwich with prune-hyssop butter that he has carted around with him since Porcupine. Good. We were worried.

Café St. Bart’s, 109 E. 50th St., at Park Ave.; 212-888-2664.

More: NewsFeed »cafe st. bart's, lamb, matt weingarten, midtown east, molecular gastronomy, porcupine, savoy

Two for Eight

3/22/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Tasting Room and Pure Food and Wine; Gramercy Tavern Fully Booked