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4/29/08

9:00 AM

New York Owns the James Beard Design Awards

The last of the big-box restaurants?Photo courtesy Morimoto

Most conversation about the James Beard Awards naturally revolves around the honors given to chefs and restaurants. But what about the design awards? In a way, as the Sun writes today, they are the ones in which New York is truly dominant. For the second year in a row, all the design nominees are in Manhattan: the vast, sleek Morimoto, haute modern Adour, and Centovini, with its spectacular lighting. "We've found that the strongest restaurant designs over the years have come from New York or Los Angeles, and overwhelmingly New York," the architect who chairs the awards committee told the Sun. Money is not as flowing as it was, and Morimoto, if it does win, may be the last behemoth to show up for a while. “I could not do this restaurant again today,” owner Stephen Starr says in the article. Which is all the more reason to give it the award — the Beard equivalent of a “pity Oscar” given to a dying star.

New York's James Beard Design Nominees [NYS]

More: NewsFeed »adour, centovini, james beard awards, morimoto, stephen starr

NewsFeed

3/27/08

11:15 AM

Recession Keeps Stephen Starr Restaurants in the Family

Starr market.Photo: Getty Images

Stephen Starr tells Gael Greene today that he’s taking shares of his restaurants off the market. (Who knew they were even on the market?) “We wanted a compatible partner to help grow the business aggressively. We talked to some people I didn’t feel were the right match for us.” Starr also revealed plans for a 120-room boutique hotel in Manhattan, though he declined to give a location. And he dished to the Insatiable Critic about B.R. Guest stakeholder Barry Sternlicht. “I’m glad I didn’t get bought by a Sternlicht or some other huge company where it’s all about quick growth and not necessarily about quality and taste.” Hear that, Steve Hanson?

Short Order [Insatiable Critic]

More: NewsFeed »br guest, stephen starr, sternlicht

NewsFeed

1/25/08

11:49 AM

Exclusive: Court Rules Morimoto Shafted Business Partner

"You'll have '45 percent' of the company."Photo: Getty Images

Grub Street has learned that Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto has taken a big hit in state supreme court. A judge has ruled that Morimoto’s original business partner, Donald Fellner, is entitled to 45 percent of profits from his restaurants in New York, Philadelphia, and India, plus profits from certain endorsements and finally two appearances on Iron Chef for which Morimoto received a whopping $20,000. The partial judgment (which you can read here) states that in 2000, after Fellner befriended the future Iron Chef at the restaurant where Morimoto worked, they formed a company, Moridon, in which Morimoto and Fellner had 55/45 stakes. Moridon then entered into a contract with Steven Starr’s company, but according to the court, Morimoto broke the terms of that joint-operating agreement in 2004 by adding an amendment which unfairly excluded Fellner from Morimoto New York and all future ventures with Starr.

More: NewsFeed »donald fellner, masaharu morimoto, stephen starr

Mr. Snitch

11/13/07

9:00 AM

Restaurant Titans Descend on Primehouse for a Night

The Mount Olympus of steakhouses?Photo: Ryan Mesina

Here’s the thing about restaurateurs: They don’t really care about who has the best ramen in the East Village. They’re not really that interested in where Paul Liebrandt’s restaurant will be, and they find avant-garde desserts about as compelling as algebra. But when Steve Hanson opens a restaurant? That, that is something they’re interested in. The fine art of making money via replicable concept restaurants is one at which Hanson is an acknowledged master, and that helps to explain why the main room at Primehouse last Thursday looked like a who’s who of big-time restaurateurs.

More: Mr. Snitch »b.r. guest, buddakan, jeffrey chodorow, morimoto, primehouse new york, rich melman, sam nazarian, stephen starr, steve hanson

Back of the House

10/19/06

10:00 AM

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]

More: Back of the House »babbo, compass, dennis foy, frederick's, lo scalco, metro marche, pastrami queen, persepolis, stephen starr, sushi of gari

Back of the House

10/ 5/06

10:07 AM

Eateries Opening, for Sale, and Sailing Away

Today's culling of industry news yields some late openings and a restaurant that's fixing to float away. Plus, the trans-fat debate gets ugly.

• October openings: a downtown outpost of Frederick's Madison and the latest attempt by Stephen Starr to colonize the East Coast. [NYS]

• If the city has its way, the Frying Pan and its recently souped-up outdoor café may go the way of the Titanic. [Strong Buzz]

• Chefs needed at La Esquina, Terrace 5. [Strong Buzz]

• It's not just old Ikea furniture: Craigslist selling restaurants. [Craigslist].

• Consumer group counters possible trans-fat ban by batting kid's ice-cream cone out of his hand. [Restaurant News Resource]

More: Back of the House »frederick's madison, la esquina, stephen starr, the modern

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