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Spotlight Takes a Voluntary Breather, BLVD an Involuntary One?
Posted 08/18/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed
And the Sfoglia deal may be off at 98 Kenmare.
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Hamptons Primer: What’s New, What’s Back, What’s Gone
Posted 06/06/08 in Grub Street: User's Guide
Foreclosures be damned — the Hamptons scene is thriving this year. Here’s where to pop some very overpriced bubbly and celebrate.
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PM and Stereo Guys Fail Upwards in Hamptons
Posted 05/15/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed
Unik Ernest, of shuttered PM (and Merkato 55), is teaming up with Mike Satsky, of shuttered Stereo, to open Lily Pond — near a helicopter pad.
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Kobe Club, Pink Elephant Head for the Hamptons
Posted 04/18/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed
Pink Elephant partners David Sarner and Bobby Montwaid will now run two of Southampton's primo party venues.
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Cain Snags Hot Basement-Alleyway Space in Tribeca
Posted 04/07/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed
Jamie Mulholland has snagged a basement-level space that might have an entrance on Cortlandt Alley.
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Tenjune Owners Predict the Meatpacking District's Demise
Posted 03/28/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed
An interview with Tenjune owners Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum offers depressing snapshots of contemporary nightlife.
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Starbucks Nixes Breakfast Sandwiches; Kenny Shopsin Ready for Mind-Altering Substances
Posted 01/31/08 in Grub Street: Mediavore
In addition to slowing its expansion (finally), Starbucks will halt “sales of hot breakfast sandwiches because their smell interferes with the aroma of coffee.” [WSJ] If Padma Lakshmi could eat anywhere right now, she’d head to a little taco stand in Mexico for some fish tacos on the beach. [Diner’s Journal/NYT] Chelsea hot spot Stereo, which was closed by police earlier this month, will not be reopening at its current location because the landlord bought out the lease. [NYP]
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‘Scruffy Loner’ Heath Ledger Ate Solo at Grotta Azzurra
Posted 01/25/08 in Grub Street: Celebrity Settings
As our sister blog Daily Intel has pointed out, this week was all about Tom Brady and Eli Manning sightings, with Tom and Gisele hitting the town (what else is new?) and Eli making it a quiet week. Michael Strahan also found a moment to sip chowder (question being, was it New York or New England style?). On a somber note, the Daily News uncovered Heath Ledger’s haunts in Soho: Spring Street Natural and Miro Café among them. The sighting we were most intrigued by, however, occurred in Park City, Utah: Sirio Maccioni eschewed trendier restaurants to hit Burger King. Now there’s a Whopper freakout we’d pay to see.
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Tenjune and Stereo Owners Too Busy to Sweat Rumors of Houston's Slapfest
Posted 01/17/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed
A tipster tells Down by the Hipster that Michael Satsky, owner of the recently raided Stereo, approached Tenjune partner Mark Birnbaum at Houston’s and “walked directly up to him and hit him ‘openhanded’ out of his chair. He then proceeded to put him in a headlock.” The catalyst of that brawl, the source says, is that Tenjune stole DJ Suss One away from Stereo. We asked both parties for comments, and they were quick to offer statements.
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Breaking: Avalon Closed ‘For Renovations,’ Other Clubs Bite the Bullet
Posted 01/15/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed
When we walked by Avalon on Saturday night, we saw this “important notice” (important to fans of pecsibitionism, anyway) that Hunk-O-Mania is no longer in the house. A call to Hunk-O-Mania reveals that the former Limelight is “closed for renovations,” possibly for a couple of months. The State Liquor Authority’s Website indicates the club’s liquor license expired on January 1 (although it is apparently free to sell booze under a SAPA letter while the authority considers a renewal), but we’ve been told that the closure might have more to do with a possible change in ownership. The club’s financial woes and its landlord’s desire to turn it into a retail space (perhaps with a restaurant) were well documented in a Villager article about a year ago, so this doesn’t come as a huge shock. In fact, if indeed it does get a new owner capable of restoring it to its Limelight-era glory (hey, a clubber can dream), it could be welcome news.
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Zagat Empire for Sale; New Low-Cal Girl Scout Cookies
Posted 01/14/08 in Grub Street: Mediavore
The Zagat family has put their empire of burgundy books on the market, with Goldman Sachs handling the search for a buyer who will have to drop at least $200 million for the acquisition. [NYT] Stereo, the club outside which a patron was shot last week, closed after a weekend police raid. [NYDN] Howie Mandel’s mention of the Waverly Inn on Live With Regis & Kelly made Graydon Carter’s restaurant a highly searched Google item. [Gawker]
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Crisco Czar Lightens Up, Cuozzo Requests Bans of Everything But Trans Fat
Posted 11/17/06 in Grub Street: Back of the House
Eater tries every which way of getting into the Waverly Inn short of just barging to a table. [Eater] Lard czar admits eateries have "valid concerns." [NYP] Cuozzo tells the city to ban transsexuals, not trans fats. Seriously. [NYP] Eaters turning to small, local farms; Willie Nelson presumably psyched. [NYT] Bruni ponders the meaning of "market price," chats with Danny Meyer "for a good 10 minutes without a moment of tension." [NYT] Blogs buzz over the City Bakery bread that need not be kneaded. [Chow] "Bordeaux guy" (and New York Magazine contributing editor) Jay McInerney, spotted at Cafe Cluny last night, likes his zins too. [NYS] On West 28th Street: Crobar to shutter? [NYP] On West 29th Street: Will the real Stereo please stand up? [NYP] * Correction, November 17, 2006: The no-knead bread is made by Jim Lahey at Sullivan Street Bakery, not City Bakery as originally stated.
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