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3/28/08

1:45 PM

Tenjune Owners Predict the Meatpacking District's Demise

Remm and Birnbaum.Photo: Getty Images

Steve Lewis’s blog continues to offer depressing snapshots of contemporary nightlife: In an interview in which Tenjune owners Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum try to explain why you should blow $5,000 dollars to sit at one of their tables, they tell anyone who isn’t a corporate type like them to forget about opening a club these days. Birnbaum shrugs off a feud with Stereo’s Mike Satsky (Birnbaum: “how silly is it when someone goes out of their way for no apparent reason to make an enemy out of you, because now instead of referring business to someone…”) and seems to slag on Lotus, the club that Tenjune will be joint-venturing with: “Lotus is still busy because they’re all tourists to be honest.” The real eye-opener, however, is that the guys, who say that hotels are their next area of conquest, seem to have all but given up on the meatpacking district.

More: NewsFeed »eguene remm, mark birnbaum, meatpacking district, mike satsky, nightlife, stereo, stk, tenjune

Ask a Waiter

10/23/07

5:19 PM

Brianne McDowell at STK Hears Things in Your Shrimp Rice Krispies

Beware the flying hundies!Photo: Melissa Hom

Brianne McDowell played the part of the Little Mermaid at Tokyo Disneyland before she came to New York. When she’s not trying to make it as a dancer, she’s a nimble server at STK, navigating its packed front lounge. Since the place celebrates its first anniversary with a party tomorrow, we thought we’d ask her whether that “chick-friendly-steakhouse” thing ever took off.

More: Ask a Waiter »meatpacking district, stk

NewsFeed

5/15/07

1:22 PM

Absinthe Feels So Good When It Hits the U.S. Market

The original green-eyed monster.Photo: Courtesy of Lucid

As any frat boy can tell you, absinthe, the spirit of choice for Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Verlaine, was banned here in 1912 following rumors that its primary ingredient, grand wormwood, contained a psychosis-inducing hallucinogen called thujone — but now a Manhasset distributor Lucid has convinced the U.S. Alcohol-Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau that the green fairy is just as safe as any other liver-pickling, brain-shrinking alcohol on the market (even if the 124-proof booze’s alcohol content is more than 50 percent greater than that of vodka, rum, and most whiskeys).

More: NewsFeed »absinthe, employees only, lucid, nightlife, pegu club, stk

Two for Eight

3/23/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Klee Brasserie and Russian Tea Room; Cafe Cluny 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: Recently reviewed by Adam Platt.

More: Two for Eight »cafe cluny, Gordon Ramsay, klee brasserie, kobe club, l'atelier de joel robuchon, mai house, porter house new york, stk, the russian tea room, varietal

Two for Eight

3/ 7/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Mai House and Varietal; L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon 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: Recently reviewed by Adam Platt.

More: Two for Eight »cafe cluny, Gordon Ramsay, klee brasserie, kobe club, l'atelier de joel robuchon, mai house, porter house new york, stk, the russian tea room, varietal

Two for Eight

2/16/07

4:25 PM

Tables Available at Russian Tea Room; L'Atelier and Klee Brasserie Mostly Booked

More: Two for Eight »cafe cluny, Gordon Ramsay, klee brasserie, kobe club, l'atelier de joel robuchon, picholine, porter house new york, stk, the russian tea room, varietal

Two for Eight

12/14/06

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Bread Tribeca and Centovini; L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Fully Booked

More: Two for Eight »7square, bread tribeca, cafe cluny, centovini, l'atelier de joel robuchon, lonesome dove, picholine, porter house new york, stk, the tasting room

Two for Eight

11/21/06

4:00 PM

Tables Open at Centovini and Porter House; STK and Tasting Room Mostly Booked

More: Two for Eight »centovini, chinatown brasserie, eleven madison park, japonais, l'atelier de joel robuchon, le cirque, mr. chow, porter house new york, stk, the tasting room

Two for Eight

11/ 6/06

4:00 PM

Tables Open at Chinatown Brasserie and Japonais; Robuchon Fully Booked

More: Two for Eight »centovini, chinatown brasserie, eleven madison park, japonais, l'atelier de joel robuchon, le cirque, mr. chow, sfoglia, stk, the tasting room

The Other Critics

10/25/06

12:50 PM

Critics Hone In on the Bone-In

Steak and ssäms continue to rule the reviews — with a white truffle thrown in for good measure.

• Saving Lonesome Dove for the blog, Bruni checks into another meatery, Harry's Steak. The bone-in steak "spoke to the timeless glories of aged prime beef," but the menu's saddled with "clever tweaks." [NYT]

• Andrea Strong checks in on Lonesome Dove (again) and is way more impressed with the kangaroo nachos than her boy at the Post was. [Strong Buzz]

• At STK, Alan Richman eyes the hotties "who look like they're barely past puberty" and shares in our fascination with the restrooms. "If only the food — admittedly great-looking — were as flavorsome as the customers." [Bloomberg]

• Dana Bowen visits Momofuku Ssäm Bar, and after raving about the late-night menu we first reported, hints that it may see the light of day. [NYT]

• As if Danny Meyer was starving for publicity, Moira Hodgson reassures us that Tabla is "one of the city's great restaurants." Something to do with chef Floyd Cardoz's new cookbook? [NYO]

• Paul Adams schools upwardly mobile I-Chin: "Going upscale involves more than buying buff-colored cloth napkins and hiring servers to assiduously refold them at every opportunity." [NYS]

• Augie splurges on a white truffle at Gotham — presumably not as pricey as Morimoto's $10,500 highbrow-despicable truffle. [Augieland]

More: The Other Critics »gotham bar and grill, harry's steak, i-chin, lonesome dove, momofuku ssam bar, stk, tabla

Restroom Report

10/20/06

3:05 PM

The Lavatorial Luxuries of STK: Cologne, Anyone?

The grim lighting of STK's WCs: Like a UFO descending on a desert road.Photo: Daniel Maurer

The iCrave-designed, see-and-be-seen dining room at STK led us to expect big things from the facilities — maybe a wall of bull horns like the ones behind the bar, or a private, key-access restroom like the one at basement club Tenjune. Alas, it was not to be: When we climbed upstairs, we were greeted by a bathroom attendant and a bowl of Breathsavers.

More: Restroom Report »burberry, cologne, stk, tenjune

Back of the House

10/10/06

10:00 AM

Servers to Strip; Jamie Oliver Wears a Fat Suit; Gordon Ramsay Gross-out

Has Halloween come early? Bars disguise themselves to avoid the liquor ban, lettuce may be the new spinach, Gordon Ramsay's secret sister emerges from the shadows, and more.

• First the trans-fat fighters came for NYC. Then, D.C. Now, if N.J. lawmakers have their way, you won't even be able to water-taxi your way to the stuff. [Nation's Restaurant News].

• Having cracked down on spinach, the E. coli police go after green-leaf lettuce. [Los Angeles Times]

• Bars evade the booze freeze by posing as restaurants (and if that doesn't work, they'll buy pairs of mustache glasses). [NYP]

• Topping off a recent slew of testosteropenings — Lonesome Dove, Porter House, etc. — Corio promises servers in skivvies. [NYDN]

• Tony Bourdain and other food scribes recall no-can-do assignments; says Peter Elliot, "publicists should have their heads examined." [Snack]

• Glasgow and (soon) London get a Priceline-style Website for haggling over the dinner bill. Will there come a day when we can ask Daniel, "How does 50 bucks for the prix-fixe sound?" [Sunday Herald]

• Gordon Ramsay tells all, unfortunately, including how the name of his first restaurant was inspired by his penis. (Also, something about a long lost sister.) [Chow]

• Does Jamie Oliver fancy himself the new Ali G? First he gave a sophomoric fake interview on Danish television; now his fat suit causes a stir. [Daily Mirror]

More: Back of the House »anthony bourdain, corio, gordon ramsay, jamie oliver, stk

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