Dave Chappelle Tiffs With the Wife at Coffee Shop, ‘Entourage’-ers Talk Movie at 1 Oak?

This week’s juiciest bit of celeb-sighting gossip was, of course, the Post’s report that after a performer dumped a drink on Demi and Ashton, Box honcho Simon Hammerstein sent an e-mail to his partner and a GM saying, “I can’t stand those two” — apparently because they’re “so far up their own arses” and “don’t spend anything” — “and I applaud whoever spilt a drink on them.” We’re thinking Kid Rock got kinder treatment when he went to Southern Hospitality, or there would’ve been a Tommy Lee–style throwdown.

Posted 01/03/08 in Grub Street : Celebrity Settings

Tags: 1 oak, bonjoo, Celebrity Settings, fanelli's cafe, gansevoort hotel, gypsy tea, la palapa, le cirque, nobu, paris commune, pure food and wine, river cafe, room service, rose bar, scarlatto, southern hospitality, sunburst cafe, tenjune, the box, the coffee shop, the thirsty scholar, via quadronno

Kitchen Abuse Exposed; Health Department Shutdowns Triple

Apparently, abuse of every kind is rampant in kitchens. Herewith, complaints leveled against Daniel, Jean Georges, Megu, Babbo, and more. [NYP] Post–KFC–Taco Bell scandal, New York restaurant closures triple. [NYP] Morandi is, like every other Keith McNally venture, a smashing success, and likely to remain so. [NYP]

Posted 03/12/07 in Grub Street : Mediavore

Tags: babbo, daniel, donal crosbie, dublin 6, eater, ernest gallo, health department, health inspection, irish, jean georges, keith mcnally, kenny shopsin, long island city, mediavore, megu, morandi, shopsins, the coffee shop