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Get Your $95 Beer in Brooklyn; Molecular Gastronomy Becoming More Expensive?

• The Modern’s wine list now has prices in euros, as well as dollars, but they don’t accept the foreign currency…yet. [Dr. Vino]

• Brooklyn’s Beer Table sells seventeen-ounce bottles of a rare Italian beer for $95 a pop. [NYDN]

• Fast-food chains around the country don’t need to worry about protecting their cash registers from burglars, since it’s the fryer grease they’re after these days. [NYT]

More: Mediavore »beer table, bravo, brooklyn pig fest, rick tramanto, san domenico, the modern, top chef

Cookbook Bloggers Are Nuts; ‘Flavor Tripping’ With Miracle Fruit

• Cookbook bloggers, those who tackle the challenge of cooking every recipe in a given volume and then write about it, are the craziest bloggers of all. [WSJ]

• The Sex and the City movie includes scenes shot in notable restaurants like Buddakan and the Modern. [NYS]

• After 1,300 phone requests on an online petition with more than 1,000 signatures, Kellogg is putting the Hydrox cookie — an Oreo alternative — back into production. [WSJ]

Craft and Gramercy Tavern Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked nine restaurants the best times 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: Danny Meyer/Tom Colicchio.

More: Two for Eight »Bar Room at the Modern, Craft, Craftbar, Craftsteak, Eleven Madison Park, Gramercy Tavern, Tabla, The Modern, Union Square Cafe

Back of the House

3/25/08

3:30 PM

Bourdain & Co. Give Their Picks for Beard Chef NYC

This year’s race for the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef in New York City (or, as we like to think of it, the Division 1A title) is a fierce one. We spoke to a mix of chefs, critics, and bloggers, and here are their responses. Not all are voting, but we think that, as a whole, they're pretty representative of what we've been hearing from within the New York restaurant community. The nominees, just to remind you, are Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern, Terrance Brennan of Picholine, David Chang of Momofuku Ssäm Bar, Wylie Dufresne of wd-50, and Gabriel Kreuther of the Modern. (Remember, Chang is being judged solely on Ssäm Bar, not for his work at Momofuku Ko.)

Mediavore

2/27/08

10:00 AM

Charlie Trotter Details Emerge; Frank Bruni's Cross-Country Trip

The first details on Charlie Trotter’s still-unnamed restaurant on Madison Square Park emerge: It will have 80 seats as well as a bar and lounge. [NYT]

Merkato 55 may be turning New Yorkers on to African cuisine, but there have been plenty of excellent, albeit under-the-radar, restaurants offering the continent’s cuisine for years. [TONY]
Related: Merkato 55’s Most Popular Dish: Doro Wat

The Modern’s new wine director, Belinda Chang, is the kind of sommelier we want to be someday: “I’m definitely obsessed with magnums. They’re so fun to pour!” [NYS]

Two for Eight

1/22/08

4:35 PM

Tables Available at Tabla; Union Square Cafe Mostly Booked

It’s after 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked nine 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: Danny Meyer/Tom Colicchio.

More: Two for Eight »bar at the modern, craftbar, eleven madison park, gramercy tavern, tabla, the modern, union square café

Two for Eight

1/ 7/08

4:00 PM

Tables Available at the Modern; Craftsteak Fully Booked

It’s just after 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked nine 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: Danny Meyer/Tom Colicchio.

More: Two for Eight »bar at the modern, Craft, craftbar, eleven madison park, gramercy tavern, tabla, the modern, union square café

Two for Eight

12/ 7/07

4:03 PM

Craftbar and Daniel Fully Booked; The Modern Nearly Booked

It’s just after 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked nine 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: Danny Meyer/Tom Colicchio.

More: Two for Eight »bar at the modern, Craft, craftbar, eleven madison park, gramercy tavern, tabla, the modern, union square café

Two for Eight

11/15/07

4:15 PM

Tables Available at Eleven Madison Park and Craftbar; Craftsteak Fully Booked

It’s just after 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked nine 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: Danny Meyer/Tom Colicchio.

Neighborhood Watch

11/ 7/07

3:00 PM

Danny Meyer Appoints Female Sommelier at the Modern; Pichet Ong Will Show You His Moves in the West Village

Brighton Beach: Brooklyn firefighter Jeffrey Scotto won the sixth-annual World Cares Center Iron Skillet Cook Off this week with this recipe for boneless rib-eye braciola and escarole salad. [NYDN]
Chinatown: Zagat might recommend the soup dumplings at Goodies, but you’re in for a treat if you opt for something the staff is eating like “winter melon soup and a plate of stir-fried pork liver and stomach.” [VV]
Midtown West: Danny Meyer has appointed a new executive sommelier, Belinda Chang, to oversee the wine program at the Modern and his restaurants in the Met. [NYS]
Tribeca: Apparently Craig Béro has opened a Tribeca Time Machine called the Cosmopolitan Cafe around the corner from his other restaurant, the Soda Shop. [NYT]
Union Square: From Quattro’s Game Farm’s stand at the Union Square Greenmarket on Saturdays, “you can place an order, leave a deposit, and pick up your fresh bird on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.” [NYS]
Upper West Side: Danny Abrams's second outlet of the East Village’s Mermaid Inn has opened on 568 Amsterdam Avenue near 88th Street, and you get a free cup of puddin’ with dinner. [NYT]
West Village: Pichet Ong will give a demonstration at the next 4foodies, tasting on November 19. [4foodies]

More: Neighborhood Watch »4foodies, belinda change, brighton beach, chinatown, cosmopolitan cafe, craig bero, danny abrams, danny meyer, goodies, iron skillet cook off, jeffrey scotto, mermaid inn, midtown west, pichet ong, thanksgiving turkeys, the modern, the soda shop, tribeca, union square, west village

Two for Eight

10/30/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Bar Room at the Modern and Craftbar; Gramercy Tavern Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked nine 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: Danny Meyer/Tom Colicchio.

Two for Eight

10/12/07

4:00 PM

Craft and Craftsteak Mostly Booked; Gramercy Taven Fully Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked nine 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: Danny Meyer/Tom Colicchio.

Two for Eight

9/26/07

4:00 PM

Tables Available at Craftbar and Eleven Madison Park; Gramercy Tavern Mostly Booked

It’s 4 p.m., and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. We just asked nine 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: Danny Meyer/Tom Colicchio.

More: Two for Eight »bar at the modern, Craft, craftbar, craftsteak, eleven madison park, gramercy tavern, tabla, the modern, union square café

NewsFeed

8/ 1/07

9:00 AM

Is Govind Armstrong Worried Enough About New York?

Are you sure you want to leave those sunny shores, Govind?Photo courtesy of Table 8

When top out-of-town chefs move to New York, it’s always a crapshoot. Some, like Fort Worth’s Tim Love, come in conspicuously and wash out; others, like Atlanta’s Sotohiro Kosugi, now at Soto, come in under the radar but quickly grab our attention. L.A.’s Govind Armstrong doesn’t expect much of a problem: The ultra-laid-back chef made South Beach his own and expects New York to treat him equally well. “A lot of New Yorkers come down here to Miami, and I’ve been coming up there forever, so I have a lot of friends to support me,” he tells us. “I’m not trying to reinvent the way New Yorkers eat. But I can’t not grow, you know?”

More: NewsFeed »govind armstrong, gramercy tavern, kittichai, los angeles, pastis, south beach, spotted pig, ssam bar, table 8, the modern

Ask a Waiter

7/31/07

5:11 PM

Ania Zawieja of Robuchon Drinks Wine for Work, Beer for Fun

"When something comes up where someone needs a manager and any of us come up, guests do ask for men."Photo: Melissa Hom

How does Ania Zawieja describe her job as a sommelier? “I drink a lot and try to remember.” Rather than attending sommelier school, Zaweija got her start at a Philadelphia wine bar that rotated its 120 glasses every week. She eventually went on to help open Café Gray, then the Modern, and finally — after the food-and-beverage director of Joël Robuchon’s then-soon-to-open New York outpost dined at the Modern and succeeded in luring her away — she ended up at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon. Since female sommeliers have lately been a subject of some controversy, we asked her to uncork the particulars of her job.

More: Ask a Waiter »cafe gray, joel robuchon, l'atelier de joel robuchon, the modern, wine

Restroom Report

7/13/07

5:16 PM

Availing Ourselves of Danny Meyer's Hospeetality

We've come a long way since Duchamp's urinal.Photo: Daniel Maurer

Last week we noted that the once cutting-edge bathrooms of Brasserie were looking quite dull, but on the other side of 53rd Street is MoMA, a place that cultivates the sort of modernism that stands the test of time. Just step into the sexy lighting of the restrooms tucked behind the giant photomural in its ever-elegant eatery, the Modern.

More: Restroom Report »midtown, moma, the modern

NewsFeed

5/ 7/07

9:00 AM

Tonight’s Beard Awards: a Referendum on Haute Cuisine

Times are changing in the restaurant world – but just how fast? Tonight’s James Beard Awards will help answer the question of whether the traditional tablecloth restaurants, which seem to be on the way out, still wield their old clout in the gastronomic Establishment.

NewsFeed

5/ 2/07

1:55 PM

Beard’s Best Chef Nominees Spill Beans

The Beard nominees for New York City’s Best Chef know that there’s more to the award than who makes the best plate of spaghetti. Looking back at previous years in which he was nominated, Picholine’s Terrance Brennan says, “Our customers were always loyal, but because I wasn’t playing the game, we were under the foodie radar. Being friends with the [Beard] committee helps … I imagine if you know some people, your odds are probably better.”