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NewsFeed

5/27/08

12:00 PM

Report: Alex Raij Out at Tía Pol and El Quinto Pino

Alex Raij, the (former?) queen of tapas?Photo: Patrick McMullan

According to Andrea Strong, Alex Raij is out at both of her highly praised tapas bars, El Quinto Pino and Tía Pol. Owner Mani Dawes tells Strong, “Tía Pol and Quinto Pino have parted ways with Alexandra Raij, who is no longer the Executive Chef of either location.” Andrew Donovan, Tía Pol's sous-chef, will take over temporarily. At El Quinto Pino, opening sous-chef Amorette Casaus has been named executive chef.

Startling Changes at Tia Pol and El Quinto Pino [Strong Buzz]
Related: The Cutest Sea-Urchin-Egg Sandwich Ever at El Quinto Pino

More: NewsFeed »alexandra raij, andrea strong, el quinto pino, tapas, tia pol

NewsFeed

5/ 6/08

2:15 PM

Genius! Alex Raij of Tía Pol Throws a Sandwich Potluck

Loony for uni.Photo: Melissa Hom

Last week’s episode of 30 Rock revolved around “Sandwich Day,” “the most wonderful day of all,” wherein the Teamsters brought back Italian sandwiches with dipping sauce from a secret place in Brooklyn, causing mass sandwichmonium. As sandwich lovers, we were eating this stuff up like it was an uni panini. Which is exactly why we’re envious to discover, via the Jimmy’s No. 43 blog, that we weren’t one of the lucky twelve people invited to Alex Raij of Tía Pol’s sandwich potluck, especially since there’s a chance Jimmy Carbone will serve his place’s grilled ricotta-and-Nutella sammy. Alex? Please? Not even if we bring 42,000 calories of fried peanut butter and bananas? Maybe we're not being imaginative enough here: What, dear readers, would you bring?

Sandwiches [Jimmy Drink Eat]

More: NewsFeed »30 rock, alex raij, jimmy carbone, jimmy's no. 43, sandwiches, tia pol

NewsFeed

3/14/08

5:30 PM

Todd Barry Not the Only One Who Worships at the Altar of Chipotle

A Beard judge?Photo: Getty Images

As you now know, Todd Barry is a big fan of Chipotle, and he’s not the only one that considers it one of New York’s “great restaurants.” The Tex-Mex chain is just one of five joints (along with Tia Pol, wd-50, Hearth, and the Spotted Pig) that Momofuku lists as “friends” on its Website, and in this magazine’s profile of David Chang, he makes clear that it influenced Ssäm Bar:

“I tried to get a job at Chipotle when I got back from Japan, but they wouldn’t hire me,” he says. “They knew what I was up to.” It’s easy to see the parallels between Ssäm Bar and the Tex-Mex monolith that’s invaded Manhattan. “A lot of this is premised on what Chipotle’s done: Make affordable, good food, and do it with integrity.”

We've noted that Bobby Flay is also possibly a fan of Chipotle (indeed Bret Thorn overheard him calling it "good food"). And we're sure Chang and Flay aren't the only ones. So when will Chipotle’s founder, Steve Ells, finally be nominated for a Beard Award?

More: NewsFeed »chipotle, david chang, momofuku ssam, the spotted pig, tia pol, todd barry

The New York Diet

2/ 1/08

9:00 AM

TV Hostess Kelly Choi Likes Her Sandwiches With Mayo and Mustard

"My favorite food is eggs — especially the ones from Windfall Farms."Photo: Melissa Hom

If you haven’t seen Kelly Choi sporting a trench coat on her show Secrets of New York, you’ve probably seen her donning skimpier attire as the host of New York Eats. She also just appeared as a judge on Iron Chef and will soon team with a liquor sponsor to publish The 25 Most Delicious Dishes in New York. What’s one of them? The moussaka at Pylos. “I’m crazy about Greek and Middle Eastern food,” Choi tells us. She doesn’t have the extravagant expense account you’d expect, and she isn’t often hungry for complimentary desserts — but still, the former Ford model managed to put away quite a bit this week.

More: The New York Diet »banjara, bar boulud, el quinto pino, kelly choi, life thyme, maremma, matsuri, nha trang, pdt, tia pol, whole earth bakery, windfall farms

Neighborhood Watch

12/ 5/07

3:15 PM

Gusto Now Going to Look and Taste Like Centro Vinoteca

Chelsea: It doesn’t look good for those who are just getting used to the belly; pig’s ears are the latest trend, and even the version at stellar tapas spot Tía Pol was described by Peter Meehan as "crunchy and sticky with a funky pigskin flavor." [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]
Financial District: Don’t forget, the trial run for the proposed year-round seasonal market at South Street Seaport starts on December 16 (and Molto Mario will be there). [Grub Street]
Park Slope: Tempo Presto is closing this Friday because the restaurant can’t keep up with the pricey rent. [Gowanus Lounge]
Upper West Side: Dovetail‘s opening next week. [Zagat]
West Village: Sasha Muniak must feel really good about the Centro Vinoteca formula; after tapping chef Anne Burrell to take over for Amanda Freitag, he plans to redesign the Gusto space by next year with help from Centro Vinoteca and Jean Georges designer Thomas Juul-Hansen. [Restaurant Girl] Andrea Strong unveils renderings of Jason Neroni’s new gig, 10 Downing. [Strong Buzz via Eater] Magnolia Bakery will be open regular hours every day this holiday season except for Christmas, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on December 24, kids can pick up a cupcake that comes with a note to Santa. [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]
Williamsburg: A benefit party at Supreme Trading tomorrow night promises an open Bass Ale Beer bar from 7 to 8 p.m. and "one of the most difficult cuisines to find in New York City: Rwandan." [Cakehead]

More: Neighborhood Watch »10 downing street, amanda freitag, anne burrell, centro vinoteca, chelsea, dovetail, financial district, gusto, holiday cupcakes, jason neroni, magnolia bakery, park slope, pig's ears, rwandan cuisine, sasha muniak, south street seaport, supreme trading, tempo presto, tia pol, upper west side, west village, williamsburg

Mediavore

10/25/07

10:00 AM

Cipriani Still Living High on the Hog; Another Mechanical Bull Comes to New York

The nation can rest easy in the knowledge that Giuseppe Cipriani is still cruising around in a Rolls-Royce, has kept his private jet, and may even build another yacht in addition to the one he already owns. [NYP]

The Shamalian boys opened their rockabilly bar on Essex last night even though it's unfinished, and there really is a bull! [Eater]

The Federal Trade Commission has launched a second attack against the Whole Foods–Wild Oats merger, vowing that even though money has already exchanged hands, the integration can still be stopped. [NYT]

More: Mediavore »annisa, chinatown ice cream factory, evan ford, giuseppe cipriani, harold dieterle, shamalian, tia pol, whole foods, wild oats, will goldfarb

NewsFeed

7/10/07

2:00 PM

Despaña’s Churros: One Less Reason to Move to Madrid

Photo: Daniel Maurer

Despaña, our favorite spot for a café bonbon (a thick, caramel-like coffee made with condensed milk) and an extravagant sandwich, has been missing one thing until recently — churros, the Spanish doughnuts that Madrileños eat at the bar while playing One-Armed Bandits. Maybe in response to our threats to picket the place unless they added churros to the takeout menu, they're now serving four of them swaddled in paper for $5, or two of them with chocolate a la taza (a small cup of thick hot chocolate) for $3.50. The pre-fried, frozen Casimiro churros are also available by the box ($15) should you want to bake them at home.

More: NewsFeed »1080 recipes, alexandra raij, andy nusser, casa mono, spanish, tia pol

At the Greenmarket

5/ 7/07

2:07 PM

Local Asparagus Finally Shows Up, With Sorrel in Tow

Awesome. We've been saving up $8 all winter …Photo: Zoe Singer

Fiddleheads, peas, and strawberries shimmer, miragelike, in our near future — but don’t let them distract you from the bounty available right now. The market has never been greener.

More: At the Greenmarket »bacon, blt, cherry lane, fish, hoeffner, nine-jay, northshire farm, p.e. & d.d., produce, shad, sorrel, spinach, tia pol, tomatoes

Back of the House

3/16/07

1:55 PM

Time to Fill Out Our James Beard Brackets

Wylie Dufresne: Beard-bound, says us.Photo: Patrick McMullan

The nominations for the James Beard Foundation Awards, the Oscars of the restaurant industry, will be announced Monday morning. We’ll report on that as it happens, but for now, here are picks for the main categories from Adam Platt, Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld, and Josh Ozersky. Our choices are admittedly New York–centric (the awards go to restaurants across the country), but the ceremony is held here, and the city always looms large in the proceedings.

More: Back of the House »5 ninth, a voce, alex raij, andrew carmellini, andy nusser, cafe gray, casa mono, cesare casella, david chang, degustation wine and food bar, del posto, dona, fatty crab, franny's, gray kunz, jason neroni, kefi, l'atelier de joel robuchon, lespinasse, maremma, mark ladner, michael psilakis, morimoto, porchetta, ssam bar, the spotted pig, tia pol, wd-50, wesley genovart, wylie dufresne

The Launch

2/22/07

9:00 AM

Don’t Think Sam Mason Doesn’t Know How Waiters Treat Their Uniforms

Sigh. I think I'll just lay back in the cut this week.Photo: Melissa Hom

Welcome to the latest weekly installment of the Launch, where Sam Mason, former pastry chef at wd-50, relates the ups and downs of preparing to open Tailor, the swanky restaurant and lounge coming together at 525 Broome Street.

More: The Launch »sam mason, ssam bar, tailor, tia pol

NewsFeed

1/23/07

9:00 AM

The Kingdom of Navarra Comes to the Borough of Manhattan

Fit for a kingdom: Lodosa piquillo peppers with olive oil and garlic.Photo courtesy Navarragastronomy.com

The Kingdom of Navarra, as it is fancifully called today, is an autonomous community which is technically a part of Spain and which produces some of the most admired Basque-influenced cookery in the world. We don’t see much of it here in New York, but that will change on Friday, when Navarra Gastronomic Week begins. Classic Navarran dishes like warm partridge and Jabugo ham salad, artichokes fried with tocino (bacon), stuffed piquillo peppers, and a number of Navarran wines and cheeses to go with them will be available at the following restaurants through February 4.

More: NewsFeed »alcala, azafran, basque, boqueria, casa mono, dos caminos, e.u., lily's, navarra, pintxos, sala one nine, solera, spanish, suba, tia pol, todd english's olives n.y., urena, wd-50

Back of the House

11/ 9/06

10:00 AM

Brits Get No Tips at the London?; Lower Eastpacking District Opening

Flo chart: Guy Martin snubs N.Y. for Boston, the scoop on Tía Pol's new place, and more. [NYT]

Ramsay's non-union Brits getting stripped of tips? [Eater]

Marco Moreira to open a Japanese-y restaurant in his old Tocqueville space. [NYS]

The shutter comes down on Park Ave. Cafe. [Crain's]

The Beard House steps up its game for the celebrity-chef era. [WSJ]

A thirteen-pound sausage belonging to Batali goes missing. [LAT]

Mr. Chow celebrates his new flick with Sharon Stone and Sidney Poitier. [NYP]

Prepare for yet another food festival, this one care of Food Network. [NYP]

Another bar in the Lower Eastpacking District [NYP]

Wagyu import restrictions have eased; Cuozzo explores the "mouth-filling, artery-busting glory" of it all. [NYP]

Dos Caminos, numero tres. [NYP]

More: Back of the House »dos caminos, food network, guy martin, marco moreira, mario batali, michael chow, park avenue cafe, tia pol, tocqueville

The Gobbler

10/11/06

9:00 AM

Best Seats in the House: Where to Eat at the Bar

From left, Masa, Grand Central Oyster Bar.Photos: Masa, Mark Peterson; Oyster Bar, Noah Kalina

Even before the arrival of Joël Robuchon and his bar-centric L'Atelier, the ancient urban tradition of bar dining was undergoing a great renaissance. And why not? Eating while seated on a stool is a uniquely New York experience. It's convivial, expedient, and communal, but in a solitary way. The Gobbler has met Wall Street kingpins, ex–CIA agents, and loquacious bookies from Queens at restaurant bars. You don't have to deal with sniveling waiters or go overboard on tips, and it's often a convenient excuse for getting really, really drunk. Here are a few of the Gobbler's favorite barfly destinations.

More: The Gobbler »adam platt, babbo, del posto, donohue's cafe, gotham bar and grill, grand central oyster bar, mario batali, masa, momofuku, ouest, the spotted pig, tia pol, tom valenti, union square cafe

Back of the House

10/10/06

9:26 AM

Most Influential Young Chefs Named, Presented With Tchotchkes

From left, David Chang, Polo Dobkin, Brad Farmerie, Cal Elliott, Alexandra Guarnaschelli, Alex Ureña. Seated, front: Aaron Sanchez, Gypsy Gifford, Iacopo Falai Photograph by Jonathan L. Smith

Move over, Bouley! Step aside, Jojo! There's a new generation of "emerging tastemakers," — according to Food Arts magazine and their friends at Sterling Meats, at least. Sunday night, meat purveyor and magazine jointly fêted ten young chefs who, they predict, "will be influencing what, where and how we dine out on a national level." The chefs were presented with framed, diploma-like certificates and envy-inducing Masamoto cobalt-steel knives. Here's who was honored and why — and our own take on the ones that most deserve props.