Competitive Eater Crazy Legs Conti Experiences ‘Deja Chew’

Posted 05/23/08 in Grub Street: The New York Diet

Crazy Legs Conti, the world’s eleventh-ranked competitive eater and bon vivant about town, describes his diet as “benign gluttony — everything in moderation, including excess.”

Another Look at Bar Boulud

Posted 10/30/07 in Grub Street: Mediavore

David Bouley is expanding his Tribeca empire with “an upscale Japanese-themed restaurant called Brushstrokes” which will take over the soon-to-be-former Delphi space. [NYS] Gael Greene was on hand for last night’s first taste of Bar Boulud even though the opening has been pushed back a month or so. [Food Writer’s Diary/Nation's Restaurant News] Related: Exclusive: Feast Your Eyes on Bar Boulud, Coming in November The next Next Iron Chef challenge is “cooking gourmet airline food with all the constraints of airline galleys. Holy smokes. It’s the exact same challenge as Top Chef.” [Serious Eats]

I’d Like a Burger With My Historical-Bar Brew

Posted 03/30/07 in Grub Street: The In-box