Ilan Hall’s Williamsburg Dinner Was a Beau Monde Bash

Ilan Hall’s last night in town before departing out west to open his tapas truck looks like it was a pretty sweet one, judging from the images of Friday’s charity dinner. As we wrote last week, Studiofeast, a swank “culinary collective,” a.k.a. underground supper club, brought in the Top Chef–at–large to cook a fairly elaborate meal for charity. (A portion of the proceeds went to the West Side Campaign Against Hunger.) The slideshow is thin on images of dishes like Hall's bacon-poached swordfish or crispy American Lamb breast with ginger and mint vinegar, but it was enlightening sociologically. Is it just us, or does this look like the Logan’s Run of supper-club events? We knew that Ilan was a member of the beau monde, but assumed that at least some of his customers would be the usual Billyburg lows. In fact, they all looked like people you would expect to be friends with Ilan. Studiofeast: Special Ilan Hall dinner [Studiofeast] Earlier: ‘Top Chef’ Victor Ilan Hall Stealthily Cooks for Williamsburgers

Posted 03/17/08 in Grub Street : Foodievents

Tags: foodievents, ilan hall, studiofeast, supper clubs, top chef, willisamburg

Taco Rockers Bring Endless Summer to Williamsburg

They’re a couple of months later than anticipated, and they don’t yet have set hours, but bless 'em, Bad Wizard front man Curtis Brown and The Jewish front man Jeffrey Jensen have finally parked their Endless Summer taco truck on North 7th Street and Bedford. Our photographer Melissa Hom came back from her Friday-evening visit with the menu and photos of the boys in action.

Posted 01/07/08 in Grub Street : Openings

Tags: bad wizard, curtis brown, endless summer tacos, jeffrey jenson, openings, taco trucks, the jewish, willisamburg