Hung to Cook in Midtown Kitchen; Chirico Pleads Not Guilty to Extortion

Top Chef winner Hung Huynh will begin a one-month stint at kosher restaurant Solo on March 2; Justin Smillie, formerly of Barbuto, has replaced Akhtar Nawab at the E.U. [NYT] Related: Akhtar Nawab to *NOT* Leave E.U., Will Open New Restaurant If you’re clamoring for a Valentine’s Day tablecloth dinner at White Castle, you still might be able to get one. [Eater] Master Purveyors will live on: The fire destroyed the offices, but the meat is still safe and sound in the warehouse. [Crain's NY] Related: Venerable Meat Purveyor Struck By Fire

Posted 02/13/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore

Tags: del posto, fishing, freedom tower, hung huynh, joseph chirico, mediavore, robert parker, solo, steve cuozzo, top chef, valentine's day, wheat, white castle, windows on the world, wine

Windows on the World Creator Thinks About the Freedom Tower

The chance to put a restaurant at the top of the Freedom Tower seems like a peerless opportunity all right — at least, that's what the Port Authority hoped when it invited restaurateurs to propose plans for the new space, set to open in 2013, earlier this week. But we only know one person who has created a major restaurant atop the city’s highest skyscraper: Michael Whiteman, who with his partner Joe Baum created Windows on the World (which the Freedom Tower’s restaurant will be the de facto replacement for). Whiteman is something of an expert on skyscraper restaurants: He also created the modern version of the Rainbow Room, along with top-floor restaurants in Singapore and Taipei. We asked him how hard it was going to be for whoever won the contract.

Posted 02/01/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed

Tags: freedom tower, michael whiteman, newsfeed, windows on the world