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NewsFeed

5/14/08

4:30 PM

West Coast Wolfgangs Turn on Each Other

This man is either Wolfgang Puck or
Wolfgang Zwiener. It's so hard to tell.Photo: Getty Images

Thought the Patsy’s-vs.-Patsy’s lawsuit was absurd? This one is good stuff — Wolfgang Zwiener, the Peter Luger vet who opened a couple of places here and then one in Hollywood, is being sued not by Luger (whose brand he certainly capitalized on) but by Wolfgang Puck, who owns two restaurants, Spago and Cut (the latter a steakhouse), near him in Hollywood. Puck claims Zwiener is violating an agreement to minimize brand confusion if he ever opened a Wolfgang's Steakhouse outside of New York — the minimalist tagline, “by Wolfgang Zwiener,” is apparently insufficient. But why get lawyers involved when tourists can just use a mnemonic device? Zwiener rhymes with wiener — Puck rhymes with…

Wolfgang Puck Lawsuit: Yummy! [Variety]

More: NewsFeed »cut, hollywood, spago, wolfgang puck, wolfgang zwiener, wolfgang's steakhouse

NewsFeed

4/ 8/08

1:05 PM

Wolfgang Puck Knows Not of This Ko

Wolfgang Puck has his hands full without worrying
about Ko.Photo: Getty Images

David who? The Momofuku Man may be the center of attention here in the New York, but Wolfgang Puck has his own gastro-empire to contend with. When the Observer asked about Chang at yesterday's New York Women in Communications Matrix Awards, the king of California played coy: “Who? No, I don’t know him; I have never been to his restaurant.” Not to worry, Wolfie! Few of us have.

Wolfgang Puck Doesn't Know David Chang [NYO]

More: NewsFeed »david chang, momofuku ko, wolfgang puck

NewsFeed

11/14/07

1:05 PM

Breaking: Another Freakish White Truffle Comes to Town

Sexy beast!Photo courtesy of Tyler Gray.

We are so, so torn on the matter of the white truffle. Late last week, we professed our unconditional love for the fungi (and also learned that Alterna offers white-truffle haircare products) but, given that the Waverly Inn just raised their truffle macaroni and cheese to $85 and Le Cirque's massive truffle acquisition and the truffle shortage and the $1,000 truffle bagel and, you know, just the general deluge of "truffles are expensive and awesome"-related media as of late, we wondered if this whole white-truffle business had gotten a little bit out of control. Then our very own magazine came out on Monday, complete with more truffle talk, and we knew that there was no point in fighting. There's nothing we can do but accept the darling tuber, regardless of whether we could ever afford it in our lifetimes.

And it's a good thing we've come to terms with the situation, because it just got a lot more intense.

More: NewsFeed »masa, per se, white truffles, wolfgang puck

NewsFeed

7/24/07

9:00 AM

Govind Armstrong Bringing His South Beach Magic North

Govind Armstrong, are you ready to cook in a real city now?Photo: Wireimage

Given that we have now exported Craft to L.A., it’s about time for L.A. to return the favor. That seems to be on the horizon: Word is that Govind Armstrong, the former Spago prodigy and current toast of South Beach, is planning to open a restaurant here in NYC. (Or so we hear from a source who is close to the Table 8 chef.) Armstrong, who began his career at 13 working for Wolfgang Puck, has told intimates that the space is all picked out and the deal almost done, but he’s not giving a location until the lease is signed, and the restaurant itself is probably nearly a year away. Still, as the chef with the distinction of having prepared the only decent meal we’ve ever eaten in South Beach (not counting Wolfie’s, of course), we have to say that our city will be richer for having him.

More: NewsFeed »craft, govind armstrong, los angeles, miami, spago, wolfgang puck, wolfie's

Mediavore

5/15/07

10:00 AM

High Tide for Water Prices; Yet Another BLT Opens

Ah, the joys of free-flowing water. Well, kind of free — the city water board just agreed to up water costs 11.5 percent this year, and another 11.5 percent next year. [NYP]

A guide to New York restaurants that play that wonderful organ music. [Gridskipper]

A stealth addition to the ever-expanding BLT empire: a BLT Steak in the Westchester Ritz-Carlton. [Westchester.com]

More: Mediavore »blt steak, fast food, nyc taste of the nation, offal, tofu, westchester, wolfgang puck

Mediavore

3/26/07

10:02 AM

Gordon Ramsay’s Dark Side Revealed; Staten Island Pizza Conquers the World in Vegas

According to a revealing new profile by Heat author Bill Buford, Gordon Ramsay isn’t a bad guy, “but he does get angry, helplessly and uncontrollably angry — not an earthly anger but something darker — and has trouble knowing how to stop.” [NYer]

State legislator proposes an A through F system of grading restaurant hygiene, but the Department of Health is against it. [amNY]

A Staten Island pizzeria beats out a field of 65 from six countries to win the 23rd International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. It’s Denino’s, right? Joe and Pat’s? No. It’s Goodfella’s Brick Oven Pizza. [NYDN]

More: Mediavore »demarco's pizzeria & restaurant, dom demarco, geoffrey zakarian, goodfella's brick oven pizza, gordon ramsay, gordon ramsay at the london, health inspection, ian schrager, l'atelier de joel robuchon, pizza, rachael ray, richie notar, sfoglia, staten island, tgi friday's, varietal, wakiya, wolfgang puck, yuji wakiya

Mediavore

3/22/07

10:53 AM

Were You Aware That Chinese Takeout Is High in Salt and Fat?

Shocking health news of the day: Chinese food, at least the kind we eat in New York, is outrageously salty and fatty. [NYP]

Meanwhile, Chinese buns are only getting more popular in the city’s better restaurants. [NYDN]

Bret Thorn, Nation’s Restaurant News’ restaurant blogger and a longtime observer of the scene, gives his Beard Award picks. [Foodservice Blog/Nation's Restaurant News]

More: Mediavore »brad farmerie, chinese, health department, health inspection, james beard awards, papaya king, passover, public, saigon grill, wolfgang puck

Foodievents

11/ 8/06

3:04 PM

Flay to Battle Morimoto in Atlantic City

Saturday's "Women in Wine" event at the Borgata in Atlantic City would be worth going to just for the wine (23 female vintners from around the country) and the chefs (the Borgata's resident all-star team, featuring Bobby Flay, Michael Mina, Wolfgang Puck, Susanna Foo, and in-house celebrity chef Luke Palladino). But the real draw is something you'll never see on television: two of the Food Network's Iron Chefs, Flay and Masaharu Morimoto, going head to head to see whose cuisine reigns supreme. (Normally, Iron Chefs only compete against guest challengers.) The event, which will cost $195 to attend, benefits Living Beyond Breast Cancer and the Atlantic County Women's Center in New Jersey. Tickets can be purchased here or by calling 866-900-4849.

Women in Wine, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, N.J.
Saturday, November 11