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Posted 2/3/12 on Grub Street
celebrity settings

Anderson Cooper Has a Tense Brunch; Philip Glass Turns 75

Plus: Drew Barrymore beats Coppola for a table, Zachary Quinto eats at ACME, and more, in our weekly roundup of celebrity dining.

Filed Under: acme, catch, celebrity settings, la lanterna di vittorio, le poisson rouge, rao's, work in progress

Posted 1/27/11 on Grub Street
TV Land

Top Chef Scores Rao’s Resy

Next week, the all-stars take over the Rao's kitchen.

Filed Under: goodfellas, lorraine bracco, martin scorcese, rao's, top chef, tv land

Posted 8/13/10 on Grub Street
Celebrity Settings

A Song for Governor Paterson at Rao’s; a Dance for Danielle Staub at Scores

Plus: Anthony Mackie turns down a 'Top Model,' a peach martini and psychic healing for Goldie Hawn, and more, in our weekly roundup of celebrity dining.

Filed Under: celebrity settings, danielle staub, david paterson, rao's, scores

Posted 12/16/09 on Grub Street
Reservation Lines

Eat at Rao’s, Feed the Hungry

Hard-to-get-into Rao's has donated a table for four to charity.

Filed Under: auctions, rao's, reservation lines, the nourishing table

Posted 9/28/09 on Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch

Central European Fast Food to Become Ubiquitous; Bake-Off in Williamsburg

Plus: The General Greene was the belle of Le Fooding ball, and Grant Achatz brags about his Rao's resy.

Filed Under: fierce and sweet, fort greene, grant achatz, kolache mama, midtown east, neighborhood watch, rao's, rockefeller center, sbarro, the general greene, williamsburg

Posted 8/3/09 on Grub Street
Mediavore

Bar Artisanal Sued; BYOB to the Oyster Bar

Plus: Illicit treats from Mister Softee, and a mobster loses Rao's privileges, all in our morning news roundup.

Filed Under: alfama, angus deluxe, anthony "fat tony" rabito, bar artisanal, grand central oyster bar, guss' pickles, joseph leonard, kfc, mcdonald's, mediavore, mister softee, rao's, trigo kitchen

Posted 7/13/09 on Grub Street
Tough Tables

Clockwise, from top left: Rao's, Momofuku Ko, Schwa, and French Laundry.

The Five Toughest Reservations in America

It's the great debate among restaurant lovers: What's the toughest table to score?

Filed Under: alinea, minibar, momofuku ko, per se, rao's, schwa, talula's table, the french laundry, the waverly inn, tough tables

Posted 7/7/09 on Grub Street
TV Land

Jay-Z Shows Everyone He Can Get Into Rao’s

Jigga's new video gives us an eye into the red-sauce joint.

Filed Under: jay-z, rao's, the waverly inn, tv land

Posted 4/15/09 on Grub Street
Lists

Grub Street Investigation: What Are the Best- and Worst-Selling Restaurant Cookbooks?

How's Tom Colicchio's new cookbook doing, and do people really buy these things in general? We crunch the numbers.

Filed Under: 'wichcraft, aureole, babbo, balthazar, buchon, cafe boulud, cafe des artistes, chanterelle, cookbooks, da silvano, delmonico's, fresco by scotto, gramercy tavern, le bernardin, lists, nobu, patsy's, rao's, tom colicchio, top chef, tv, union square cafe

Posted 3/31/08 on Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch

East Village Pizza Spot Aspires to Match Di Fara; Foosball Lures Families to Cobble Hill

An East Village pizza spot attempts to live up to Di Fara, a two-story funhouse for kids with good food for parents opens in Cobble Hill, and how to get in to Rao's by the Insatiable Critic.