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Squeezed!

Elaborate meals cooked on hot plates. Sidewalk cellars that double as coat rooms. Bathrooms tucked in the back of kitchens. Welcome to the world of New York’s tiniest restaurants — where “dining out” means “squeezing in” and the mere act of sitting ...

From CARLA SPARTOS AND CALLA SALINGER, New York Post,  10 Mar 2010

The woman who killed Shake Shack

Debra Zimmerman — a chatty, husky-voiced blonde — first learned that Shake Shack would be her new neighbor when she got a surprise visit from her landlord in January. The hamburger haven’s contractor wanted to make sure the construction of a building ...

From CARLA SPARTOS, New York Post,  3 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Danny Meyer,  David Bowie

Lunch in Paris

Elizabeth Bard is in love — with flaky croissants, hidden bistros and the French concept of le cinq a sept (“the 5 to 7”), “that hard-to-account-for time after work when lovers meet for a quick tryst before going home to their families for dinner.” An ...

From CARLA SPARTOS, New York Post,  28 Feb 2010

Grimaldi’s steals Manhattan limelight

Pizza worshippers, take note. When the collection of shops and restaurants known as the Limelight Marketplace debuts inside the landmark Chelsea church at 47 W. 20th St. in mid-April, it will house Manhattan’s first branch of Grimaldi’s — the famous ...

From CARLA SPARTOS, New York Post,  27 Feb 2010

The breakfast of champions

The Regency better watch its back. A new generation of fashionable restaurants is looking to create buzz with a morning mogul scene fueled by killer coffee, protein-packed plates and deal-worthy digs. Meet the “Power Breakfast Five” — where young ...

From CARLA SPARTOS, New York Post,  24 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Hugh Jackman,  Daniel Craig,  Robert De Niro,  Grateful Dead,  Danny Meyer

My personal kitchen confidential

On a hot summer day four years ago, Cathy Erway was sitting in a crowded Brooklyn beer garden, eating a burned burger off a greasy paper plate, when she thought: “Why am I here?” For years she had gone out and spent too much on food that didn’t satisfy ...

From CARLA SPARTOS, New York Post,  17 Feb 2010

You wanna pizza me

Go to your kitchens — and come out fighting! Last year, newfangled Neapolitan pie purveyor Keste thumbed its nose at New York-style pizza by boldly setting up shop across the street from John’s, which has been turning out coal-fired pies on Bleecker ...

From CARLA SPARTOS, New York Post,  10 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Leonardo da Vinci

Grub match

Who will win the hearts, minds and stomachs of New York football fans on Super Bowl Sunday? The Colts and the hearty fare of Indianapolis (Go Colts!) or the Saints and the colorful cuisine of New Orleans (Go Saints!)? We turned to Dr. BBQ, a k a Ray ...

From CARLA SPARTOS, New York Post,  6 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Netherlands national football team

Meet the new players

In the back of Brooklyn’s Manhattan Inn, stylish 20- and 30-somethings sip well-crafted cocktails, some lounging on salvaged theater seats that ring the room. As music plays, all attention is on the center of the space, which would make a killer dance ...

From CARLA SPARTOS, New York Post,  27 Jan 2010

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One toque over the line

Henry Kissinger just wants his crab cakes, darn it! When executive chef Fabio Trabocchi abruptly departed the Four Seasons this month after just three months on the job, it was the talk of New York's restaurant world. Why had the highly regarded chef -- ...

From CARLA SPARTOS, New York Post,  24 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Four Seasons,  Henry Kissinger,  Tim Zagat,  Tavern on the Green,  Philip Johnson

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