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Chanterelle Will Close For Good

Chanterelle, the 30-year-old restaurant in TriBeCa that changed the way NYC restaurants did business by making good food and service less stuffy, will close for good, the NY Times reports. The restaurant closed in July for extensive renovations and ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  1 Oct 2009

Whit Stillman, Filmmaker

Because The Last Days of Disco was the last movie you made, in 1998, I wanted to ask about your next film project. I found reference to this adaptation of Christopher Buckley's novel Little Green Men, and then a movie you're writing called Dancing Mood. ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  26 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Wikipedia,  Chloe Sevigny,  Christopher Buckley,  Will Ferrell,  Bill Murray

Sam Sifton To Replace Bruni As Times Restaurant Critic

Confirming rumors that the new New York Times restaurant critic—and Frank Bruni's replacement—will be a longtime Times writer promoted from within, the newspaper has just announced that food and culture writer Sam Sifton will take over the job ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  5 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Frank Bruni,  Bill Keller,  Google Inc.

Ice Cream Sandwiches at the Homesick "Nerd Bar"

A few days ago, a Chowhounder posted news of a solid culinary find: well-loved It's It ice cream sandwiches are readily available at Pacific Standard in Brooklyn! The Yelp-described "nerd bar" only sells the mint variety, and the $4 price tag is the ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  30 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Max Brenner Closes on Second Avenue

From Gothamist Contribute comes the following tip: "Max Brenner's on 2nd ave and 9th street is closed for good. I showed up to work this morning and half an hour later I was out. Not a huge loss to the community, but it's something." A Max Brenner ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  29 Jul 2009

Which NYC Chef Is Haunted By Lobster Nightmares?

Fifty years ago, chef and food writer James Beard consulted on the very first menu at the Four Seasons restaurant. Beard's input helped galvanize the kitchen in its early days, and over the last 50 years the Four Seasons has developed and maintained ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  29 Jul 2009
Related Topics: James Beard

Guss' Pickles Reaches the Bottom of the Barrel

This year's New York City International Pickle Day Festival, taking place on October 4, will be a lot more brinier than usual, supplemented with free flowing half-sour tears. The reason? Yesterday, news broke that Lower East Side tenement-era survivors ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  28 Jul 2009

Umi Nom, Kuma Inn's Brooklyn Counterpart, Opens Tonight

King Phojanakong and co-chef Soulayphet "Phet" Schwader (left) in the new Umi Nom kitchen. Umi Nom, the Brooklyn outpost of the Lower East Side's popular Kuma Inn (one of Tyra Banks' favorite spots, incidentally), opens tonight on DeKalb Avenue, along ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  28 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Tyra Banks,  Clinton Hill

Tim Hortons Pits Timbits vs. Munchkins, Free Coffee Monday!

[S.W.A.G. UPDATE BELOW] Predictably, it's being called the doughnut wars: news that beloved Canadian coffee-and-doughnuts chain Tim Hortons will replace thirteen prominent NYC Dunkin' Donuts locations operated by the Riese Organization on Monday ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  10 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Tim Hortons Inc.,  LIRR

Tim Hortons To Open Thirteen NY Stores On Monday

The Dunkin Donuts run by Riese were a disgrace to the brand with horrible service, medicore coffee, and possibly the worst food of any Dunkin Donuts in America. Sadly, they'll probably destory the goodness of Tim Hortons too. Just what we need .... ...

From HUGH MERWIN, Gothamist,  9 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Tim Hortons Inc.,  Stan Mikita

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