backyardchef Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 6 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: I'm not in love with Olmsted or anything, but it seems strange to me to have a list of the best restaurants in Prospect Heights that doesn't include it. More evidence of Eater's antipathy toward ambitious restaurants. Interesting that he fell off their radar, He got a lot of glowing coverage from them for a while-- particularly for Olmsted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 he probably charged them for food 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 7 minutes ago, AaronS said: he probably charged them for food LOL!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 (edited) Uptown chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten doing a pop-up on the premises of a hotel where he already runs a restaurant constitutes his "head[ing] uptown"? OK West Broadway where Frenchette is "a dead-end road in Tribeca"? OK Edited March 25 by Sneakeater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 21 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: Uptown chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten doing a pop-up on the premises of a hotel where he already runs a restaurant constitutes his "head[ing] uptown"? OK West Broadway on the block with Frenchette is "a dead-end road in Tribeca"? OK Is that where that park is on W Broadway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 (edited) Sure. But it's not a dead end even technically, since you can turn off to Beach Street where the park is (unless it's one-way the wrong way, in which case you can turn onto it from Beach Street, and then continue onto Church Street where West Broadway terminates). What useful not-a-waste-of-words information was he trying to convey? Edited March 25 by Sneakeater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 "Dead" is a cool word? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 7 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: Sure. But it's not a dead end even technically, since you can turn off to Beach Street where the park is (unless it's one-way the wrong way, in which case you can turn onto it from Beach Street, and then continue onto Church Street where West Broadway terminates). What useful not-a-waste-of-words information was he trying to convey? I was just trying to get my bearings. Carry on vilifying him for this latest transgression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 I'm actually more pissed off at somebody else's "Vongerichten heads uptown". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 I guess Daniel Boulud "headed uptown" to reopen Café Boulud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 I almost posted his Cafe Boulud review because the name "Daniel Boulud" appears nowhere in the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Sneakeater said: I'm actually more pissed off at somebody else's "Vongerichten heads uptown". When he's already got a place in Pound Ridge, which is waaaaay uptown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 The New York Philharmonic heads uptown to do a concert on the Great Lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 How is a new Daily Provisions location a front page news story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 3/25/2024 at 4:21 PM, Sneakeater said: West Broadway where Frenchette is "a dead-end road in Tribeca"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 30 minutes ago, MitchW said: "Dead end street (yeah!)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatshorts Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) https://ny.eater.com/2024/3/28/24114523/penny-wine-bar-claud-union-square-review Quote When it opened almost two years ago, Claud was part of a movement that has revolutionized wine bars. Instead of a standard selection of charcuterie and cheeses to go with predictable wines, it offered ambitious, inventive food such as snail croquettes, raw razor clams, and a bang-up chicken with foie-gras drippings. . . It was a new framework for an old standard, which prompted the question that persists: Is it a wine bar or a restaurant? I guess it can be "part of" a movement that start a long time ago, but Claud is definitely not a "new framework." Edited March 30 by sweatshorts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 I wonder where Terroir fits into that movement/framework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Well at least Claud wasn’t lying about its wine stock. Chuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 True, but only for the last 25 years.....🙄 Eater.com: Diaspora Chefs Are Shaping the Future of American Barbecue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Stop the presses! There's a new Levain bakery location. OMG. This is breaking news level exciting..... https://ny.eater.com/2024/4/3/24119063/levain-bakery-opens-new-location-flatiron-manhattan This is is some top notch journalism and well earned, warranted coverage for another scrappy upstart that deserves attention because they consistently fly under the radar and no one would have known about this otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchW Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 40 minutes ago, backyardchef said: There's a new Levain bakery location. Strangely, I don't think I've ever eaten a single product from Levain - from any of their multitude of locations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 10 minutes ago, MitchW said: Strangely, I don't think I've ever eaten a single product from Levain - from any of their multitude of locations! You haven't missed anything. I had some for the first time recently. Way too sweet and overrated. Bigly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 A new place is listed as serving drinks "with names like . . . Penicillin". Can they not know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 5 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: Can they not know? "It comes from the same team behind fratty pub Fiddlesticks...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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