Search Results for : david chang

Business, news 1 Comment

Love You, Aziz, But You Can’t Just Close Down the New Rooftop Bar to Film Master of None

By

(Illustration from photos by Nicole Disser and Melissa Hom.)

(Illustration from photos by Nicole Disser and Melissa Hom.)

Look, love Aziz Ansari and congos on the Emmy noms, but when you hop on the L train thinking you’re going to check out the hot new rooftop bar only to get to Westlight and be told it’s closed because Master of None is filming there, AGGHHHHHHHH. I mean, one thing is for a shoot to take over a shit-ton of parking spots, like Master of None will do when it films in the vicinity of Grand Street and Roebling on Tuesday and Wednesday. That’s a hassle for people who park in Williamsburg, but luckily I’m not one of them. I am, however, the guy who crossed a river last night in hopes of catching a glimpse of this rhombus flooring Nicole Disser was all agog about, only to be told, “Try again tomorrow.” Tomorrow? There’s not even going to be a tomorrow if I’m forced to go over to Turkey’s Nest and drink non-premium cocktails.

More →

Business, news No Comments

Momofuku Ssäm Bar Upgrades; Morrissey Sets Up Shop in Bushwick

By

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

Friday on Avenue B, GUAC Tacos + Tequila will start serving up Mexican cuisine plus 11 different types of guacamole. [Time Out NY]

Bill Murray will reportedly be bartending this weekend at 21 Greenpoint, the new venture from his son, Homer, and Syd Silver, in the space previously occupied by their restaurant River Styx. [Eater NY]

This Saturday, the free, third annual Greenpoint Arts Block Festival will take over Norman Avenue.
More →

Tags: , , ,
news No Comments

Stop Your Shivering, Cuz Caracas Is Delivering

By

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

East Villagers are living in a golden age of arepas. Last month Arepa Factory opened on Avenue A and now the longtime beacon of Venezuelan grub, Caracas Arepa Bar, has finally, finally started delivering. The news comes to us from the folks at DoorDash, a service we didn’t even know existed (hey, it’s hard to keep track of them all) until we got the heads up that, like David Chang’s Maple, they just expanded (in the case of DoorDash, to midtown). DoorDash’s inventory of restaurants runs pretty deep, from Taco Bell to Tacombi. But the addition of Caracas is what sells us on it — if you’ve spent any amount of time in line at their Rockaway location, you know their arepas are summer in a corn shell, so this is like having a ray of sunshine delivered straight to your dreary, drafty little cubicle.

More →

news No Comments

Fuku Starts Delivering, Immediately Breaks Caviar

By

(Photo: Caviar)

(Photo: Caviar)

We thought today’s expansion of Maple would be the most exciting delivery news in David Chang’s world (anyone who orders lunch or dinner gets one of Christina Tosi’s “Sugar Shack” cookies, gratis), but an email from Caviar managed to steal its thunder. The haute delivery service is now dispatching Fuku’s spicy fried chicken sandwich and other items from Chang’s budding fast casual chain. But much as there was a line down the block when Fuku first opened in the East Village in June, it proved hard to get our hands on some Fuku fingers this morning.

More →

Tags: , , , , , ,
news No Comments

Farewell to Josh Ozersky, ‘King of Avenue C’

By

When I read that Josh Ozersky died Monday while in Chicago for the James Beard Awards, I was shocked not only by the sudden loss of a true dynamo, but also by the news that he had recently, “quietly” moved to Portland, Oregon. The self-described “Walter Winchell of the restaurant world” didn’t really do anything quietly (when chasing scoops for Grub Street left him with no time to get to therapy, he occasionally took sessions over the phone, in the tiny office we shared), but I wouldn’t be surprised if leaving New York was the one thing he was discrete about.

More →

Tags: , , ,
news No Comments

What’s the Tougher Table: Momofuku Ko or the Cat Cafe?

By

catchang

It’s been just about a month since the city’s first permanent cat cafe opened, right on the heels of Momofuku Ko’s relaunch in a swanky new space on Extra Place. When they first hit the scene, their calendars were jam-packed with reservations, scaring off many a would-be cat cuddler and caviar connoisseur. Are they any easier to get into these days? Let’s take a look!
More →

Tags: , , , , , , , ,
news No Comments

Rheingold Development Plans Submitted; CB3 Tells Coyote Ugly to Keep It Down

By

Bradley Theodore

(Photo: Scott Lynch)

Three passengers with a gun took their cab driver’s cellphone on September 30 when he arrived at their destination on N.8th Street in Williamsburg. [The Brooklyn Paper]

Paperwork was submitted for the first of 10 buildings planned for the newly rezoned-as-residential Rheingold Brewery site in Bushwick. It’s a 385-unit structure at 123 Melrose Street. [NY YIMBY]

The two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy is this month, and Lower East Side residents still feel nervous about how they’d fare in another Superstorm. [Gotham Gazette]

More →

Tags: , , ,
news No Comments

Pig Out: New Orleans’s Cochon Is Coming to Momofuku

By

tumblr_nblshmlzNw1qdp3k1o1_1280As if the opening of Orleans wasn’t exciting enough for the New Orleans starved, one of the city’s finest restaurants, Cochon, is next up in Momofuku’s Late-Night Dinner series, which has been importing some of the nation’s top toques to Momofuku Ssäm Bar for limited, late-night stints.
More →

Tags: , , , , , , , ,
news No Comments

Model Goes Missing; Seth Rogen and Shephard Fairey On LES

By

Bost No Pills

(Photo: Scott Lynch)

Police say 22-year-old model Ataui Deng of the Lower East Side—who has walked runways for Zac Posen and Proenza Schouler— went missing from a 48th Street nightclub on August 6. Deng is Sudanese, six-foot-one and 110 pounds. [DNA Info]

During that Sunday-morning apartment fire on St. Marks Place—which may have generated from the living room couch—two unconscious women in their 20s were rescued and later hospitalized in serious condition; both are expected to live. A man who jumped from a first-floor window sustained minor injuries. [NY Post]

Buy-one-give-one shoe company TOMS will open its first NYC store at 264 Elizabeth Street, near Houston. [Bowery Boogie]

More →

Tags: , , , ,
news No Comments

Gabbing About Grub: 23 Food Events That’ll Feed Yr Brain

By

Screen Shot 2014-07-31 at 1.41.34 PMIf you like talking about food as much as you like shoving it in your face, prepare to clear your calendar. The next weeks and months will bring a veritable cornucopia of gabbing about grub, from a discussion about restaurant preservation to a three-day symposium curated by Mission Chinese’s Danny Bowien that’ll culminate in a massive multi-chef barbecue on the East River. Here’s what’s on the pass. 
More →

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 »