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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Chris Cheung: on to the next thing. Photo courtesy Chris Cheung Bret Thorn, over at Nation’s Restaurant News , checks in today with Chris Cheung, the suddenly former chef of Monkey Bar . Cheung is still employed by former Monkey Bar owner the Glazier Group and may be offered a corporate position there, he tells Thorn. Cheung would prefer to be...
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Eater (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
MIDTOWN— Bret Thorn gives a call over to Monkey Bar chef Chris Cheung to see what is plan is now that Graydon Carter bought the restaurant. Turns out Cheung, and most the rest of the staff, are still on the...
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Eater (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
... "low key" place as soon as it reopens in '09. Whether or not the restaurant's most recent chef, Chris Cheung , will stick around to see the reopening is another matter entirely. · Graydon Carter Buys Monkey Bar [Diner's Journal]
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Diner's journal by Frank Bruni (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
The Monkey Bar opened in 1932 and after Repeal, quickly became a popular watering hole. When the Glazier Group bought it, they restored the monkey murals in the bar and commissioned the architect David Rockwell to give the back dining room a plush, sexy 1940’s cabaret look. Over the years, a succession of chefs has come and gone, including John Schenk, Kurt Gutenbrunner, Patricia Yeo and Chris...
