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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Santa's or Santos'? Photo: Melissa Hom Last night at Santos’ Party House , owner Larry Golden told us that Andrew WK’s eggnog drink is still in the works, and we nearly wept with joy. But will the button-busting concoction be called Santos’ Summer Milk or Santa’s Summer Milk as originally planned? In an interview with BlackBook today, Golden’s partner Spencer Sweeney says that although the...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Daniel's orchid ice. Photo: Melissa Hom If our slideshow of haute ice cubes or the subsequent Times piece about ice-ficionados didn’t quench your thirst, Imbibe has over 2,000 words about the history and use of ice in cocktail dens. What’s the next trend in the battle against dilution? At Apothéke , Albert Trummer demanded we gulp down a drink in two sips. But things haven’t gone as far here...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Charming snake. Photo: Melissa Hom When chef-owner Seth Ellis rolls out his full menu at recently opened Ellis by the end of next week, the I’d-go-to-Brooklyn-for-that item will definitely be the rattlesnake skewers. Ellis tells us snake was a real treat back when he was a chef in Arizona, where it’s served in the form of chicken nugget–like filets, or in rattlesnake chili. He tenderizes his...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Gita Sweeney, left, Tony Esnault, center, and Sebastien Rondier, right, living large in better days. Photo: Melissa Hom We thought it was odd that Adour , Alain Ducasse’s ambitious bid for the hearts of New Yorkers, would close for the entire second half of August. But now two industry sources tell us that chef Tony Esnault is leaving, and may have been fired by Ducasse. Strangely, given the...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
"I'm a classic person." Photo: Melissa Hom With all the fuss over Apothéke , we haven’t heard many specifics about Albert Trummer’s drinks, which will cost anywhere from $12 to, well, “market price.” So we decided to ask the bar chef apotheker himself to tell us about them. Trummer says many were inspired by the apothecaries he visited as a 10-year-old in Vienna. “Over the past seven years...
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Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Eve, left, and Mary in their Grand Street store. Eve's wearing a Yumi Kim top — it's her favorite print. Photo: Melissa Hom Eve Gelade and Mary Gasser do what so many of us in fashion dream about. They left their jobs and opened their own store. Key on Grand Street is an impeccably curated closet, about to turn three years old. We sat down with the owners to talk trends and where they like...
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Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
It's not black, and it's not iron, but it works. Photo: Melissa Hom Black Iron Burger Shop was created with a noble tool in mind: a heavy piece of ancient black iron that burgers would be griddled upon. But then owner Jason Hennings came up with an even more noble tool: an $8,000 Keating Miraclean griddle, a steel-and-chrome, thermostatically regulated monster that will be a lot easier on the...
