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Table-Turning: Blogger Ben Leventhal Becomes Restaurateur

Buried in the middle of Eater’s report on last night’s Community Board 2 meeting (in which three restaurants proposed for Todd English’s Great Jones hotel, Oliver Todd, met fierce resistance) is news that Eater founder (and current NBC.com managing editor) Ben Leventhal will be opening a restaurant with Charles owner Cobi Levy. The Charles owner told the CB he hopes the venture,...

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Last Meal: More With Ben Leventhal on The Mr. Cutlets Show

... Cohen; Stand owner Jerry Rosengarten, the inventor of the leisure suit; and Eater.com founder Ben Leventhal, continuing to weigh in on the city’s dining scene. New episodes air live every Sunday at 5pm at the Heritage Radio Network, or come out to Roberta’s and have a guanciale calzone with me in person! [Heritage Radio Network] The Mr. Cutlets Show

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NBC Grabs a High Profile Blogger to Boost its Local Site: Eater Cofounder Ben Leventhal

News for the foodie/NY blog scene: Ben Leventhal, cofounder of the influential Eater blog, is headed to GE's NBC Universal, where he'll oversee "lifestyle content" for NBC's growing local Web unit.

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Yummy Links: From Michael Symon to Padma Lakshmi

Q&A with Iron Chef and recent cookbook author Michael Symon . - Serious Eats Five ways to enjoy avocado any time of day. - The Epi-Log The Food Network UK has launched and has high hopes of expanding. - Eater Eight graphic reasons why you should not deep-fry your turkey this year. - Eat Me Daily Must make: linguine with clams and chorizo - Chow One of the founders of Eater, Ben Leventhal,...

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Chef and Food Scribe Add to PDT’s Menu

First, news of blogger Ben Leventhal becoming a restaurateur , and now this: Food writer Zachary Feldman has created some bourbon bitters so good that they’re going into a Salted Chocolate Flip at PDT . Also new there: a hot dog named after Eleven Madison Park chef Daniel Humm, described by the Moment as “a bacon-wrapped, deep-fried dog topped with melted Gruyère and celery...

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The Feedbag’s Farewell

... new year, I’ll be launching a new site with Eater co-founder (and current NBC.com managing editor) Ben Leventhal: Ozersky.TV! It will feature a new video every day: visits to great restaurants, barbecue pits, coffee factories, stun lines, fish markets, taquerias, luaus, smokehouses, and any other places that I find interesting. There will also be at least one cooking demo a week, featuring...

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Food Bloggers Play Musical Chairs, Make Us Dizzy

Gael Greene hears that departed Feedbag editor Josh Ozersky “will blog for Saveur.com , start a streaming-video network with Eater’s Ben Leventhal, and is in talks with Tim and Nina Zagat about finding a niche in their empire for his rants and crushes.” Given that Ozersky linked to the news on the moribund Feedbag , it’s quite possible he’s the one who leaked it...

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Ardesia

Last night Fred and I had the pleasure of having dinner with 3 food market influencers. Ben Leventhal ( snarky blogger, friend and new NBC man about town), Kate Krader ( Restaurant editor Food and Wine ) and Dana Cowin...

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Bill’s Bar and Burger Walks Among the Bloggers

Bill’s Bar and Burger has seriously amped up its Twitter presence today. Here are the bloggers and tweeters that Bill’s has linked to, responded to, and retweeted today alone: Food Writer’s Diary, Wined and Dined, Midtown Lunch, Always Eating, Zagat Buzz, Ben Leventhal of Eater, a Hamburger Today, Beef Aficionado, Meat in My Mouth, Strong Buzz, and of course, Grub Street....