We all took note when WD-50 pastry chef Alex Stupak announced that after years of making a name for himself as one of the most innovative pastry chefs in the country at restaurants like Alinea in Chicago or Clio in Boston, he was finally striking out on his own with a restaurant in the West Village. It was when he announced that not only was the restaurant not going to be pastry-themed, but that it in fact was going to be a high-end Mexican taqueria, that we all started scratching our heads. The place is fittingly named Empellón (Spanish for "push" or "shove"), considering the giant stylistic leap he's taken. More

[Photographs: Melissa Hom/Metromix New York] Metromix New York gets the scoop on the ice cream bagel at chef Wylie Dufresne's WD-50. The origin story accompanies a cool series of photos showing the making of: Although this bagel had humble... More