From Eater: "D is for Dunkin Donuts, Feldshuht just like Tovah...E is for Theee Coffee Chamber, five e's now on the street...F is for FR.OG, poorly punctuated conceit...G is for La Goulou, a glutton who died of starvation"...
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Friday, the Eater blog acted as a surrogate Twitter device for food celebrities with their new Right This Second feature. Witness what Rocco Dispirito, Tony Bourdain, Joe Bastianich, Frank Bruni, Bobby Flay, and Danny Meyer were up to the very...
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The Eater blog is trafficking in self-admitted "unconfirmed reckless plywood rumormongering," but reports nonetheless that a large number of Chick-fil-A people were seen entering and exiting an empty storefront on East 6th Street between avenues A and B. Could it...
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Sea urchin with yuzu jelly Ben Leventhal, Eater's usually spot-on, prescient, and perceptive Bruni Betting prognosticator, has really gone out on a limb with his wager that Matsugen will get four stars in tomorrow's New York Times. I had...
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Last week Eater posted a photo of Serious Eats overlord Ed Levine perusing the choices at Sky Asian Bistro in JFK's Terminal 6. While most people looked at the photo and wondered why someone was trailing Ed at the airport,...
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Because the first thing you think of when you think Ikea is food (What's that? You think hex-head wrenches?), Eater has a sneak peek at some of the Swedish smörgåsbord that will be on offer at the Red Hook...
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Or, 'Would You Like to Touch My Monkey?' Eater From Eater's "Gatekeepers" series, in which the blog talks to front-of-the-house staff about their domains, comes this bizarre incident related by George Atterbury, general manager of Grayz: What's the most outrageous...
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In the New York Times today restaurant critic Frank Bruni rightfully calls out Fiamma for precipitously raising its prices after Bruni's 3-star review. In commenting on Bruni's post, our friends at Eater suggest that this kind of review-driven price-gouging is...
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Thanks to our friends at Eater, I've spent the morning contemplating my fourteen favorite birthday cake toppings, fillings, and frostings in New York. I've even added one more for good measure. Think of the fifteenth as the cherry on top....
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Earlier this week Eater published a letter by restaurateur Keith McNally that impugned the integrity of Frank Bruni, the New York Times, and me. In the post McNally called into question the propriety of New York Times restaurant critic Frank...
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