Photo: Chanterelle Today, we heard that pioneering Tribeca restaurant Chanterelle had in fact closed for good. Why? I'm sure as Jeffrey Steingarten says, "From too much business, restaurants don't close." When Chanterelle first opened 30 years ago in its...
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[Fork in the Road] It's been a tough year for restaurants across New York and across the country, but some neighborhoods have been hit harder than others, as becomes painfully and troublingly clear in this Fork in the Road...
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We're sorry to hear, via Eater, that the John Dory closed its doors over the weekend. Despite generally positive reviews (including ours), April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman's showstopping aquarium of a restaurant seemed ill-suited to the times and the...
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Photographs by Robyn Lee This just in from United States of Arugula author and serious eater David Kamp: Ed,HELP! Just walked past Joe Jr's, my beloved local greasy spoon [Kamp is very fond of greasy spoons. —Ed], and they...
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What some have called the best, most heartwarming (with its little garden) Starbucks in the city—we bid farewell to the Astor Place East branch tomorrow. The corner of Astor Place and 3rd Avenue (map) [Eater]...
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It seems that not even the staggering amount of PR that came in the wake of Colpop meme was enough to keep BBQ Chicken in Chelsea open. You may remember it as the location that Serious Eats discovered the novel...
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According to Dave Cook's Eating in Translation the beloved Oppenheimer's butcher shop on the Upper West Side is closed pending their relocation in the neighborhood. When I first came to New York in 1973 I lived in an apartment at...
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Comestiblog is reporting that Applewares in Park Slope is closing and that the owners—Dave and Laura Shea of neighborhood favorite Applewood—are getting rid of the stock. "We're selling everything from locally made pottery to Mac knives; we're even selling some...
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Those 600 stores that Starbucks is closing? Ten are in New York City. So sayeth the Times. Is your Starbucks closing? Here's the list. Manhattan All in Midtown: 340 Madison Avenue (at 44th Street)400 Madison Avenue (near 48th Street)1600 Broadway...
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Brick Oven Bar Be Cue, we hardly knew ye. I'd been eager to try the pizza offerings at this unlikeliest of barbecue joints, housed in a gritty former warehouse on the corner of Third Avenue and 6th Street in Brooklyn's...
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