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more about #restaurants more comments → garbanzo314: Originally from the area, but whenever I drive up from NYC and want to take family out for dinner, there are like one or two decent restaurants in the... more » LatestBy: Sounds like someone's going to get a DeJohn letter? more » Mike Jahn: Albany is a cow pasture with buildings. more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Hmm... someone else is on Felix Salmon's frequency today too. First he tweets of Albany, then he tweets of psycho restaurateur: [gawker.com])&utm_co... more » son of spam: Banana rama fo fama more » BookishLookish: I have never been able to get around the name of this place: "a radiant light around the head" has never made me feel the least bit peckish. Also make... more » manchops: are all the laid off folks invited too? If not I think they should all show up and press their faces against those "big windows looking out on 42nd st... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: They have to keep up appearances, impress their sources, and, you know, all the other reasons why it's more important to throw a big, expensive party ... more » son of spam: Where they will scoop black sea beluga out of tiny designer gene fetal skulls. Wait...that was last year. more » TheBusinessGuy: The Fairchild, Golf Digest, bridal, and digital groups can party in splendor at the McDonald's at 42nd and Broadway. There will be balloons! #condenast more » Sheila: also: "or past 10pm." Nice. more » Sheila: well I got into Monkey Bar the other night. It was easy! more » Seeräuber Jenny: It's not that exclusive, I got a reservation (No, it wasn't for the next day or the next week.) and I'm nobody. It was nice enough, but the food was ... more » MsMuffinMcGuffin: Absolutely hilarious, Foster. And dead on. On a similar note, whenever I have to cancel a reservation at one of NY's trendy restaurants, I always mak... more » plasticene: The "apology'' was priceless. I must ask, did Jesse require ketchup with his fries, or was he required to provide a sample of blood? more » -
#albany
Albany Foodie World Is All About Punching
Steve Barnes (pictured), the Albany restaurant critic who was assaulted by a professional mixed martial arts fighter last year (probably) because of something he wrote, reports today: Albany restaurateurs are going to punch each other. More » -
#timewarp
For Christmas, Condé Nast Will Party at a Restaurant Now-Defunct Gourmet Magazine Once Heralded
They're back, baby! After killing six magazines and banishing hundreds to the unemployment line, Condé Nast has decided to go through with its annual holiday fete. More » -
#beef
Media Scribe Rebuffed By Restaurateur For Being "Pushy" Over Reservations
Keith McNally—proprietor of media commissary Balthazar—also owns New York's restaurant of the moment, Minetta Tavern. It's an elusive reservation, because the place is packed with celebrities. But what happens when Gawker Alumnus Jesse Oxfeld tries to get in?
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#moneymatters
Great New Way to Keep Hobos Out
Why doesn't NYC's Commerce restaurant allow you to pay for its American food with "Asian, French and Italian accents" in cash? Because this way, the poors don't sneak in. More » -
#hoipolloi
Vogue Takes Separate, But Equal Route In Advising Normal People How To Eat
Efforts to turn Vogue into Vogue: Proletariat continue at full speed. They're now making serious attempts to cater to the fatties and unfamous. Their latest? How to get Normals into awesome exclusive restaurants they otherwise wouldn't normally get into. More » -
#celebrityscience
Gordon Ramsay: The Donald Trump of Food
Gordon Ramsay is famous for three things: Cooking, cussing, and overseeing a rapidly declining restaurant empire. But fame conquers all! Gordon can be the Donald Trump of food. It's okay. More » -
#howweeat
Waverly Inn Basically a Drive-Thru At This Point
While the other Inn, the Beatrice, faces an uncertain future, and Graydon Carter is getting ready to open his approachable Monkey Bar, his Waverly Inn restaurant sounds easier to get into than Marc Jacobs' pants. More » -
#rumormonger
Jimmy Fallon Pizza Punchout!
America's favorite bad comedian Jimmy Fallon was kicked out of a pizza place yesterday! And not only that: one of our tipsters tells us the scene degenerated into a fistfight. Protect Jimmy!
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#society
Who's In the Monkey Bar Mural?
Wispily pompadoured Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's new midtown venture Monkey Bar is a bar/restaurant for rich people. There's even a giant mural commemorating some of between-wars New York's bestest richies. So who's in it? More » -
#archcriminals
Sorry Bros Rob Mario's Barrio! Batali's Back Alley In Fake Paper Caper
Fire-haired food pimp Mario Batali's Midtown restaurant Esca was robbed last week! The crime raises two important questions: Was it an inside job? And if so, just how dumb are Batali's employees? (Very). More » -
#gordonramsay
The Incredible Shrinking Celebrity Chef
Give Gordon Ramsay money now, prats! The John McCain of food continues to bring the awesome on cooking reality shows. But he is severely impaired when it comes to bringing the money, to banks. More » -
#restaurants
New Waverly Inn Reservation Strategy: Walk In, Ask for a Table
Danger Graydon Carter, your oh-so-exclusive Waverly Inn brand is slipping. The West Village paparazzi-magnet restaurant just seated a blogger. Who walked in off the street. More » -
#pagesix
Page Six's Favorite Restaurant
Page Six is not just a gossip column; it's the ultimate favor trading tool. Boss Richard Johnson can (within reason) make the in-crowd believe that a particular restaurant is a great place to see and be seen—whether true or not. We took a look back through all of Page Six's coverage for the first six months of this year, and put together the chart you see above, tracking the most-mentioned restaurants. It conforms to one's mental list of New York hot spots, with one exception: Cipriani, whose 21 mentions (for three locations) took the top spot. Now, Cipriani is prestigious in its own musty old way, but it hardly fits in with the rest of the list, which is full of buzz-worthy celebrity nightspots and the odd mogul hangout. Favor trading illustrated? Below are some of the more press release-like Cipriani "gossip" items P6 saw fit to print this year; judge for yourself: More »
