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The Waverly Inn's Norman Mailer Nostalgia

Blackbook has gotten their hands on a Waverly Inn matchbook (Vanity Fair ed Graydon Carter's restaurant), which says "Norman Mailer for Mayor" on it and includes a map of the "city," a cozy pretend Village bounded by "Downtown" and "Uptown." THERE BE DRAGONS. (Meanwhile, Mailer is somewhat inexplicably reprinted in U.S. News today, a 1979 rumination on the '70s.) Click for the map of the Waverly Inn's tiny world!
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5:07 PM on Fri May 16 2008
By Sheila
2,049 views, 10 comments

Random Question Did anybody see Republican nominee John McCain last night, at Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn restaurant in the West Village? Tell us.

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Convincing Graydon Carter Imitator Writing Waverly Inn Blog

It's fun to imagine Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter personally typing up the VF blog for his restaurant Waverly Inn. Launched by an anonymous author in January, the journal does have an air of middle-aged confidence about it, as in this bit about restaurant manager Emil Varda turning on a dime to face a demanding celebrity: "Old habits die hard; a former occupant of a Polish prison camp for political dissenters, Emil has mastered the protective, cat-quick pivot." Alas, we hear the author of the blog is not Carter, but rather someone close to him: More »

8:27 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Ryan Tate
1,298 views, 11 comments

Latest by chickenjungle: "An air of middle-aged confidence..." ?? Really ? Well, let's see now-- I have "bits" about Emil Varda mastering the arts of Plebeian Disdain, Hostess Massage, and Browbeating Til You Want to Punch Him Right in the Fucking Face. What sort more »

the old hotness

Basically Anyone Can Get Into Waverly Inn Now

Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter is apparently handing out Waverly Inn tables to anyone, as though he doesn't mind his "hot" restaurant showing up so much on has-beens portal DListed.com. Guido and Jesus freak Stephen Baldwin was just spotted coming out of the restaurant without the help of a bouncer. He followed in the footsteps of Michael Lohan, the desperate estranged father of Lindsay, and actor and drunken scooter jockey Mickey Rourke. Sure, it would be easy to blame Carter's new executive assistant for the influx of lesser celebrities, but an eventual decline for Waverly has probably been in the cards since the beginning. Maybe the naysaying food critics were right: More »

8:24 PM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Ryan Tate
2,287 views, 22 comments

Latest by Theda_Bara: @Ken Layne: Right on! more »

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Anne Hathaway Answers Hypnotic Call Of Distant Dolphins

[Anne Hathaway taking a walk last night after eating at the Waverly Inn, which I may add, she goes to ALL THE TIME, if the photo sources are any indication; image via Splash] More »

2:25 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Richard
3,483 views, 50 comments

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Ally Hilfiger in Sloppy Third Position While Dance Instructor Asks, "Why Me, God?"

[Ally Hilfiger, daughter of designer Tommy, and friend regard last night's lunar eclipse outside, of course, the Waverly Inn; image via Splash] More »

9:07 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Richard
4,718 views, 40 comments

Slow Night Last night, 11:50 pm, one paparazzo to another outside Waverly Inn: "There's nothing in there except Tinsley Mortimer."

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Pop Singer Regards Her Career

[Spice Girls member Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton leaving the Waverly Inn in New York last night; image via WENN]

1:40 PM on Sat Feb 9 2008
By Richard
3,248 views, 49 comments

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Brooke Shields Heroically Re-Balances Sidewalk

[Actress Brooke Shields outside the Waverly Inn in New York last night; image via INF] More »
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Lennon/Ono Collaborations Never Yielded Success

[Musician Sean Lennon, son of Beatle John, outside the Waverly Inn last night; image via WENN] More »

1:42 PM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Richard Lawson
3,513 views, 82 comments

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"I'd Love to Talk, Ellen, But Maybe Some Other Time"

[Actress Rosanna Arquette and businessman Ron Perelman exiting New York's Waverly Inn last night; image via INF] More »

2:50 PM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Richard Lawson
4,784 views, 69 comments

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Graydon Carter, Restaurant Promoter

Graydon Carter may have been wasting his time launching and editing magazines all these years. The 58-year-old's true calling is restaurant promoter. Carter's Vanity Fair is doing fine, at least among the middle-aged middle-American women who make up the core of its readership: the glossy title is a carefully-disguised supermarket tabloid. But Carter has had greater success recently with the restaurant the Canadian bon vivant opened up just a few doors from his house. The Vanity Fair editor was a regular at Da Silvano's on Sixth Avenue; he and his friends lent the Italian restaurant an allure, which brought a celebrity clientele, and press mentions. But look at this chart of mentions of the restaurants in the Nexis press database: Carter's new restaurant, which drew Lindsay Lohan and Cameron Diaz last Friday, has eclipsed his old haunt.

12:18 PM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Mary
713 views, 14 comments

Latest by raincoaster: @ireadvanityfair: Hitchens, get back to work! more »

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"Yes, The Wrist Reduction Surgery Went Swimmingly"

[Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi outside the Waverly Inn in New York last night; image via WENN] More »

11:28 AM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Richard Lawson
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Howie Mandel Behind Waverly Inn Google Ranking UPDATE: Under what circumstances exactly could Carter's elite spot become one of the most queried terms on the Internet on a Friday in January?

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Waverly Inn Storms The Internet

The 79th most searched item on Google Trends today? Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's power crowd restaurant, the no-reservation "Waverly Inn." Either New York is taking over the Internet or the rest of the world is taking the day off. More »

12:32 PM on Fri Jan 11 2008
By Maggie
3,279 views, 23 comments

quote of the day

Waverly Anthropology

One web maven, recently arrived in New York, was asked whether he'd like to experience the scene at Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn, downtown's power restaurant of the moment. His reply: "As an anthropologist, sure; as a human, not really."

2:29 PM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Nick Denton
1,526 views, 23 comments

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Deceased Conde Nastie Steve Florio Is Spun In the Grave

Ex-Conde Nast president and recently deceased Steve Florio didn't always really get on with one-time GQ publisher and model for Mr. Big model Ron Galotti, a fact which would have come to light in Florio's tell-all memoir had it not been squashed by more prudent minds. But at his funeral over the phone with Observer's John Koblin on Monday, Mr. Galotti said, "A lot is always written about myself and the Steve Florios. But I would hope you understand that when you get older, you forget the bad. You just do. You really try to focus on the good. And my memories of Steve Florio are all good. And I'm lucky to have had him as a friend." The Steve Florios, may they rest in peace. More »

3:06 AM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Joshua Stein
1,432 views, 4 comments

Latest by Fritzpeterson: Having met Ron Galotti several times over the course of my career in the ad game, I can say that in a world where everyone is full of shit, few people (if any) are as full of shit as is more »

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Michael Wolff And Newser: No Contract, No NDA

Last night Graydon Carter's Waverly Inn was host to a party for Napeolonic media mufti Michael Wolff and former New York mag honcho Caroline Miller's new project Newser, the web 1.0 news aggregator. Ten years ago, Michael Wolff wrote Burn Rate; it chronicled the spectacular failure of his first web venture, NetGuide. Along the way, Wolff seriously burned his backer Alan Patricof and nearly everybody else he worked with. So when if Newser fails, will there be a Burn Rate II?
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3:35 PM on Wed Oct 31 2007
By Joshua Stein
2,226 views, 10 comments

Latest by n/a: Lefty? Check your facts--I'm definitely right-handed! more »

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