Restaurants

Midtown Manhattan Makes A Comeback

The New York Observer | Irina Aleksander and Meredith Bryan | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


After years spent ducking through secret doorways past relentless doormen, suffering low ceilings, taxidermy, Mary Kate Olsen, the French Vogue editor...

Golden Corral Offers Free Meal For Veterans, Military Personnel on Nov. 16, 2009

Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


Golden Corral will be holding its 9th annual Military Appreciation Monday dinner on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in all Golden Corral r...

Tell Us: What Should Restaurant Diners Never Do?

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 11.05.2009 | Style


Craig

The New York Times has published the "100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do." Clearly this is a contentious relationship. Now it's time to turn the tables.

Remembering Hal

Brad Haskel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Style


Brad Haskel

Chef and restaurateur Hal Goldman passed away last Wednesday. The restaurants of Long Island lost a terrific talent, and an even finer human being. And I lost a friend far too soon.

10 Worst Dining Trends of the Last Decade

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style


Craig

The Chicago Tribune's Christopher Borrelli asked chefs, restaurant experts, and the owners of a food bookstore in Maine: "What were the 10 worst dining trends of the last decade?"

A Sandwich Shop Ups Its Game

Ed Levine | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

It was only a matter of time before 'wichcraft, Tom Colicchio's very solid sandwich bar in the Flatiron, started serving dinner.

Readers' Photos of Local Food Restaurants

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green


Here at HuffPost Green, we're all about the local food movement. Food typically travels hundreds, if not thousands of miles to get to our plates, so ...

Change (Is Good)

Bill DiDonna and Charles Kelly | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Bill DiDonna and Charles Kelly

The location for the restaurant was a block off of Sunset Blvd. A little out of the way. Maybe its low profile will serve it well, I thought. A place a little that will catch on by word of mouth.

Restaurant Review: Founding Farmers, Washington, D.C.

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Maria Rodale

I had to check out Founding Farmers in Washington this past weekend. The idea is appealing: a casual, family restaurant that's supplied and owned by a collective of American family farmers.

Finding Bourbon and Barbecue in Brooklyn

Ed Levine | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

You don't have to like whiskey to enjoy yourself at Char No. 4, though if you do, you will think you've died and gone to heaven. It also helps if you like fried food, pork and barbecue.

Daniel Boulud Gets Third Michelin Star

Grub Street New York | By: | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


"I got my third star and I've worked for it!" said Daniel Boulud at last night's Michelin guide party. "I've known the three-star club long enough." ...

Pre-Fall Polenta Steaks

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York


Big Girls, Small Kitchen

As the days shorten, this polenta dish seems like the perfect meeting of my meals to come and those pleasures I will have to leave behind. I am finally beginning to crave rich risottos and dark, meaty stews.

E. Coli: Woman Paralyzed After Severe Food Poisoning; The Unsafe System, Meat

The New York Times | Michael Moss | Posted 10.04.2009 | Green


Stephanie Smith, a children's dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that firstday, and she finished...

Leaving New York: The White Mana Diner

Nick Carr | Posted 10.01.2009 | New York


Nick Carr

Recently, I've been scouting New York looking for Detroit (don't ask), a search that ultimately led me to northern Jersey and the White Mana Diner -- originally created for the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing.

Adventures in the Restaurant Business

Bill DiDonna and Charles Kelly | Posted 09.29.2009 | Style


Bill DiDonna and Charles Kelly

There are fewer and fewer good jobs to be gotten in Los Angeles film production and many talented people are biding their time out of work. We've finally chosen a new path.

When Is It Okay To Refuse A Bottle Of Wine?

Brad Haskel | Posted 11.28.2009 | Style


Brad Haskel

What happens when the prized bottle of rare Nuits St. Georges, on the wine list for $550 that was bought at an auction is rejected? What is the proper course of action here?

A Steal Of A Four-Star Meal

Ed Levine | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

The lower-priced lunch menu at Eleven Madison Park has brought out the earthier, simpler aspects of Daniel Humm's cooking from Atlantic skate wing to an organic chicken breast basquaise.

Fancy-Pants Fried Chicken in Tribeca

Ed Levine | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

Maybe the fried chicken at Locanda Verde will eventually ascend to my fried chicken pantheon, but for now I have to console myself with the honey butter biscuits and the plum-nectarine pie.

Boulder: You're Not in Kansas Anymore ...

Kimbal Musk | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver


Kimbal Musk

Boulder was not the small town I had expected. It is a vivacious community of sophisticated people, who have the same aspirations and expectations you find in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Restaurant Wine Lists: The People Know a Good Deal When They See It

Brad Haskel | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


Brad Haskel

In these economic times, what is the best outlook for a wine program? As the Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said, "I'll know it when I see it."

Shake Shack Opening Prince Street Location

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


Hear that roar? That's the sound of thousands of rumbling stomachs celebrating the news that Shake Shack will be opening a fourth outpost of the bel...

The Breakfast Revival Comes to Brooklyn

Ed Levine | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


Ed Levine

Egg in Williamsburg and Locanda Verde have led the serious breakfast wave, and now here come Frank Castronova and Frank Falcinelli. Their newest venture, Prime Meats, is open for breakfast seven days a week.

Restaurants Struggle To Survive The Summer

Crain's New York Business | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York


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This Labor Day, Is the World of Work a More Secure and Lawful Place?

Nelson Lichtenstein | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Nelson Lichtenstein

It has happened before. The Great Depression saw the moral and ideological collapse of an old order that no longer seemed rational, productive or democratic.

Third Screen: Adam Richman, Food Athlete

Vickie Karp | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment


Vickie Karp

Caught up with Adam Richman, star of Man v. Food on the Travel Channel, Wednesday nights at 10pm, to talk food, towns, people and history.