“I was shocked,” Dan Barber told the Daily Transom.
Last week, the 39-year-old executive chef and co-owner of Blue Hill in Greenwich Village and Westchester’s Blue Hill at Stone Barns (and nominee for outstanding chef at tonight’s James Beard Foundation Awards) found his name printed among those of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Tiger Read More
Glenn Bunger, a 38-year-old teacher from Manhattan, was driving in rural Pennsylvania last month when he saw a roadside farm. Screech! Mr. Bunger had been seeking a plump pumpkin into which he could carve the Barack Obama sunrise logo, but as he perused the crates of fresh produce, something more impressive caught his eye: an Read More
Dan Barber really likes to read, so he gets excited when people who work in publishing eat dinner at Blue Hill, the super fresh, locally sourced restaurant that he opened seven years ago in Greenwich Village. Mr. Barber, who also runs the celebrated Blue Hill at Stone Barns outside of Tarrytown (the restaurant is on Read More
Alex Ureña has worked his way through the best restaurants, beginning as a dishwasher at the River Café. He ran the kitchen at Bouley, opened Blue Hill with Dan Barber, was executive chef at Suba and Marseille, and spent several months frothing sauces with mad scientist Ferran Adrià at El Bulli in Spain. At last Read More
Blue Hill
Three Stars
75 Washington Place
(Between Sixth Avenue and Washington Square Park)
212-539-1776
Dress: Casual
Lighting: Soft
Noise Level: Low
Wine List: Unusual selections from small vineyards, reasonable prices
Credit Cards: All major
Price Range: Main courses, $28 to $32
Dinner: Monday through Saturday, 5:30 to 11 p.m.; Sunday, 5:30 to 10 Read More
Blue Hill
Three Stars
75 Washington Place
(Between Sixth Avenue and Washington Square Park)
212-539-1776
Dress: Casual
Lighting: Soft
Noise Level: Low
Wine List: Unusual selections from small vineyards, reasonable prices
Credit Cards: All major
Price Range: Main courses, $28 to $32
Dinner: Monday through Saturday, Read More
Thor is the Viking god of thunder, and he lends an appropriate name to this restaurant/bar/lounge that has opened on the Lower East Side. In fact, the name’s an acronym for The Hotel On Rivington, the narrow, high-rise that stands out of scale with the neighborhood. For the past four years, the building has been Read More
Fleur de Sel is named after the sea salt that is beloved by French chefs. Owner Cyril Renaud used to bring back bags of it from his native Brittany when he was cooking at Bouley and La Caravelle. Now he’s opened his own smalll restaurant in the Flatiron district, and it’s the antithesis of the Read More
Just before Labor Day, I played golf for the first time in my life, 18 holes at Blue Hill, a municipal club in Rockland County. I met my friend John Paul Newport in the parking lot and watched as he put on a bunch of knee braces and then practiced putting till the guy at Read More
