Wednesday. April 20
Stroke of Genius
New York’s “foodies” are ravenous–not for food (they eat often, and they eat well), but for a new joint to obsess over. They’re in luck! David Bouley has finally emerged from community board headaches and other location mishegoss to open Brushstroke, the Japanese restaurant of our drool-inducing fever dreams. Read More
Madonna and Guy Ritchie have prepared a statement announcing that they plan to divorce. Silver lining? Madonna is reportedly planning to move back to New York! [NYDN]
On-again: Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer were seen together at La Esquina. [P6]
A rep for Janet Jackson claims migraines are the reason Read More
Forge, a restaurant in Tribeca owned by 29-year-old chef Marc Forgione, had a party of 15 booked last Friday, and a party of eight last Monday. The Friday party canceled after six of the 15 Wall Street-employed guests got laid off; a few days later, the Monday party also canceled when four of the eight Read More
The lights will go out at the Delphi in Tribeca this Halloween and they won’t come on again. The gyros, the hummus, the toasted pita—all of the staples of Greek cooking which Tribeca residents have consumed for over three decades will have to be found elsewhere.
After a dispute with the landlord, the nearly Read More
In the past year, I’ve visited nearly 100 restaurants, eaten at least a dozen tuna tartares, over 20 plates of “crudo,” a flock of organic chickens, God knows how many pounds of grass-fed beef, and enough fish to fill a tank at the Coney Island Aquarium. So this week seems a good time for a Read More
The idea is a novel one: Japanese food served alongside French/American cuisine prepared before your eyes by a star chef. No prix fixe, no reservations, with the average main course costing $16.
This is David Bouley’s latest undertaking, a “casual” neighborhood place that he’s opened in a building across the street from his eponymous restaurant Read More
Ten days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center,
the streets of Tribeca were filled with smoke and uncertainty, and chef David
Bouley’s businesses were no exception.
At 4:30 on Sept. 21, the staff and management of Bouley Bakery,
Mr. Bouley’s restaurant on West Broadway and Duane Street, were supposed to
meet Read More
When the attacks came on Sunday, my friends were as unsettled as
anyone. They talked about whether our goals are truly
defined, about what in our culture is worth defending, about who will suffer
from our bombs. Myself, I was hardened. I had just visited the World Trade
Center, and saw that the term “ground Read More
After David Bouley opened Danube last fall, I expected to see chefs around town making free with the pumpkinseed oil and the paprika. But New Austrian Cuisine did not catch on like pan-Latin or Asian fusion. Now, however, Kurt Gutenbrunner, a Bouley alumnus, has opened Wallsé, a bistro in the West Village that serves modern Read More
