By Foster Kamer 3/19/12 6:12pm

Great Quotes

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Keith McNally Reveals Secret to Success, Did Not Invent the Cosmopolitan

Keith McNally is the famed New York City restauranteur behind Pastis, Schiller’s, Bright Lights Big City locale The Odeon, Minetta Tavern, and of course, Balthazar (which just today recieved a James Beard nomination), to name a few. They are restaurants as much as they are scenes (figuratively, as they’re stacked with celebrities, or literally, as they’re occasionally television backdrops). Tellingly, Keith McNally’s interview responses couldn’t be better if they were scripted by a brilliant writer (which they basically have been), if not moreso. Take, for example, like the one posted to the site of Bon Appetit today, with news of McNally’s forthcoming first London restaurant. Read More

By Jaime Lowe 10/08/10 2:23pm

Will Work for Food: Going Whole Hog at Pulino’s

Intrepid amateur cook Jaime Lowe heads behind the scenes at New York’s top kitchens, seeking experience on the line, culinary secrets and a taste of fine cuisine. In this installment, she visits hotshot piazzolo Nate Appleman’s sanctum sanctorum, Pulino’s underground butcher room, and finds out just how the sausage gets made…

Next: Into the Read More

By Molly Fischer 5/14/10 4:26pm

Food Feud: McNally v. New York

Restaurateur Keith McNally and New York food critic Adam Platt are busy guys, but not too busy for a little Internet feuding. Platt’s one-star review of McNally’s latest, Pulino’s, prompted an angry response from McNally; Platt has now responded to the response.

In his letter, McNally dismissed Platt as a “bald, over-weight” reactionary Read More