What better way to spend a beautiful early-autumn weekend than indoors, fantasizing about being in another part of the world entirely? The annual Travel + Leisure Global Bazaar returns to the Lexington Armory Friday through Sunday, and participating vendors include Patrón Tequila (which is apparently setting up a “Great Wall of Patrón” from which you Read More
Today Frank Bruni returns briefly to the restaurant beat with a profile of chef Michael White, whose new restaurant—Osteria Morini—will be opening this fall. White was a real live wire, Bruni writes:
He was caroming from one bold proclamation to the next: If his surname were Italian, the city’s food establishment would Read More
Restaurateur Chris Cannon has rebounded quite nicely from his public split with former chef Scott Conant, though he readily admitted, “It was kind of a cold war for a while.”
On Friday, May 1, the 48-year-old operator of acclaimed midtown eateries Alto and Convivio will debut his latest effort, Marea, an Italian-style seafood spot in Read More
Restaurateur Chris Cannon hosted an intimate wine dinner for Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave and a small group of food and beverage writers at Alto in midtown on Wednesday night.
During the eight-plate, 16-glass meal prepared by Michelin-starred chef Michael White and sommelier Eric Zillier, featuring Bering Sea king crab, sautéed veal sweetbreads, and hand-rolled Read More
Vento Reinvents S&M Club
From Hellfire to Hearty Trattoria
dining out withA breeze has run through what was once Hellfire in the meatpacking district. Vento, which means “wind” in Italian, is a casual trattoria that takes up three floors and an outdoor terrace of a red-brick 19th-century building shaped like the prow of a ship. Read More
Simplicity Taken Seriously: Soho Star Vaut le Voyage For years, the grimy paint store on Spring Street across from the Sixth Avenue subway station has been a Soho fixture. But now, instead of cans of paint and dropcloths, you’re greeted at the door by a line of eager young women asking you how you are. Read More
