The “behemoth” public corporation with its “quirky, do-no-evil” corporate philosophy has bought “granny’s favorite restaurant guide” Zagat, “the company that invented User Generated Content before their was a management consultancy name for it.” Read More
While some celebrity homeowners–Julian Schnabel for one–are hurrying to get rid of their lavish homes as the economy continues to dissolve, others are taking to the old tradition of "nesting," a term that gained currency post 9/11 when (as USA Today wrote in January 2002) people started "spending more time at home" and Read More
Tim and Nina Zagat have ended efforts to sell their eponymous guide-book business, according to Dealbook this morning. Prospective buyers apparently balked at the $200 million asking price.
“While we considered some very attractive options, given our Company’s strong performance and continued momentum, and in light of the current economic climate, we have decided Read More
LOCATION: The new 2007/2008 Zagat Survey guide to New York City nightlife comes out this week. Only 6,121 surveyors were polled, compared to more than 30,000 for the annual restaurant guides. Club kids just don’t dig surveys, huh?
MS. ZAGAT (laughing): No, I don’t think that’s the conclusion at all.
O.K., why the Read More
Tim and Nina Zagat are as sensitive about their reputations as some of the chefs they review.
At the beginning of the year, Food & Wine magazine assigned former New York Times food critic Mimi Sheraton to travel to eight cities where the Zagats publish their popular maroon guidebooks, dine at restaurants in each Read More
“Mmm … strawberry … my favorite, ” said Ted Zagat, dipping a spoon into a plastic quart container of Stonyfield Farm yogurt. The elder son of Tim and Nina Zagat, the city’s most famous gourmands and founders of the eponymous maroon restaurant surveys, was perched stiffly on a swivel chair in his barren third-floor window Read More
“You’ve got a tiger by the tail,” Richard Melman said with a small laugh. With more than 28 years in the restaurant industry and more than 70 restaurants under his belt, Mr. Melman is one of the restaurant industry’s most influential players. He was calling from the Chicago headquarters of his Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Read More
