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| | | When a restaurant bears the name of its chef, be it ill-fated Grayz (whose founding namesake, Gray Kunz, departed this month) or Gordon Ramsay's tepid Gordon Ramsay, the name on the sign often seems like a substitute for ? rather than a token of ? any personality within. JoeDoe is an unlovely name f... Read More | | | | | | In the battle of the best black-and-white cookie in uptown New York, there are two bakeries that popularly stand out among the countless that sell this delight: Glaser's and William Greenberg Jr. Desserts, both hailing from the tony Upper East Side, and both gaining mentions in other press for selli... Read More | | | | | | Burger lovers on the Upper West Side have been buzzing with anticipation all summer for the opening of the second outpost of Shake Shack, restaurateur Danny Meyer's perennially popular burger stand in Madison Square Park, open since 1994. Earlier this year, rumors had the opening date of the new res... Read More | | | | | | Food and television fanatics take note: Earlier this summer, Bravo announced the development of "Top Chef Junior," a teenage-focused spin-off of its reality hit, "Top Chef." Hopeful contestants aged 13 to 16 will face off to prove that they can chop, sauté, and broil beyond ... Read More | | | | | | ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Archipelago (333 Hudson St., between Vandam and Charlton streets, 212-243-3345) has its soft opening this week, starting tomorrow, for dinner only. The food is by chef Hisanobu Osaka, formerly of Morimoto, and is mostly nontraditional Japanese, but influences come from all over... Read More | | | | | | Marco Pierre White vanished. At the very point when cooking became rock 'n' roll, the man who created the modern-day British phenomenon of the celebrity chef handed back his three Michelin stars in 1999 and went fishing. But although he quickly adapted to his second career as a country gentleman, he... Read More | | | | | | ASIAN FROM DOWN UNDER AvroKO, the design firm that owns Public restaurant, opened Double Crown (316 Bowery at Bleecker Street, 212-254-0350) earlier this week. Manning the kitchen is Australian chef de cuisine Chris Rendell, most recently of Mews of Mayfair in London, and the food is intended to ref... Read More | | | | | | The country might be suffering through an economic downturn, but New York's restaurant operators do not seem to have noticed. The three months following Labor Day are traditionally the city's busiest season for restaurant openings, and this year is no exception. Of course, a restaurant is not truly ... Read More | | | | | | The fast churn of the restaurant world can pack a lot of history into a short time. It was only last summer when I enjoyed Central Kitchen and its adjoining tapas bar, Tasca. Central Kitchen closed before I had a chance to commit my enjoyment to print, while Tasca survived only several more months. ... Read More | | | | | | If San Pellegrino water (with a twist of lime) was wine, I would have been in deep rehab during the waning summer days of late August. Summer is the time when I'm more eager to slice open a perfect Long Island tomato, or husk a just-picked ear of Hudson Valley corn, than to reach for a corkscrew. Bu... Read More | | | |
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