| |  | Adour | | | “A massive vino collection (complete with an interactive wine menu) earmarks Alain Ducasse's French restaurant in the St. Regis hotel.” —citysearch | | Cuisine: French |
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| | | | | | [Rockwell Group] My girlfriend and I thought it was near tragic when Alain Ducasse at the Essex House closed. It was the site of perhaps the best meal we have had in New York. When Ducasse announced that he was moving to the St. Regis, site of the former four-star Lespinasse, in a new restaurant ca... Read More | | | | | | Every week, we take our turn with Lady Luck on the BruniBetting odds as posted by Eater. Just for kicks, we track Eater’s bet too, and see who is better at guessing what the unpredictable Bruni will do. We track our sins with an imaginary $1 bet every week.The Line: Tomorrow, Frank Bruni reviews Ala... Read More | | | | | | Midtown East: As reported yesterday, chef Joel Dennis will be replacing Tony Esnault at Alain Ducasse's Adour. Our sources told us that the powers that be at Adour and the St. Regis were simply waiting to make an official statement. The time for waiting is up. The official word: GROUPE ALAIN DUCASSE... Read More | | | | | | Brillat Savarin famously said, "Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are." As much as I'd like to believe that most people go through their lives believing this, my hunch is that most people don't think it's a character-defining moment when they sprinkle Splenda into their c... Read More | | | | | | Adour Alain Ducasse at the St. Regis opened this evening. I stopped in for a drink at the bar, where another patron informed me I was the sixth customer.The electronic menus have received most of the press. You find your wine by navigating a touch screen that displays on the surface of the bar, pr... Read More | | | | | | Some serious rumormongering over on Cutlets. According to his two "industry sources," Tony Esnault the executive chef at Adour is out, fired by his employer of three years Alain Ducasse: "'The problems with Tony were personal ones,' says one source. 'The restaurant wasn’t doing well a... Read More | | | | | | [Some sort of countdown clock counts on at Adour's official site] Adour, the new restaurant from an obscure French chef by the name Alain Ducasse, officially opened last night at the St. Regis Hotel on 55th Street. With an opening like this, it's little surprise that The People were champing at ... Read More | | | | | | Adour boasts an "interactive" wine bar. Adour, Alain Ducasse’s latest creation, makes its debut tonight in the storied St. Regis space that was Lespinasse, which has been given a modern makeover by David Rockwell; serving dinner only, it features elegant ... Read More | | | | | | The details are maddeningly unclear, but we’re getting it from multiple sources that Tony Esnault’s dismissal from Adour had a proximate cause: an incensed Union local, which was demanding his head, and threatening to picket the restaurant if he didn’t go. Prior to union troubles, we had heard that ... Read More | | | | | | Well it took long enough, but my old scoop about Tony Esnault being headed out the door at Adour has finally come true, Eater is reporting. Gastrodamus vindicated! Esnault will be replaced by Chicago chef Joel Dennis, formerly of Blue Water Grill Chicago and an erstwhile Ducasse chef. “Inside source... Read More | | | |
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