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| | | | | | You know a good thing when you see it. You just need to see it. So, see it you will… meet Double Crown, AvroKO’s new temple of exotic food and drink. Think of Double Crown as the gastronomic equivalent of Padma Lakshmi — bold, bronzed, and beautiful. Inspired by eighteenth-century British ventures i... Read More | | | | | | Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Sam Horine, 9/15/08 The stunner you see here is Double Crown, the latest AvroKO project and their first ownership venture since they opened Public and its Monday Room a few years ago. It opens to the public tonight. Per usual, we have the soft ... Read More | | | | | | Think Double Crown's food is overrated? Email confoodant@gmail.com and tell us why. You might get invited to a secret site where a network of trusted food enthusiasts is growing and posting their opinions. Read More | | | | | | September 18, 2008 - 8:09 am: Double Crown (first impressions) || Double Crown, the latest AvroKO restaurant, opened a couple of nights ago, and I had a chance to stop by and check it out and wanted to share. The room is stunning and bears the trademark AvroKo style-a theatrical space layered with l... Read More | | | | | | Excellent food (don't miss the pigs in wet blankets, steamed duck buns, or crispy quail!). Service was a little slow, but they knew it and made up for it by buying us a round - wish more restaurants thought to do the same, b/c rather than leaving frustrated by the delay we left happy and eager to re... Read More | | | | | | Shi, in LIC [Flickr/liqcity] 1) Noho: TONY reports that AvroKO's Double Crown (fka Superior) will finally open this week in the former Mannahatta space. They write: “Chef Brad Farmerie built his name on upmarket Aussie food at Public, but at this newcomer—opening later this week—he focuses on the... Read More | | | | | | In the right kind of restaurant, eating out reminds you that you belong to a social world, something larger than yourself. How do you create that feeling? In the case of Double Crown, down in the Bowery, it was designed right into the restaurant. Read More | | | | | | Sycamore: A Flickr user named Finstr took this atmospheric photo at the opening night of Ditmas Park's newest bar. The opening of yet another bar in Brooklyn hardly merits mention, but Sycamore's a bit unique in that it's located within a flower shop. Or rather, one walks through a flower shop on th... Read More | | | | | | Tomorrow, Frank Bruni reviews lady date spot and latest AvroKO creation Double Crown. Today, the Eater oddsmakers have set the action as follows:Zero Stars: 5-1 One Star: 2-1 vv Two Stars: 5-1 Three Stars: 15-1 Four Stars: 25,000-1For starters, Frank the Tank had us ride the zilch train las... Read More | | | | | | Our normally unflappable photographer, Melissa Hom, came back from Double Crown last night with her job half-done. Her reason? “Frank Bruni walked in at 9 p.m. and screwed everything up. The shoot got cut short for the kitchen to focus on him.” Frank, we’re looking forward to hearing what you think... Read More | | | |
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