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| | | | | | sunday, march 25th, 2007 It was one of the last chilly days in the city the day I met a few friends for lunch at Pearl Oyster Bar in Greenwich Village. Stepping into the white washed space was a refreshing respite from the thick gray soup outside. What started out as a bar and a four top table in 1... Read More | | | | | | | | | | | | Connie (my always reliable fooding partner) and I decided to head over to Pearl Oyster Bar for lunch today. We'd been to Mary's Fish Shack a few weeks back and wanted to compare the two establishments. I liked the food at Mary's but hated the atmosphere - very cramped, noisy and very "divey&q... Read More | | | | | | Ed McFarland explains why it's all just a big misunderstanding.Photo: Melissa Hom So incensed is Ed McFarland, the proprietor of Ed’s Lobster Bar and the plaintiff in Pearl Oyster Bar owner Rebecca Charles’s intellectual-property suit, that he took the unusual step this afternoon of actually call... Read More | | | | | | Since Rebecca Charles filed her lawsuit against Ed McFarland and Ed’s Lobster Bar on Tuesday, lines have been drawn. Chefs from around the world have called both sides to express support. Meanwhile the food-focused corners of the web have been frantic with discussion. So far, the debate has center... Read More | | | | | | Pearl Oyster Bar The food world has been absolutely transfixed by Rebecca Charles's decision to sue her former apprentice cum right-hand man Ed MacFarland for stealing her Pearl Oyster concept and cloning it into Ed's Lobster Bar (via press conference, Ed maintained his innocence, of course). It... Read More | | | | | | Just as I had finished posting a status message on Facebook saying that I was "in the mood for an excellent meal," BH sent me an IM asking if I was up for dinner that night. Though I hadn't seen him in a while, I also had some other options on the table, so I hesitated. Then he popped the deadly question: "Want to get lobster rolls?" I had my very first lobster roll two or th... Read More | | | | | | PEARL OYSTER BAR 18 Cornelia St (W 4th & Bleecker St) 212-691-8211 $$ This is just one of many favorites of mine at Pearl. Chef Rebecca Charles’ New England clam chowder is THE perfect clam chowder. It’s creamy, rich, full of small chunks of potatoes, sweet onions, smoky bacon bits, fres... Read More | | | | | | The lawsuit that Rebecca Charles of Pearl Oyster Bar brought against Ed McFarland of Ed's Lobster Bar last summer—the case that transfixed the entire restaurant community—was finally settled out of court yesterday according to Times. Though Charles said she would have liked to have set a legal pre... Read More | | | | | | Q and A for Rebecca Charles of Pearl Oyster Bar. Read More | | | |
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