Finally, what watching the Super Bowl from your living room needed: FANCY FOOD. Daniel Boulud’s Épicerie Boulud is accepting orders until tomorrow (Saturday, 2/4) at 7 p.m. for items like Amish Chicken Wings (Traditional Buffalo with Blue Cheese or Thai Style with Peanut Sauce), Pulled BBQ Short Ribs (with Brussels Sprout Slaw & Peppered Buns) and House Made Hotdogs… there’s even White Cheddar & Smoked Bacon Popcorn. [ more › ]
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Épicerie Boulud Offers Super Bowl Catering, Like Hot Dogs From "In-House Charcuterie Team"
It is a good time for tequila fans in Manhattan. In addition to the tequila bar at Union Square newcomer Tortaria , this month brings the world another Top Chef -helmed restaurant: executive chef Angelo Sosa’s Añejo Tequileria in Hell’s Kitchen. [ more › ]
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Top Chef’s Angelo Sosa Now Selling Tequila In Hell’s Kitchen
A 47-year-old man was critically injured when he was struck by a driver in Brooklyn last night . The pedestrian was crossing 6th Avenue at 51st Street when a car slammed into him and kept going. And police may have found the car. [ more › ]
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Cops Seek Driver In Sunset Park Hit-And-Run
[UPDATE BELOW] This morning a 350-pound cannonball was found on Governors Island, which sort of makes sense given the old Army facilities housed there. However, according to some reports, the cannonball was found on a different part of the island. Dun dun dun. [ more › ]
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[UPDATED] This Morning, A Cannonball Was Found On Governors Island
Because you like to play Angry Birds when you use the commode, check out today’s mid-day links: Manhattan’s filthiest Starbuckses, Brad Pitt parenting tips, remembering Don Cornelius, and awkward cat sleep positions. Don’t forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Last night Joanne Trattoria , the new Upper West Side restaurant from Art Smith and Lady Gaga’s papa, opened its doors to the public (and, apparently, Tony Bennet). And though it was supposed to be a no-press affair, the Post’s resident curmudgeon, Steve Cuozzo, popped in for “a 2 1/2-hour meal that seemed like as many days.” Pop star parents or no, the Cuozz was not amused. And Gaga was not to be seen. [ more › ]
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You’ll Gag At "Gaga’s Restaurant," Joanne, Says Cantankerous Critic
The owners of the hot and trendy restaurants Torrisi Italian Specialties and Parm are among the restaurateurs sniffing around the dessicated corpse of Tavern on the Green , which the Parks Department showed off to potential operators today. “We’re taking it all in,” Torrisi co-owner Zalaznick told City Room during the tour this morning. “The question is how casual they’ll let the restaurant be. It used to be a pretty formal place.” During the tour and Q&A that followed, the Parks Department let it be known that they do indeed want the new iteration of Tavern to be casual and accessible. The city is spending $10 million to renovate and shrink it, and the Wall Street Journal reports that Assistant Parks Commissioner Betsy Smith made it clear that the new Tavern should be “a moderately priced restaurant” that’s not as “fanciful and glitzy as before.” [ more › ]
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Torrisi Italian Specialties Guys Eye Tavern On The Green
Even before it was “cool,” Brooklyn had a lot of Chinese restaurants going for it. And now it has another. The Brooklyn Wok Shop aims to bring your traditional Chinese favorites into the age of hormone- and antibiotic-free meats. So naturally, it is in Williamsburg. [ more › ]
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Brooklyn Wok Shop Tries To Take Basic Chinese Up A Notch
Yesterday we brought you the unexpected discovery of a James Patterson quotation on a block of mimolette cheese at Chelsea’s Westside Market. Intrigued, we ventured to the store in search of the mind behind the rind. And there we discovered Peter “The Doctor” Daniels, a seven-year cheese man of the Westside Market and a 25-year veteran of the food industry, who started putting quotations on the cheese just to fill a labeling void. “There’s extra space where a description is supposed to go but I found that people weren’t reading them,” he explains. ” I thought I would put something else that people could be inspired by. ” [ more › ]
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Meet The Mysterious Cheesemonger Behind The Quotable Fromage
Neighborhood NIMBYs are about to get a new tool in their arsenal. DNAinfo reports that the New York State Liquor Authority is getting ready to launch an interactive map this month that will let you see what your local bars have been up to (along with any bar in the State). Better than having to file a FOIL-request just to find out if anyone else has been whining about that noisy bar on the block! [ more › ]
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New SLA Map Hopes To Make Tracking "Bad" Bars Easier