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Cleanliness letter grades coming to restaurant windows
 In July, New York City will start requiring restaurants to display their cleanliness letter-grade near their entrances, the NYC Department of Health decided Tuesday.
More detailed restaurant inspection results have been available online for several years.
“Giving consumers more information will help make our restaurants safer and cleaner. The grade in the window will give you a sense of how clean the kitchen is – and it will give every restaurant operator an incentive to maintain safe, sanitary conditions,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said in a statement announcing the policy.
March 17, 2010 12:04 PM Comments (0)
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Dine-in Brooklyn restaurant week offers $25 dinners
 Several high-profile outer borough restaurants — including the River Cafe, Applewood, Blue Ribbon, L & B Spumoni Gardens, Tatiana, Armondo’s, Bamonte’s and Alchemy — will offer three three-course dinners for $25 and lunches for $20.10 as part of this year’s Dine-In Brooklyn.
The price excludes tax, tip and beverages.
Brooklyn’s restaurant week, which will run from March 15 through 25 for 2010, will also include Rose Water, Stone Park Café, Queen, Waterfront Ale House, Alma, Chestnut, Marco Polo, Po, Petite Crevette, Provence en Boite, Bar Tabac, Quercy, Junior’s, Morton’s, Water Street Restaurant, Chez Oskar, iCi and Aunt Suzie’s. In all, about 200 restaurants have signed on thus far.
Not all restaurants are taking part during both lunch and dinner. The full details are in pdf format and can be reached via the Visit Brooklyn tourism website operated by the Borough President’s Office.
In addition to the $25 and $20.10 meals, some are offering two meals for that price. (See below for the full list of the two-for-one restaurants.)
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March 2, 2010 4:31 PM Comments (0)
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Brooklyn restaurant week set for March 15-25
Update: See the full list and prices.
Dine In Brooklyn, the biggest borough’s own restaurant week, will be held March 15 through 25, with three-course prix-fixe menus at more than 175 locations.
The price for the meals — which was $23 last year — will be announced next week, a spokesman for Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz told NewYorkology.
Participating restaurants include Marco Polo Ristorante, Enoteca On Court, Dougies BBQ and Grill, ChipShop, Morton’s The Steakhouse, Moim, Picket Fence, Palo Santo, Waterfront Ale House, Petit Oven, Bussaco, Scopello, Bocca Lupo, Barrio, Graziella’s, Soule, First Oasis, Downtown Atlantic, The Woodburning Pit, Piramide and Brooklyn Brewery.
On Twitter this morning,Po on Smith Street also announced it would be taking part.
Earlier: Restaurant Week extends to Feb. 28 at most locations
February 26, 2010 1:13 PM Comments (0)
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Murray's Cheese opens caves for foodie tours
 Murray’s Cheese has announced a new set of dates for its Cave Days, allowing the public access to its subterranean cheese caves.
The 30-minute cave tours cost $20.
A more serious two-hour Mystery of the Caves cheese class will set you back $75.
The classes and tours are offered on several dates into spring at the shop’s Greenwich Village location, 254 Bleecker St., map.
Earlier: Food Network chops and crushes plans for public tours
February 24, 2010 1:37 PM Comments (0)
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Bar closes, Fraunces Tavern searches for new tenants
 Monday was last call for the bar at the Fraunces Tavern Museum, which shuttered its restaurant earlier this month as it seeks a new tenant.
However, the doors are still open to the upstairs museum, which features a re-creation of the room where a victorious Gen. George Washington bade farewell to his officers in 1783.
“This is a highly recognized and historic location. We don’t just want any tenant — we want the right tenant,” Charles C. Lucas, Jr., the president of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, said in a statement e-mailed to NewYorkology this morning. The Sons of the Revolution have owned the building since 1904.
“Discussions with prospective tenants continue and it is anticipated a final selection will be announced soon,” said Anthony Wellman, communications director for The Sons of the Revolution.
The Fraunces Tavern Museum is located at 54 Pearl St., map.
Earlier: Fraunces Tavern, proud American Whiskey Trail spot
February 23, 2010 11:46 AM Comments (0)
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Restaurant Week extends to Feb. 28 at most locations
 NYC Restaurant Week, which unofficially ended this past Friday, has officially been extended through Feb. 28 at more than 190 restaurants, NYC & Co, the event’s sponsor, confirmed today.
Restaurants taking part in the extension include 21 Club, Aquavit, Bar Boulud, Blue Water Grill, Cafe Fiorello, Calle Ocho, Capsouto Frères, Carlyle Restaurant, Central Park Boathouse, Cipriani Dolci, David Burke Townhouse, DBGB; Gallagher’s Steakhouse, Gotham Bar & Grill, Kittichai, Le Cirque, Le Colonial, Mesa Grill, Morimoto, Nobu, Oak Room, One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Petrossian, Red Cat, Riingo, Russian Tea Room, Shun Lee Palace, Spice Market, Telepan, Tocqueville and Tribeca Grill.
The Winter Restaurant Week offer gets you a three-course lunch for $24.07 or dinner for $35. Tax, tip and drinks are not included in that price. Saturdays and Feb. 14 are excluded from the deal; only some take part on Sundays. In addition, not all restaurants offer the deal at both lunch and dinner.
Update: OpenTable.com, which offeres free online reservations, has added a page for the Restaurant Week extension.
Image source: NYC & Co.
Earlier:
Restaurant Week: Modern, Le Cirque, Del Posto, Cipriani
Restaurant weeks for Northeast road-trippers
February 8, 2010 11:02 AM Comments (1)
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Andaz Wall Street opens with rooms from $220
The Andaz Wall Street officially opens for business today, offering boutique-style rooms from $220 as well as a Hudson Valley-sourced restaurant, a bar that emphasizes Pullman-style mixed-at-your-table cocktails and a spa that will let you order services in quick 15-minute increments for $35.
 Without reeking of dollar signs, the David Rockwell-designed hotel evokes the neighborhood’s monied history in subtle ways: multi-sized bamboo panels in the lobby match the old lock boxes of Wall Street; arching woodcuts in the ceiling evoke watermark details from the dollar bill; and lamps in the restaurant resemble clusters of pearls (a la neighboring Pearl Street, originally named for the abundance of oyster shells left by Lenape Indians, according to “Naming New York”.)
The second-floor restaurant, Wall & Water, opens under the helm of Maximo Lopez who comes from the Park Hyatt Buenos Aires. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, the menu follows a “farm to table” concept drawing from relationships with Hudson Valley growers.
Bar Seven Five opens weekdays at 4 p.m. (when the market closes) and emphasizes Prohibition-style cocktails served in an open atmosphere meant to evoke a fancy living room rather than a bar.
The hotel rooms reach as high as the 17th floor (with condos on the upper floors.) As the hotel emerges from its soft opening, just over 50 rooms are open. All 253 rooms should be open soon, hotel spokeswoman Rachel Harrison told NewYorkology during a tour of the property last week.
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January 25, 2010 2:33 PM Comments (0)
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Soup truck schedule for Winter Restaurant Week
 It should come as no surprise that Manhattan would take a soup line to all new levels.
As part of Winter Restaurant Week, NYC this year plans to back up the truck - and park in three Manhattan locations to serve gourmet soup for $6, with part of the proceeds going to Haiti relief efforts.
The soup truck’s locations:
Jan. 25 to 29: Broadway between 50th and 51st streets
Feb. 1 to 3: Fifth Avenue between 18th and 19th streets
Feb. 4 and 5: Greenwich Street between Warren and Murray streets
On those days, the truck will open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. selling two or three soups each day. Each serving will come with bread from Tom Cat Bakery.
Thus far, only the Midtown menu has been posted:
Monday, January 25
Corn, crab and chorizo soup from Delmonico’s Steakhouse
Tomato and fennel soup from Tribeca Grill
Mexhattan clam chowder from Dos Caminos Park
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January 21, 2010 9:26 AM Comments (0)
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Valentines cupcakes at Ritz-Carlton weekends in Feb.
 For the month of February, the Ritz-Carlton Central-Park will serve a tasteful indulgence: Valentine Cupcake Tea.
The flight of five mini-cupcakes will come with a choice of tea, hot chocolate or (for an extra $18,) a glass of Veuve Clicquot or Moet Imperial.
The Ritz-Carlton Valentines Cupcake Tea Menu:
Chocolate Truffle True Love
Decadent Chocolate Cake, Rich Valrhona Buttercream
Topped with a Hand Rolled Chocolate Truffle
Spice it Up Cinnamon
Moist Cinnamon Spice Cake, Freshly Whipped Vanilla Cream
Topped with Cinnamon Candies
Be Mine Cherry Almond
Fluffy Almond Cake, Cherry Preserves Filling, Amaretto Frosting
Topped with Slivered Almonds
Roses are Red Velvet
Rich Red Velvet Cupcake, Traditional Cream Cheese Frosting
Topped with Valentine Sprinkles and Chocolates
Passion Fruit
Tahitian Vanilla Bean Cupcake, Passion Fruit Filling,
Topped with Vanilla Cream and Lightly Toasted Coconut
The $28 cupcake tea will be available at the hotel’s Star Lounge every weekend in February from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with extra seating on Valentine’s Day. Reservations are required: (212) 521-6125.
The Ritz-Carlton is located at 50 Central Park South, map.
The all-you-can-eat chocolate and champagne Chocolate Bar served downtown in past years at the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park will not happen in 2010, but may return in the future, according to Jennifer Oberstein, Area Director of Public Relations for Ritz-Carlton.
Image source: Ritz-Carlton.
January 14, 2010 11:20 AM Comments (1)
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Restaurant Week: Modern, Le Cirque, Del Posto, Cipriani
Winter Restaurant Week reservations unofficially opened today as the event’s organizer, NYC & Co., posted the list via Twitter.
 Restaurant Week participants inlcude 21 Club, Cafe Boulud, Central Park Boathouose, Cipriani Wall Street, Craftbar, Del Posto, DB Bistro Moderne, Ed’s Chowder House, Esca, Gotham Bar & Grill, Kittichai, Le Cirque, Lupa, Lure, Mercer Kichen, Mesa Grill, The Modern, Morimoto, Nobu, Nougatine at Jean Georges, The Oak Room at The Plaza, Perry St, Petrossian, Red Cat, Riingo, River Cafe, Rock Center Cafe, Russian Tea Room, Sea Grill, Shun Lee, Spice Market, Tabla, Telepan, Tocqueville Restaurant , Tribeca Grill, Water Club, Terrace in the Sky and Water’s Edge.
During Winter Restaurant Week, Jan. 25 through Feb. 7, three-course meals will be sold for $24.07 for lunch and $35 at dinner. The prix-fixe price does not include beverages, tax or tip. It’s suspended on Saturdays and only some restaurants partake on Sundays.
Image source: NYC & Co.
Earlier: Restaurant weeks for Northeast road-trippers
2010 Winter Restaurant Week set for Jan. 25 to Feb. 7
January 11, 2010 11:11 AM Comments (0)
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