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Marketwire reports that Daniel Boulud has just signed a contract with talent management group IMG for exclusive worldwide management and representation. Why would Monsieur Boulud sign with an organization that typically manages athletes, super models, and sports franchises? According to the chef “IMG’s size and scope are extremely attractive to me, given their experience in branding in so many areas…” Keep in mind that Daniel just announced plans for two new international restaurants, so help with brand management on this scale does make sense

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[Update: This event is SOLD OUT. Thanks to the Food Monkey site and one of our Twitter followers for this information.] A food-based event to benefit the country’s largest autism science and advocacy organization is coming to Boston at the beginning of February. According to the Tripvine site, the KO Prime All Star Burger Bash will be held in the Nine Zero Hotel on Tremont Street in downtown Boston on Monday, February 1

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A Burger Bash to Benefit Autism Speaks Is Being Held February 1, 2010

It’s no secret that good help is hard to find in the restaurant industry , but over in San Francisco, one prospective line cook’s resume brings chef job-hunting to new heights of hilarity/sadness . On the other hand, if anyone is in search of a detail-oriented “cock” and pizza-maker, look no further. [Eater SF]

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Great Line Cock Available: It’s no secret that good help…

Yesterday, a look over at the Cooper Square Hotel revealed a minor but pertinent change in its glass facade. The downstairs bar, an area encased in glass to the left of the lobby, has been papered over. A query to the workers reveals it is being transformed into a casual cafe and should open in the next month

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Winter Tracking: Conant Turning Cooper Square Hotel Bar into Casual Cafe

The devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12 has resulted in countless people and businesses around the world trying to help the people of this Caribbean country, with donations of money, clothes, food, water, etc. And folks in the Boston area have indeed been actively helping out, with businesses–including restaurants–reaching out to the Haitian people. A number of websites have created lists of area restaurants that have been involved in helping with relief efforts; we have links to four of these below, including Grub Street Boston, The Examiner, BostonChefs.com, and the Boston Herald.

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Websites with Information on Boston-Area Restaurants Helping Haiti

After all was said and done, $3 million went to creditors of Tavern on the Green after the major auction of the restaurant’s artifacts last week . Though it was originally thought various creditors, including everyone from an ex-wife of the former owner to a balloon salesman and 400 employees, were owed a total of $9 million, Glen Collins reports there is an additional $6.6 million owed to TD Bank, and they are first in line for the big paycheck. [Diner's Journal]

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TOTG Woes: After all was said and done,…

[ Krieger , 11/10/09] Sam Sifton pens what is likely to be his first of many assessments of the Danny Meyer empire over his tenure, giving two stars to the Roman trattoria Maialino . “It is warm and familiar, comfortable, a trattoria in an imaginary Rome where everyone comes from Missouri and wants you above all else to have a nice time,” he begins. Sifty loves the salumi, the wine program and its director, the antipasti that you can dance to, and of course, the star of the menu, the Maialino al forno: The skin, blasted to crisp in a hot oven, is dusted in rosemary, cracked fennel, salt and pepper: an apparently unambitious preparation that tastes just great — pork at its best

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Week in Reviews: It’s a Deuce for Danny Meyer’s New Italian Baby Maialino

Now that Ashley Dupre is back in society with her new gig at the Post, it’s only natural that she ramp up her dating life. But where does New York’s most famous ex-escort go on her quest fto find love? Apparently Cafeteria , where she shared a hot cocoa with Jamie “JD” Harmeyer from the Howard Stern Show

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Where Ashley Dupre Dates: Now that Ashley Dupre is back…

Living in Vietnam certainly has its advantages if you’re steering for Hue anytime early this year, or for the Festival come June. La Residence Hotel and Spa has debuted two retreat packages, one for the royally inclined, the second for commoners, as well as a SuperStay package for the June 5-13 Festival. The ‘Royal Retreat on the

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La Residence Readies Retreats for 2010

GREENWICH VILLAGE — Per the tipline: “In the on-going Charlie Huh saga , the former ‘Tokyo LaMen’– which became a Ramen Setagaya last year, is currently being re-signed as a ‘ Ramen Takumi ‘– whatever that is..” [EaterWire] FIDI —Urban Daddy reports that Burger Shoppe down in FiDi now has a mac ‘n’ cheese burger . [UD] TRIBECA — The president of Community Board 1 emails to share the sad news that restaurateur and community figure Albert Capsouto has died at the age of 53.

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EaterWire: Anella Gets a New Chef; Ramen Setagaya now Takumi

Jessica Lin The good news is Pies ‘n’ Thighs has passed its first Dept. of Health inspection for the new space on South 4th and Driggs, just two years after the owners shut down their ragtag operation over on South 5th and Kent.

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Plywood Special: New Pies ‘n’ Thighs Space Takes Two Steps Closer to Opening

[ Krieger , 11/10/09] Tomorrow, Sam Sifton files his first review of the Danny Meyer brood, doling out an assessment of the two month-old Maialino . THE PLAYBOOK : Yes, dropping an official review on yet another young restaurant— the Breslin opened in mid-October, Maialino in November—is a tad aggressive. But if any restaurant can handle it, it’s one of Danny Meyer’s.

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Sift Happens: Sifton to File First Assessment of the Danny Meyer Universe

A Southern California gentlemen’s club was terrorized over the weekend … by a goat . As seen on surveillance cameras, the goat stared at its reflection in the doors “for hours” and then smacked the door of Lynx Gentlemen’s Club in Coachella repeatedly until he smashed it, proceeding to cause roughly $2,000 in damage.

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The Pervy Goat: A Southern California gentlemen’s club was…

Photo courtesy of JPhilipson (Flickr) If you’ve been out and about these past few weeks, you might have seen camera crews filming the last season on ABC’s hit series “LOST” around Honolulu.  Next month, the series will begin again, and locals and fans across the mainland will sit at the edge of their seats, eager to find out what will happen to the castaways on their favorite show.

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Kama’aina Rates Galore

Nobu in New York. [Photo by Steve Smith ] A new website by the name of Fish2Fork has taken it upon itself to be the watchdog for American and British restaurants’ willingness to serve sustainable seafood. It bills itself as “the first attempt we know of to rate restaurants that serve fish not only for the quality of their food but also for the effect they are having on the seas and on marine life.” Thing is, the project is still very much in its infancy and only a limited number of restaurants are rated so far, leading SF critic Michael Bauer to call it “a great effort, but a modest beginning.” That said, it’s worth taking a look at the best ratings and the worst offenders.

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Waste Not Want Not: The Nation’s Best and Worst Sustainable Fish Restos

The shuttered Aamchi Pao 1) Greenwich Village : A tipster sends word that Aamchi Pao , the seven month-old Indian street food shop has been closed since the new year: “I’ve been craving their mango lassi and was hoping they were just on vacation or something. Its been three weeks and the bio of the chef and reviews of the establishment have been taken down from the window. Bummer.” The restaurant took over for the recently shuttered Indian Bread Co.

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The Shutter: Aamchi Pao, Rice on Lex, and Elixir All Shutter

News about San Sebastian’s molecular gastronomy cooking school first broke a few months ago , but even though the Basque Culinary Centre isn’t slated to open until Sept. 2011, now a few more details (and renderings of the design!) have emerged

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Molecular Gastronomy U: News about San Sebastian’s molecular gastronomy…

A lengthy call to arms/landlord complaint has recently gone up at neighborhood restaurant and coffee shop Victory Cafe in Boerum Hill. According to the letter—read it in full below—the restaurant has been operating month-to-month, without the protection of a lease for the last three years

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Call to Arms: Landlord/Tenant Fight a Brewin’ at Boerum Hill’s Victory Cafe

When Jonathan Miles rightly used his final column to celebrate the cocktail craze of the past decade, he properly noted that, “cocktail was no longer a fashion accessory, as it was in the ’90s. It was fashion itself.” But as cocktail lists have become de rigueur at restaurants and bars, society is now plagued with a problem even more serious than the “appletini” craze

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Nightlife: Cocktails, Celebrity Booze: Best & Worst Trends Of The Aughts

Today in the saga of the endangered Ray’s Candy Store , a Save Ray’s Benefit Concert is in the works , and a group called Black Ops Bob and the Slacktivisits is organizing a protest/street party/fund raiser for Saturday. And here’s Ray’s getting some extra love on FOX . [EVG]

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