The night before Nyepi when Candika and I walked down to Jalan Melasti to see the Ogoh-ogoh was indeed a strange night. Close to 6pm most of the shops had closed as did several of the restorans we passed. In fact, there were a lot of people wandering around to find a place for an
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Sidoi Warung: Legian, Bali
CASTING CALLS — Today the food blogger behind New York blog NYC Foodie , Butcher Bay co-owner and CB3 critic Adam Cohn , and The Naked Cowboy all showed up to audition for the new NBC show “America’s Next Great Restaurant.” [Feast] EAST VILLAGE — Colors , the cooperative restaurant near Astor Place, is now open for dinner. [EaterWire] THE HAMPTONS —This summer Richie Notar is planning a Nobu pop-up that will pretty much just serve regulars. [GS] BOERUM HILL — La Casita , the yarn shop that replaced Patois in Boerum Hill, now features a wine bar in the back.
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EaterWire: A Yarn Shop/Wine Bar; the Regulars-Only Nobu Pop-Up
Guest of a Guest brings word that safari-themed club Cain will be closing next Wednesday . The club resides on the formerly mighty West 27th Street, which was once home to some of the city’s hottest hotspots, including Marquee, Bungalow 8, and the now-shuttered B.E.D
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The Shutter: The Shuttering of Cain and the Decline of West 27th Street
Just a little P.S. on this lovely 70 degree day: The Standard Beer Garden is open and serving pretzels and sausages to the masses
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Signs of Spring: Standard Beer Garden is Officially Open; GYC Coming Soon
You do hate to see that on such a beautiful day. Cafe Habana’s take out shop has been shuttered by the DOH, a sad reality for those who planned on eating a steak sandwich out on their lovely benches today. But don’t worry, Nolita, the main restaurant is still open and is pretty much guaranteed to be a full house tonight.
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DOH Chronicles: Cafe Habana To-Go Gets DOH Slam Just Before the Weekend
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) West Village : Work has finally begun in the old Alfama space.
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The Plywood Report: Traif, Casa Mezcal, BRGR, Thistle Hill Tavern, and More
This is the latest edition of Who Goes There? a regular feature in which Lost City’s Brooks of Sheffield cracks the doors on mysteriously enduring Gotham restaurants—unsung, curious neighborhood mainstays with the dusty, forgotten, determined look—to learn secrets of longevity and find out, who goes there.
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Who Goes There? : Trieste Restaurant, Hidden Away in Jackson Heights
A blogger dreams that the Domino Sugar Factory could magically become a multi-venue nightclub. It’s not just the size and flexibility that gets their heart racing, it’s also the location “in Williamsburg but away from its annoying Bedford and North 7th epicenter and practically within spitting distance from downtown Manhattan. Also, the neighborhood is relatively low on residential units (for now), so fewer uptight prig neighbors to worry about.
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Pipe Dreams: A blogger dreams that the Domino…
A cafe-style restaurant that focuses on dishes made using local ingredients is coming to Salem. According to the restaurant’s website, Green Land Cafe is opening this spring on Washington Street in the downtown area of this North Shore city, bringing to the area a breakfast, lunch, and dinner spot that will have a bar as well as an outdoor patio area for the warmer months. The menu at Green Land Cafe will offer such items as croissants and muffins (breakfast); soups, salads, and sandwiches (lunch); and burgers, seafood, and tapas (dinner)
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Green Land Cafe to Open in Salem This Spring
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. [ Femia ] Weird. Yesterday Starbucks employees formed giant coffee mosaics on the ground in Madison Square Park in preparation for a commercial
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Stunts: In Stunt to Promote Reusable Cups, ‘Bucks Makes Cup Mosaic
What makes St Patrick’s Day one of the Five Worst Nights in New York ? Maybe it’s the increased odds of finding a man in uniform with no shoes passed out drunk on your stoop
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Nightlife: Uniformed Drunk Helps St. Patrick’s Day Live Up To Its Reputation
An Eater SF tipster has found a benefit to Yelp’s new Foursquare-like check in feature for restaurant owners : “If you have an iPhone, you could join Yelp, log in on your phone and see who in the dining room is ‘checked in.’ Users who are ‘checked in’ may not be there to review, but you could certainly make a mental note of whatever they experience and then keep an eye out for their review.” [Eater SF]
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Checking In: An Eater SF tipster has found…
It appears that El Pelon Taqueria is not the only new restaurant opening on Commonwealth Avenue across from Boston College in Brighton. According to a poster on Chowhound , Crazy Dough’s Pizza is looking to open next door to the Mexican restaurant (which opens today, by the way). Crazy Dough, which presently has locations in Harvard Square, Park Plaza, and the Back Bay, features three types of pizza–Sicilian, brick oven, and fire grilled.
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Crazy Dough’s Pizza Is Coming to Brighton
For the last couple of months, rumors have circulated that Ken Friedman is working on a new space within the Ace Hotel.
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Rumormongering: Will The John Dory Make its Comeback Within the Ace Hotel?
Acting on some twitter intel last night, a group of Eater operatives in the vicinity of The Gutter in Williamsburg headed on down to South 6th Street to confirm that yes Zak Pelaccio’s Fatty ‘Cue quietly opened to the public last night, about six days ahead of schedule (or two years behind schedule, depending on who’s counting). Not only is it open, but it looks like it’s going to be the Southside neighborhood-maker many had hoped it would be. As with any early opening, the place was overstaffed—it seemed like 19 people said thank you and goodbye on the way out—and just about every server was on his game (extra points to the guy in the “Bloggers Suck” t-shirt)
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Certified Open: Fatty ‘Cue is Open to the Public and Worth the Two Year Wait
Every week in Tony Bourdain and Eric Ripert’s radio show “Turn & Burn,” the hosts lampoon Ruth Reichl’s weirdly poetic tweets in a segment called the Tao of Ruth.
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#RuthReichlWins: Reichl Lampoons Her Own Tweets on Bourdain’s Radio Show
It appears that the mystery of where Little Q Hot Pot is moving to may be over. According to the Arlington Advocate , the Asian hot pot place, which had to leave its Quincy location in January, has gotten approval to open in East Arlington. Earlier it had been reported by several media sources that Little Q was looking at Chinatown in Boston for its new location.
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Little Q Hot Pot Is Apparently Moving to East Arlington
EAST VILLAGE — East Village Mexican stalwart Mary Ann’s has been seized by the tax man. [FitR] RED HOOK — The previously mentioned Cathy Erway-Sixpoint Brewery rooftop garden will now include live chickens.
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EaterWire: Mary Ann’s Seized, Reese Witherspoon in Food Blog Film
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. [Jessica Lin] For the last month, the gate has been rolled down tight on the old East Side Company Bar/future tiki bar Painkiller space on 49 Essex. Last night, the beginnings of a makeshift plywood entrance made its first appearance, meaning the building out of the space—soon to be home to a New York tiki culture —has finally reached a new phase.
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Plywood Special: Bamboo Installation Now in Progress at LES Tiki Bar Painkiller
There’s the real NCAA tourney, the Restaurant Madness bracket, and now, the all important Cake v. Pie Tournament . Each day Jezebel pits a pie against a pie, a cake against a cake until the winners from each side battle it out for the title.
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March Madness, Cont: There’s the real NCAA tourney, the…