Click here to enlarge This year for Shitshow Week, we’re fielding an All-Star team! Eater favorite Ryan Skeen is the first member, and word on the street is he has a big project coming up.
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Shitshow Week 2010: Shitshow All-Star Team 2010: Ryan Skeen
It looks like a new Japanese restaurant is going to open in Brookline, and it will be replacing another spot that has featured Korean and Japanese food since opening about three years ago. According to a planning board meeting page on the Town of Brookline website, a meeting will take place next week to discuss the installation of signs, an awning, and a patio at the location of the upcoming Charcoal Japanese Bistro.
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Charcoal Japanese Bistro to Replace Min Sok In Brookline
Following months of anticipation and a months of teasing the public with previews of his new menu items, Eddie Huang’s Xiao Ye finally opened for dinner service last week, with a new roster of a la carte items set to debut on Thursday. The Taiwanese spot builds on the success of Huang’s BaoHaus, but this time in a full-scale sit-down restaurant that serves borderline-gimmicky named dishes like “concubine cucumber” and “Big Trouble in Little Hainan Chicken.” With his second restaurant in just eight months, has Huang shot to the top of the Lower East Side dining scene?
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Good News/Bad News: The Early Word on Eddie Huang’s New Xiao Ye
Angelo Sosa writes in to report that his popular sandwich shop Xie Xie is closed for renovations . While he was looking into AC solutions , Sosa’s landlord notified him that the whole building needs to undergo some fire-code renovations over the next few weeks.”It’s been a very busy summer for us and we’re eager to have all of this taken care of as soon as possible so we can get back to serving our customers again,” he writes
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Renovation Report: Angelo Sosa writes in to report…
It looks like a new coffee house will soon be coming to downtown Boston, and it will apparently be the first Boston-area spot to serve Stumptown Coffee from Portland, Oregon.
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The Thinking Cup to Open Across from Boston Common
The only argument against deathwatching At Vermilion , a failed translation of a supposedly successful restaurant in Chicago, is that it soldiers on. It would have been in the hospice back when it opened were it not for a year long Deathwatch moratorium.
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Deathwatch: At Vermilion
It looks like the biggest brewery in the state of Vermont is on the verge of being sold. According to the Boston Globe , South Burlington-based Magic Hat Brewing Company might soon be sold to North American Breweries of Rochester, NY.
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Magic Hat Brewery in Vermont May Be Sold
The mega nightclub is making a return to the five boroughs in a mega way this year. First comes word that the Manchester nightclub Sankeys would be opening in Hell’s Kitchen, and now Gowanus is getting a case of the Ultraviolet, a new three story dance club opening in a 1920′s industrial building on a gritty stretch of Third Avenue. A NY Post reporter checked out the soft opening and reports that the club offers different DJs and bars on all three levels, with the largest dance floor in the basement.
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Nightlife: Gowanus Getting a Big Case of The Ultraviolet
Flo Fab reports that the new Japanese restaurant Cobi Levy (formerly of Charles restaurant) is opening in the old Honmura An space will be called Niko instead of Commodore . As mentioned earlier , Raj Dixit is handling the non-sushi fare, while Hiro Sawatari is in charge of sushi.
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Name Changers: Flo Fab reports that the new…
A new Pakistani and Indian restaurant is now open in Brighton. According to the Thrillist site, Darbar has opened on North Beacon Street (between Market Street and Cambridge Street), bringing to the neighborhood a halal restaurant that has about 50 seats for dining in as well the option to do takeout.
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Darbar Restaurant Opens in Brighton
While some restaurants embrace the iPad, others are not so welcoming . Nick Bilton over on the Bits blog is told to put away his Kindle or iPad at two different New York cafes that have “no computer” policies: “He then told me that the ‘device’ in my hand had a screen and required batteries, so it was obviously ‘some variation of a computer.’” Wonder if they allow iPhones
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The Future is Now: While some restaurants embrace the iPad,…
Yet another Boston chef is going to be on a popular food-based show, with this one being aired next week. An email sent to us by Image Unlimited Communications indicates that Rebecca Newell of The Beehive, an eclectic restaurant on Tremont Street in the South End, will be one of four female chefs competing on next week’s episode of “Chopped,” which airs at 10:00 PM on Tuesday, August 10.
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The Beehive’s Rebecca Newell to Be on the Food Network’s Chopped
Book a flight to San Antonio and get great hotel deals San Antonio has earned its status as a tourist destination thanks to the Alamo, and while no trip to San Antonio is complete without seeing it, there is much more culture and life to this city than one might presume. The Riverwalk is the heart of downtown San Antonio, and home to the best shops, restaurants and nightlife. Located just one block from The Riverwalk is The St. Anthony’s Wyndam Hotel . The building was erected in 1909 and is considered a National Historic Landmark. Book a discounted room with rates starting at $62 a night, and experience all this history this ornate hotel and city have to offer
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Wyndam Historic Hotel in San Antonio from $62
Book a vacation to Scottsdale Just minutes outside of Phoenix, Scottsdale is home to high-end shops, restaurants, resorts and renowned golf courses. Plant yourself on the fairway in the midst of luxury and stay at the Scottsdale Resort for prices starting at $67 a night.
A popular Red Sox slugger who opened a restaurant west of Boston a year ago is apparently looking to open a new spot in the city. According to the Boston Herald, David Ortiz and the business partners involved with Framingham’s Big Papi’s Grille have been looking around the Back Bay and downtown Boston for a possible location for a second restaurant, and may indeed be close to coming to terms on a spot. The Herald mentions that the search for a second Big Papi’s Grille comes on the heels of a some changes to both the menu and the atmosphere of the original restaurant, which is located on Route 9 in Framingham.
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Big Papi’s Grille May Be Coming to Boston
It looks like a quick-food dining spot in Allston that featured Polish sandwiches has closed its doors. According to a poster on the Chowhound site, Zaps on Brighton Avenue has had a “Closed for Renovations” sign up for awhile. A check on the restaurant’s website shows that it no longer exists, and a call placed to the spot indicated that their phone has been disconnected
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Zaps in Allston Has Apparently Closed
In the latest episode of Top Five Watering Holes, former restaurants editor for The Beijinger and current freelance writer Tom O’Malley lets us know where he grabs something to drink after he’s had something to eat.
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Top five Beijing bars: Restaurant reviewer Tom O’Malley
For some reason this post slipped my mind and I totally forgot about it over the last few months. In March, we took a short vacation up to the Central Coast of New South Wales and stayed at a place called “Bells at Killcare. It’s one of those places that offer boutique hotel accommodation and a one chef’s hat restaurant thanks to the scrumptious cuisine of Stefano Manfredi. The prices aren’t particularly cheap (around $250-$300 a night) but they have several different types of packages that can help you save money if you bundle the accommodation with food and other services.
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Bells at Killcare
Fly to Seattle next weekend Sometimes (most of the time) it rains in Seattle . So, for optimum weather enjoyment, your best bet is to visit during the summer, when at least the rainy days will be warm.
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Next Weekend Away: Seattle
A neighborhood cafe in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston has closed its doors. An email sent to us earlier this week indicated that June Bug Cafe on Centre Street shut down due to rent issues, and a check on the Yelp site came up with a post stating that the eatery was evicted from the spot.
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June Bug Cafe in Jamaica Plain Has Closed