A massive earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale shook Haiti Tuesday just before 5 p.m. The epicenter of the strike-slip type of quake was just ten miles southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince. The construction of most buildings in the region was poorly regulated and many of the impoverished residents’ tin-roofed shacks teetered on steep ravines, making them especially vulnerable.
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Earthquake Devastates Haiti
After making a splashy move from the West Coast into the Bryant Park Hotel, the celeb and expense account friendly Koi grew a bit weary of their midtown locale. As their original lease began to wind down , the Koi team targeted a big move to the new restaurant row on the Bowery and made plans to purchase the current Salvation Army building and transform it into a three story den of sushi debauchery . Knowing that they would be facing an uphill battle with the Community Board, Koi attempted to conduct outreach to key members in order to get their buy in before licensing meeting
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Renewals: Koi Abandons Bowery Plans, Re-signs at Bryant Park Hotel
At last month’s Community Board 3 meeting, Mitchell Banchik, the owner of Jake’s Dilemma, Down The Hatch, and The Gin Mill, got the go ahead for a transfer of ownership at the current Telephone Bar & Grill space. So it’s sad but not surprising to hear that the 22 year-old bar will be closing by the end of this month. Though the bar could hardly be called a go-to spot, it was a fixture of sorts in the neighborhood.
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The Shutter: Date is Set for Shutter of 22 Year-old Telephone Bar & Grill
NYPress argues that with the rising availability of humanely raised meat more and more New York vegans and vegatarians are switching back to meat eating and “conscientious carnivorism. ” And that’s one of the reasons why vegetarian staple Red Bamboo in Fort Greene went to the meat: “I know what the neighborhood wants and the restaurant needs to make money. It [dietary trends] has been my demographic for 15 years, and I have seen it change from vegetarian, to vegan and then back to meat.” [NYPress]
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Eric Goode’s Bowery mainstay B Bar is yet another restaurant being accused by its employees for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law. Goode was served with the class action suit last night , in which the employees allege that B Bar failed to fairly compensate them for overtime, spread-of-hours pay, and uniform-related expenses dating back to 2004.
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B Bar Sued For Labor Violations: Eric Goode’s Bowery mainstay B Bar…
The city of Antonina , in the Paraná Coast, is famous for its street carnival and its historical architecture, with very old houses, squares, monuments and old churches . In Antonina you will also be able to appreciate the rich local cuisine with typical foods and dishes of the region
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"History and Leisure in Antonina, Brazil"
Steve Cuozzo reports the stunning news that lauded chef Fabio Trabocchi is out at the Four Seasons restaurant after just three short months . Though he has yet to receive a formal review for his work at the legendary Midtown restaurant and power lunching hub, industry folks have been raving about his new menu there (even the Cuozz notes that recent meals there “were the best I’d tasted at the Four Seasons in years”), making the move even more shocking. It’s still unclear whether he quit or was let go, but a reservationist at the restaurant blames “philosophical differences” between the chef and the restaurant
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Mindboggling News: Fabio Trabocchi is OUT at the Four Seasons after Three Months
Since the one night only Trufflepalooza at Locanda Verde was such a hit last month, chef Andrew Carmellini and his supplier John Magazino are holding an encore, but this time with truffles of a different pigment. On Monday, January 25, Locanda Verde will offer a 3 course $50 black truffle prix fixe in addition to its regular menu.
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Specials: Carmellini’s Follow up to Trufflepalooza, ‘Back in Black’
A restaurant and caterer with locations in Walpole and Hull will be opening another place in Hingham this spring. According to their Facebook page, Raffael’s Restaurant will open at the South Shore Country Club, a public golf course and recreation facility on South Street a short distance southwest of the center of town. The Facebook page states that the new Raffael’s will serve both lunch and dinner and will have two ballrooms and a pavilion for functions, banquets, and other events
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Raffael’s Restaurant to Open at the South Shore Country Club in Hingham
Back in October, representatives from STK , the female friendly steakhouse chain, went before Community Board 5 to seek a license for a space beneath the forthcoming Gansevoort Hotel on Park Ave. South
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ExpansionWire: Giant STK Location Coming Soon to Bryant Park
Yesterday, Haiti was hit by the worst earthquake it has seen in over 200 years. Port-au-Prince, its capital, is partly destroyed, with high-rises, hospitals, churches, and parliament buildings crashing to the ground in the 7.0 destruction that was closely followed by aftershocks measuring 5.9 and 5.5.
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Update: More airlines help contribute to Haiti’s relief efforts
With all the recent concerns about the latest round of changes from TSA, we can’t help but long for the good old days of flying, back before we had to take off our shoes and belts and jackets, empty our pockets, pay exorbitant fees for extra luggage, and worry that full body scans would somehow fall into the wrong hands. The folks at LIFE magazine’s archives have put together this gallery of images depicting aviation’s glory days. Sigh, look at all that legroom! [via The Craft Begins ] Transportation Security Administration – Technology – Energy – Conferences – Aviation
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Life Images: Back When Flying Was Fun
A spokeswoman for the Angostura bitters company tells the New York Post that the catastrophic shortage of the cocktail staple is near an end, blaming the whole problem on a dispute with the bottle maker. The company says a new bottle supplier from China is on board, and production is expected to be back on schedule by next month.
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Nightlife: New York’s Angostura Bitters Shortage Will Be Over Soon
Last month, the owners of Brooklyn pizza spot Anselmo’s announced via a tirade on their website that they closed because they were swindled out of their lease . Here, now some further color : “My landlady is telling the people of Red Hook that i have been in prison and jail. She’s right
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It appears that both a restaurant and a lounge are moving into a Quincy Center spot that was recently vacated by another restaurant. According to the Fuji 1546 website, the owner of this Japanese eatery on Hancock Street is opening two new places in the old Jury Room space (the Jury Room closed in October, 2009) on Cottage Avenue called Bisro Chi and the Kama Lounge
Little surprise here, given better human reporting and the increasingly crowded skies, especially near airfields. I remember fielding media queries at an Air Force base some years ago after a fighter jet’s engine sucked in a pigeon, disabling the jet nd costing a bunch of dollars to fix. Read the AP’s analysis here .
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Number of bird-plane collisions on the rise, analysis finds
Photo credit/WHDH-TV While the TSA has bumped up security quite a bit in the last few weeks, nothing compares with Boston Logan International Airport’s new innovation: a security robot. It doesn’t look like a traditional robot, it looks more like a small truck, but it will help to detect and disarm explosives, according to WHDH.com . Unveiled yesterday by Massport and the State Police, the robot was invented and assembled by Black-I Robotics , whose co-founder is Brian Hart
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Boston Logan Airport steps up security with the help of a robot
Welcome to First Word, wherein Eater and its correspondents sit for hours at steamy community board meetings to bring back the first word of new establishments and what they’re up to. Your reports from the field always encouraged to tips@eater.com
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Gatwick Airport to reopen
The Post reports that The Greek’s Collegiate Restaurant, an 85 year old restaurant up on Amsterdam and 139th Street, is closing after losing its lease . According to the paper (and a plea on Menupages ), it was a staple for generations of City College students. [NYP]
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Old Timers: The Post reports that The Greek’s…