The Blabber in the Trenches • Longtime operators Aymeric Clemente and Remi Laba have been ousted from Bagatelle, Kiss & Fly, and RDV. Apparently ejected on the night before Christmas, the duo, despite their partnership agreement and impressive track record (earnings at Bagatelle are estimated in the $8M per year range), have been […]
Read More »FREELANCE WRITER WANTED I am searching for a freelance writer to help with some research for my upcoming second book, PX Me – The Sequel to PX This (How I Became a Published Author, Got "Micro-Famous," and Married a Millionaire). And I gotta tell ya— it’s not exactly been the easiest feat. I thought […]
Read More »There are three things we NEVER discuss at restaurants (or bars, or dinner/cocktail parties, or anyplace on the internets— ever): Religion, Abortion, and Politics. And sorry, but we’re not about to start now. That being said, don’t you have someplace (either than here) to be today? Yeah, that’s what we thought. :) […]
Read More »Gawker engages in blatant breaches of journalistic integrity against author Abbe Diaz.
Read More »• Which vainglorious, injudicious, maladroit colleague has already been replaced but just doesn’t know it yet? Sigh. Lie down with dogs… • Which restaurateur is in a quandary over a popular "concept" that was recently sold to somebody else? Damn those pesky majority shareholders, always getting in the way of personal profit. […]
Read More »Did Chef Jody Williams try to undermine her former boss by planting a grasshopper in a sandwich wrap?
Read More »First of all, thank you so much for your encouraging inquiries and continuing support. Secondly— okay so, here’s the deal. The Amazon Kindle version of PX This – The Revised Edition is FINALLY available. Yes, it took forever, it’s true. You’re dying to know why, aren’t you? Well, did you know that, still, […]
Read More »BONDST restaurant joins designers and friends ROGAN, OAK, The Smile, Archetype Showroom & Hester Street Fair to be a part of the first annual Black Carnival
Read More »Corruption in the Food Media: New York Magazine’s / Grubstreet’s “Two for Eight” Ongoing Feature Lacks Integrity
Read More »• Which (somewhat deluded) renowned restaurant group that recently found itself the target of a class-action wage-dispute lawsuit, is soon to come under fire again? This time the charge is sexual harassment, the details of which are forthcoming shortly. Unfortunately, it could be right around the time the alleged defendant is vacationing with his […]
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