My Day Off: Ippudo, Ed’s Lobster Bar…

November 19th, 2009
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  Welcome to: Where I Spent My Day Off —by a NYC Restaurant "Insider" So, what do you do in the industry? I’m a Service Coordinator and Floor Manager for a [highly publicized] 150+ seater in TriBeCa. And you have how many days off a week, generally? Two.     What did you do for […]

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SPOTTED:

October 21st, 2009
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• Tuesday, October 20, 10:00PM – Brian Grazer having his "first visit" and "lov[ing] it" to The Room Formerly Known as Boom Boom, sitting at the bar with two friends (/business associates?) in a dark gray business suit with no necktie. Moved to a quieter banquette table (with a view) as the bar area quickly […]

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SPOTTED:

October 15th, 2009
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• Jay Z, Rihanna, and entourage at La Esquina. Jay Z maybe wasn’t entirely pleased with his table. Rihanna wore her jacket and sunglasses all through dinner. At one point, the bodyguard attempted to restrict access to the "mosaic room" and turned away proprietor Serge Becker. LOL. Fun times. • Mischa Barton with two girlfriends […]

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SPOTTED:

September 28th, 2009
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• Adrien Brody lunching at La Esquina (with a male hipster friend)— looking pale, scrawny, and headshaved enough to possibly be filming The Pianist II. Rode off into the sunset (down Lafayette St.) on his bicycle afterward.   • Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds dining at Mr. Chow Tribeca with his son, wearing an olive military-style fatigue […]

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The Blabber on: the Boom Boom Room

September 23rd, 2009
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yah so. everybody‘s been buzzing bout theBoomBoom! and evidently, pxthis was no exception (it also seems we were the ones who got the information correctly the quickest, but hey what else is new). then apparently yesterday, our ole buddy steve-lewis (and then grubstreet) broke the news "Kamil Parchomienko will handle the room…" !! wow! and […]

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Jennifer Aniston will BURY YOU, bitch.

September 21st, 2009
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• Urban Daddy does all you losers a favor by letting you know how you can finally get into theJane. Then the comments section of Down by the Hipster reminds you all again why it is exactly you are such a fucking bunch of losers. -Vanilla Ice   • Speaking of reminders, Joshua David Stein […]

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Yo Quiero Tequiiiiila!

September 16th, 2009
jose_cuervo

yah so last night was this awesome private dinner at LaEsquina thrown by JoseCuervo to celebrate Mexican Independence Day and to help promote their Platino and Extra Añejo Riserva de la Familia tequilas to… ummm… "influentials" (? that would be ME. yay!) it was really great and delicious (there’s new stuff on the LaEsquina menu! […]

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