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A new restaurant, The Wright, is in the works at the Guggenheim Museum.
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After closing his breakthrough dessert-focused restaurant P*Ong earlier this year, Pichet Ong begins anew with Spot, located in the East Village.
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Ryan Skeen has left Allen & Delancey. No word yet on a possible replacement.
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Ma Peche, David Chang's new restaurant in the Chambers Hotel, is now open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.?
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Sam Mason has left Tailor. The restaurant remains open as Mason works on other projects, such as his TV show Dinner With the Band.
(One Plus Infinity)
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The Third Annual Cook. Eat. Drink. Live. festival (www.cookeatdrinklive.com) returns this year with more food, a
new location and more fun. 2009's festival will feature culinary celebrities, restaurants, tastings, live
cooking demonstrations and holiday shopping from November 6-8th in
their new space at Chelsea's The Tunnel/La Venue.
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The Third Annual Cook. Eat. Drink. Live. festival (www.cookeatdrinklive.com) returns this year with more food, a
new location and more fun. 2009's festival will feature culinary celebrities, restaurants, tastings, live
cooking demonstrations and holiday shopping from November 6-8th in
their new space at Chelsea's The Tunnel/La Venue.
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W.J. Deutsch & Sons, Ltd. a leading importer and marketer of 28
award-winning wines and spirits from around the world including yellow tail,
Georges Duboeuf, and Geyser Peak, have appointed Tom
Steffanci as their new President.
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Don Coqui is now open for dinner seven days a week. Restaurateur Jimmy Rodriguez's latest culinary creation brings the flavors and spirit of Puerto Rico to New Rochelle.
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| OTHER OUTPOSTS |
Rande Gerber and Scott Gerber, founders of the Gerber Group, have opened
three venues at the new W Santiago: Whiskey Blue, W Lounge and
Red 2 One.
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Bobby Flay has opened Bar Americain at Mohegan Sun Casino. The decidedly American restaurant takes inspiration from the fast-paced and friendly European brasserie.
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Marina
Bay Sands is proud to announce that six internationally recognized,
award-winning celebrity chefs are lined up to create culinary magic at our
premises, where they will open their first restaurants in Singapore. These
world-renowned chefs represent the Who's Who in the culinary world today - Mario
Batali (New York), Daniel Boulud (New York), Wolfgang Puck (Los Angeles), Santi
Santamaria (Barcelona), Guy Savoy (Paris) and Tetsuya Wakuda
(Sydney).
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Casino Arizona, a venture of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
(SRP-MIC), announced today the appointment of Tom Freimuth as executive chef for
its new property, Talking Stick Resort. Chef Freimuth brings 30 years of cooking and hospitality experience to the resort.
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| Miami |
Edgar Leal has closed Cacao in Miami and is moving to Caracas, Venezuela to focus on his new restaurant there. For the next year and a half Leal will also work as a consulting chef in Mexico City, though he is planning to return to South Beach in the future.
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The first Shake Shack location outside of New York City is soon to be a reality. Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group plans to bring
its beloved Shake Shack to Miami in spring/summer 2010.
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| LOS ANGELES |
"Mario Del Pero and chef-partner Judy Han unveiled the second Mendocino Farms, an eco-conscious sandwich shop that replaces a computer store on the ground floor of The Citygroup Center."
(Food GPS)
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The Buttermilk Truck has hit the streets of LA, serving the sort of savory and sweet snacks (chicken and waffles, biscuits) you'd expect from a "breakfast diner on wheels."
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| Las Vegas |
Daniel Boulud Brasserie at Wynn will close when its five year operating agreement ends in April, 2010. Wynn is reportedly seeking another chef/operator to take over the site.
(Eating Las Vegas)
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| Chicago |
Bill Kim, the creative force
behind Urbanbelly, and his wife Yvonne Cadiz-Kim have opened Belly Shack in Logan Square. The couple's newest collaboration draws on the best of their respective Korean and Puerto Rican heritage.
(Chicago Magazine)
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Big Star, a bar and takeout taqueria located in the old Pontiac Cafe space in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood is now open for business.?
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Pastry Chef
Sarah Kosikowski is now heading the pastry program at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America's Baking and
Pastry Arts program, Ms. Kosikowski's experience includes service at the Bellagio and Fleur de Lys in Las Vegas.
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| BOSTON |
Forest Cafe in Cambridge is closing this fall. The Mexican restaurant, a neighborhood standby since 1935, has not yet set a final date.
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Pho Republique's last day draws near, but there are rumors the neighborhood favorite Vietnamese restaurant will re-open in a new location.
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