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December 2007 - Posts
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Dear Readers, Next week, Zagat Buzz is taking a brief holiday hiatus. But don't worry, we'll be back and buzzing in the New Year! In the meantime, why not read the 2008 wish lists of restaurant industry insiders , or check out some of the new Read More...
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The re-done Jules Verne opens on the second level of the Eiffel Tower on December 22. How much more French can you get? Celebrated toque Alain Ducasse ( "the world's superstar chef" according to Zagat surveyors) has taken over the reins Read More...
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Restaurant industry insiders weigh in on what they'd like to see more of – and less of – in the New Year See What the Pros are Saying: We Need More We Could Do With Less Culinary insiders have had it with the terms "celebrity chef" Read More...
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If you have no personality, this is the hangout for you. Read More...
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What are your best and worst NYC Restaurant Week experiences? Let us know on the Zagat Discussion boards! Time to open those planners. NYC's winter Restaurant Week is upon us – and starting tomorrow you can book your tables right here on ZAGAT.com. Read More...
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Charlie Palmer has a new restaurant in Dallas. Charlie Palmer has landed in Texas. The celebrity chef behind New York's famous Aureole has just opened his first restaurant in the Lone Star State. Located inside Downtown Dallas's Joule Hotel (which Read More...
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Earlier this year, chef Grant Achatz, the culinary wunderkind behind Chicago's top-rated Alinea , was diagnosed with an advanced stage of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the mouth. The cancer, which doctors believed had spread to Achatz's lymph nodes, Read More...
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Horizon is one of more than 100 restaurants participating in Dine Around Town. Photo: Kevin Bond What are your best and worst Dine About Town experiences? Let us know on the Zagat Discussion boards! Foodies, get ready: the official list of participating Read More...
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Here's an early Christmas gift. For the first time, Zagat Survey's extensive NYC shopping listings are available online, but only to users of Zagat's mobile service, ZAGAT.mobi . Full reviews and ratings for 2,237 stores , plus 1,393 gourmet Read More...
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Pasadena's new Green Street Tavern serves midpriced comfort food right off Old Town's main drag. photo: Alen Lin The East Coast might win on New Year's Eve what with its earlier time zone and Times Square ball drop, but the West Coast definitely Read More...
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2nd Ave Deli now resides between Third and Lexington Avenues. photo: Ryan Charles 2nd Ave Deli – New York's famed temple to pastrami, corned beef and chicken soup – returns today boasting a second-generation owner, Jeremy Lebewohl (nephew Read More...
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Barchetta On The Bay Waterfront seats with sweeping views (and a chance of dolphin-spotting) distinguish Barchetta On The Bay , a vast Italian eatery in North Bay Village, from its many fratelli ; a value-priced menu with crowd-pleasers like crab cakes, Read More...
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Got a dining question you're too embarrassed to ask your server about? Ask Zagat. With the king of all sparkling-wine-soaked holidays approaching – that'd be New Year's Eve – Zagat Buzz turned to a man who knows his champagne from Read More...
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Zagat Guides will help you find places where you can go to Eat, Drink, Stay and Play, but what about to Picket? Today, another spoof in the grand Zagat tradition has appeared online over at Nikki Finke's DeadlineHollywoodDaily (which remains the place Read More...
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BBQ in NYC: Hot or Not? What's your opinion on the quality of BBQ in NYC? We recently heard from BBQ maven (and tech whiz) Nathan Myhrvold on the subject – see what he has to say on the Zagat Discussion Boards and join in to tell us what you Read More...
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Payard Patisserie & Bistro is now serving it up on the Strip. The Roman environs of Caesars Palace on the Strip have taken on a decidedly French accent of late, and Payard Patisserie & Bistro, an outpost of the New York–based original , Read More...
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Michael Mina's new Bourbon Steakhouse opens on December 18th. Michael Mina, whose eponymous New American in San Francisco is hailed as a “temple of gastronomy,” has been in overdrive of late. Having just opened his new steakhouse concept, Bourbon Steak, Read More...
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Crumbs in Beverly Hills What we desperately need here in LA is New York pizza, a fine taste of which recently appeared at Joe's Pizza in Santa Monica, reminding those of us who know the difference that New York pizza really is in a class of its own. But Read More...
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The Georgian took Top Decor in the recent Seattle Restaurant survey. Based on input from 3,165 diners, Zagat's 2008 Seattle Restaurants Survey has just been released and – with 759 local restaurants covered – effectively doubles the size Read More...
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By Karen Hudes, ZAGAT.com staff editor A Voce's boozed-up baba photo: Karen Hudes There's nothing like having a dessert and a drink to cap off the night, and if you can roll them into one sumptuous treat, all the better. We took a hop around New York Read More...
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photo: Ryan Charles Last night, Borders in NYC's Time Warner Center hosted a panel and book-signing for Melanie Dunea's gorgeous coffee table book, My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals . Photography subjects (and top toques) Daniel Boulud, Read More...
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The maitre d' made us wait to be seated, apparently for no other reason than because he could. Read More...
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(L–R) Dave Martin passes out samples of his Fiery Meathouse Pizza; Hanging Tenderloin Martini photo: Liz Borod Wright Those who braved the flurries last night in New York City and made it to the preview party of Crave on 42nd were richly rewarded with Read More...
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A.R. Valentien is tops for Decor. Just released, our Zagat's 2008 San Diego Restaurants Survey – based on input from 2,453 surveyors who ate roughly 411,000 meals – depicts a dining scene of increasing quality and price. When it comes to culinary diversity, Read More...
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Indeed Serena, that sandwich you ate in the pilot is now available to anybody dining at Gilt. Photo: Courtesy of The CW Hey there, Upper Eastsiders. Zagat Buzz here. Remember way back when, in the pilot for the CW's super-trashy/guilty-pleasure Gossip Read More...
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Next week, Iron Chef Cat Cora is coming to Zagat to answer your questions. ZAGAT.com, that is. Crowned the first female Iron Chef on the Food Network's Iron Chef America in 2005, Cora's love of food began much earlier on in life. Her culinary aspirations Read More...
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By Yoji Yamaguchi, ZAGAT.com staff editor In case your friends have already stocked up with the latest Zagat Guides , here are some books from 2007 about cooking, dining and food. Nancy Verde Barr, Backstage With Julia: My Years With Julia Child (Wiley, Read More...
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