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• Chefs Fight Hunger

  Scenes from Bid Against Hunger Photos: Hernan F. Rodriguez Last night’s Bid Against Hunger event to benefit City Harvest was not only sold out weeks in advance, there were huddles of people outside the Metropolitan Pavilion looking to buy scalped Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:10 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Giving Thanks to Gourmet

  Still in mourning for the late, great Gourmet ? Help is here at www.thankyougourmet.com , a site where you can share your fondest remembrances of the food magazine. Anyone can contribute on this open blog started by food writer Renee Schettler (Real Simple Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:13 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Game Time!

  Not that we support office distractions like online games but...if you're looking for ways to keep busy on the boss' dime, how can you go wrong with a Zagat-themed game this good ? Here's the gist: Some clever soul has made a simple game that Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:36 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Jekyll & Hyde to Haunt Times Square?

  Over the transom we're hearing that the Midtown location of Jekyll & Hyde Club may move down to 1604 Broadway at 49th Street, aka the old Spotlight Live space . Makes sense to us: when J&H opened at 1409 Ave. of the Americas, it was surrounded Read More... Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 3:38 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Survey Says

  No. 1 noodle shop Ippudo Photo: courtesy of the restaurant The cat's out of the bag: Zagat’s 2010 New York City Restaurants survey results are live, and we've got your first peek right here. But first, the answers to yesterday's blind Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:07 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Blind Items: You Know You Want to Look

  The results of Zagat’s 2010 NYC Restaurants survey will be released tomorrow. Following are a few hints at some of the surprises from this year’s voting. What tiny sushi specialist edged out longtime champ Sushi Yasuda for the title of Top Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 3:18 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Joe Strummer

  Joe Bastianich, rocker. Photo: Hernan F. Rodriguez Some of the city’s top chefs and restaurateurs spent the weekend at the French Culinary Institute teaching, speaking, cooking and...singing. At the two-day New York Culinary Experience, restaurateur Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:04 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Who's the Wittiest Surveyor of Them All?

  photo: dbdbrobot With October 7 fast approaching – that’s the day we’ll be releasing the results of our 2010 New York City Restaurants survey – it’s time to salute the winners of this year’s Wittiest Surveyor contest. Read More... Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 2:05 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Vendy Victors

  Seven hundred street-cart enthusiasts turned out for the fifth annual Vendy Awards at the Queens Museum of Art on Saturday, where judges including Jacques Torres, Pichet Ong and Jehangir Mehta named the Country Boys/Martinez Taco Truck the winner of the Read More... Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 9:48 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Obama Watch

  Eater is reporting the First Lady Michelle Obama is dining right now at Danny Meyer’s beloved Gramercy Tavern . Well, didja think she was going to fly back to her farmer's market for a snack? Read More... Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:53 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Starstruck

  Masaharu Morimoto at last night's Rising Stars Revue Photo: Hernan F. Rodriguez Daniel Boulud and David Bouley Photo: Hernan F. Rodriguez The stars certainly came out last night at the Mandarin Oriental for the StarChefs "Rising Stars Revue." Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:31 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Bite of the Apple

  Well, lookee here. Our Zagat To Go iPhone app has joined the ranks of Einstein , Big Brother and those dancing shadow people by appearing in an Apple ad. Check it out here . Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:45 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Jump for Joël

  Joël Robuchon Photo: Gerard Bedeau Want to know what all the fuss about chef Joël Robuchon was on last week's Top Chef? Well, the top toque will be back in town at the end of the month and cooking at his local temple of gastronomy, L'Atelier Read More... Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:20 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Opening Bell: SD26

  The former San Domenico relaunches tonight as SD26, sporting a new neighborhood, the Flatiron District, and a new, less-stuffy look. The opening party happened over the weekend, and we were there to snap a few shots. Keep an eye out for our official review Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:57 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News

• Boulud's Bar Pleiades

  At the James Beard Foundation last night, chef Daniel Boulud revealed the name of the newly expanded bar opening as an adjunct to Café Boulud (212-772-2600). “It will be called Bar Pleiades, after the restaurant that was there before Café Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:36 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: News