Tavern on the Green
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- More details emerge on the proposals for Tavern on the Green from Jennifer LeRoy, Dean Poll, and Seth Greenberg, including the idea to turn the restaurant into an English country-style site, renovate the Crystal room, and use eco-friendly technology. [NYP]
- The redevelopment of Coney Island still has many hurdles to clear, and The Observer breaks down the proposed plans and their opponents. [NYO]
- Alexander Chu filed plans with the city to build a 27-story hotel on the Bowery, at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge. [Real Deal]
- Since May, the city has quietly been renting out its traffic-free areas on Broadway for promotional events and stunts. [BizBash]
- Ed Kleefield, owner of French bistro JLX in Sag Harbor, is planning to open a restaurant on Wall Street this winter. [NYP]
- Gael Greene breaks the news that the private room of Ed Brown's Eighty One restaurant will become Eighty One Grill, a place for the chef to serve budget-friendly fare. [Insatiable Critic]
- Michael Chow, the man behind the Mr. Chow restaurants in Beverly Hills, New York, and London, is suing Philippe Chow, chef-owner of Philippe eateries, who he contends copied his menus and is confusing consumers by using a similar name. [NYP]
- This week Frank Bruni set his sights on Aldea, rewarding the "unusually ambidextrous" restaurant with "flawless" Maine scallops a two-star review and proclaiming chef-owner George Mendes "a chef worth keeping an eye on." [NYT]
- Alan Richman agrees, affirming that Aldea is "one of Manhattan’s best new restaurants" and George Mendes is "clearly New York’s breakout chef of the year." [GQ]
- For Adam Platt, chef Michael White's Marea is not as impressive as Convivio and flouts the recent trend of "self-conscious austerity" with a rather ostentatious menu. [NYMag]
- Returning to Benoit, Steve Cuozzo finds that under executive chef and partner Pierre Schaedelin, the French bistro turns out dishes that "would be right at home at Gotham Bar & Grill or Aureole." [NYP]
- As the latest critic to weigh in on Govind Armstrong's Table 8, Jay Cheshes has some harsh words for the restaurant, which he claims "commits so many sins against good taste." [TONY]
- Danyelle Freeman hits Locanda Verde, the Greenwich Hotel's replacement for Ago, and is pleased with chef Andrew Carmellini's "thoughtful and imaginative" cooking as well as pastry chef Karen DeMasco's desserts. [NYDN]
