Water Taxi Beach Governors Island
Rendering: Courtesy of Harbor Experience Companies
- Over the next two years, the owners of the Waldorf Astoria plan to renovate the property, which will mean adding WiFi and adding a retail component to the lobby. [Crain's]
- The new Yankee Stadium will have fancy nosh from Hard Rock Café, and the baseball team is rumored to have partnered with the Food Network for additional food service. [NYP]
- The closing of the Sports Museum of America isn't the only casualty of the weak economy—the Las Vegas Art Museum announced that it will close on Saturday. [NYT]
- The New York Water Taxi, now known as Harbor Experience Companies, will open its second beach property this summer. [BizBash]
- The interior configuration and exterior landmark status of the old Avalon space pose a big hurdle for landlord Ben Ashkenazy, who has yet to decide the future of the Flatiron-district venue. [NYO]
- The Rare Bar & Grill is poised to expand with plans for two burger joints in the works. [NYP]
- Keith McNally's latest is Minetta Tavern, a remake of the 72-year-old Greenwich Village spot that will serve a menu of French and steak-house fare. [NYMag]
- According to Page Six, the Meatpacking district's Old Homestead has a new 10-seat private dining room designed by Julian Schnabel. [NYP]
- The opening of the Crosby Street Hotel, which will have a theater and outdoor space, has been pushed back to September. [Hotel Chatter]
- In Brooklyn, The New York Times critic Frank Bruni is "more taken with Buttermilk [Channel] than with General Greene" and claims the former is a "restaurant of real standards, noteworthy ambition, and uncommon slavishness to trends." [NYT]
- Bruni also revisits Freemans, where he finds that the "eating seems never to live up to the setting." [NYT]
- New York magazine's Adam Platt files on Fishtail and the Oak Room, deeming the former loud and the menu uneven, while the Plaza's newly refurbished eatery has a "stagy, oppressive atmosphere." [NYMag]
- Alan Richman brings guest critic David Fishman to review Le Bernardin, where the 12-year-old finds the restaurant to be "timeless." [GQ]
- Jay Cheshes is disappointed by Shang, where chef Susur Lee is "clearly a bit of a mad genius forging his own distinct path," but his fusion dishes are confusing and not quite refined. [TONY]
