Restaurant Openings

UPDATE: GoogaMooga Founder Comments On Sunday's Cancellation

by Laura Norkin

Pack up your Pepto and step out of your rain boots. According a statement from the PR representative of the Great GoogaMooga the festivities are being canceled due to today's inclement weather.

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Justin Warner Live From GoogaMooga: Don't Just Instagram His Foie Gras Jelly Doughnut, EAT IT

by Mariella Mosthof

We managed to chat with Googa vet Justin Warner, whose Bed-Stuy eatery Do or Dine is back at the festival for its second year, serving up its infamous foie gras jelly doughnut. Check out our Q&A with him below to find out how this year's festival is measuring up to last year's notorious shitshow.

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Christopher Kostow Live From GoogaMooga: 'I Challenged Roberta's To A Joust'

by Mariella Mosthof

We chatted with Chris about his first time at the festival, the three-course event he staged to bring a small taste of Meadowood to the East Coast, and his reaction to the Renaissance Faire-themed pizza village erected by Roberta's on the other side of the park. Check out our Q&A below for more.

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WATCH: David Chang Tests Space Food With Astronaut Chris Hadfield And Mythbusters

by Tina Nguyen

Watch below, because honestly, this is the most exciting collection of people that we've ever seen. Nothing will top this moment. Nothing.

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Amanda Freitag To Open An NYC Resto Later This Summer

by Mariella Mosthof 6:21 pm, May 15th

She just barely lost out on the title of Next Iron Chef during last year’s Redemption season to Alex Guarnaschelli in a tense finale, but Amanda Freitag seems to be bouncing back just fine. She’s slated to open another New York restaurant, finally, after a two-year hiatus.
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Chopped Judge And Vermillion Vet Maneet Chauhan Announces New Restaurant

by Laura Norkin 6:06 pm, April 26th

The consummate celebrity chef (Chopped Judge, Iron Chef-testant, philanthropist and regular on the New York and Chicago scenes), Chauhan is taking a surprising next step — getting off the tube and into the south for her forthcoming restaurant project.
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Ludo Lefebvre Denies Trois Mec’s Next Ticketing System Is Intended To Target No-Shows

by Mariella Mosthof 5:20 pm, April 15th

Maybe it’s just because Ludo Lefebvre doesn’t want to be looped in with that jerk from Red Medicine?
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Andrew Carmellini’s Lafayette Opens Today, Everybody Freak Out

by Mariella Mosthof 12:57 pm, April 15th

Guys: Now would be the time to go check out Carbone and Alder, because, as Wylie Dufresne put it, they’ll both be totally dead now that Andrew Carmellini’s Lafayette is open for business.
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Wylie Dufresne’s East Village Pub Is OPEN, Everybody Freak Out

by Mariella Mosthof 12:37 pm, March 28th

Do you live or work within a twenty block radius of 157 Second Avenue in the East Village? Because we do, and our life is buzzing with the news of Wylie Dufresne’s new pub Alder opening TONIGHT.
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Ferran Adria Might Not Re-Open el Bulli, After All

by Tina Nguyen 10:50 am, February 18th

The short answer: an el Bulli reopening — either in Hollywood or in Spain — isn’t currently in the works, but it’s not ruled out completely.
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Your First Look At The New Bocuse Restaurant, Opening Today At The Culinary Institute Of America

by Tina Nguyen 5:18 pm, February 15th

The Bocuse Room, the teaching restaurant at the Culinary Institute of America, officially opens for service today in the Hyde Park Campus after a long, much-needed renovation — and a name change.
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Ferran Adria Is Re-Opening el Bulli!

by Tina Nguyen 6:24 pm, February 14th

Good news, everyone: Ferran Adria is re-opening el Bulli! Bad news, everyone: Adria is only reopening the restaurant in order to train the actors portraying his staff in his upcoming biopic.
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Is Lindsay Lohan Opening A Restaurant?

by Tina Nguyen 1:35 pm, February 11th

In its hands, Tribeca Citizen holds what is possibly the hottest mess of a restaurant industry rumor to ever hit the internet: Lindsay Lohan was spotted discussing a potential NYC restaurant opening.
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Eataly Conquers The Seas, Opens Branch On This Cruise Ship

by Tina Nguyen 2:51 pm, February 6th

Margaritas. Swimming pools. Disney characters. Entertainment. Ironic despair. What more could you possibly want from a cruise ship experience? If the answer was “access to all your favorite Eataly products,” then you’re a total foodie.
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