Babbo

Chefs Hoping For 'Straight F*ckin' Cash' Ended Up 'Bummed' By GoogaMooga

by Laura Norkin

Anthony Falco of Roberta's said "this is what you plan for when you do outside events, this is how it works." But some other chefs are facing some major debt after the downer GoogaMooga cancellation.

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WATCH: The Most Intense Moments (And One Sweet One) In Anthony Bourdain's Trip To Libya

by Tina Nguyen

Goodbye, food porny trips to elegant France; hello, looped footage of Muammar Gadaffi being viciously beaten to death.

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WATCH: Rachael Ray & Guy Fieri Imitate Anchorman In Painful 'Improv' Bit With Wayne Brady

by Mariella Mosthof

Guys, did you know that Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri love Anchorman? Because, they're like, totally obsessed.

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UPDATE: Superfly to Refund GoogaMooga VIP Tickets For Rained-Out Sunday

by Laura Norkin

We spoke to Superfly Co-Founder Jonathan Mayers about the Great GoogaMooga Debacle of 2013 (not to be confused with the Great GoogaMooga Debacle of 2012), and he confirmed that his company would be refunding VIP ticketholders, as well as drink tickets that were purchased today.

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Food In Politics

Chelsea Clinton: I Could Not Imagine My Life Without Mario Batali

by Tina Nguyen 10:20 am, May 2nd

Presidential daughter Chelsea Clinton might have a group of powerful friends (including her BFF Stephen Colbert), but there’s only one chef who’s as close to her heart as the tortellini digesting in her stomach: Mario Batali.
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Feuds

FOOD FEUD: A Professional Octogenarian Feuder Takes On Batali’s Babbo

by Mariella Mosthof 3:35 pm, April 1st

84-year old Doris Diether has been sitting on the Community Board 2 since the 1960s, where she has acted as, as The New York Times put it, “kind of a one-woman shame squad against crooked landlords, reckless renovators and haughty developers all over the city.” Her current target: Mario Batali’s Babbo.
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Social Media

Your Morning Tweet: Jay McInerney Shares A Moment With John Kerry At Babbo

by Tina Nguyen 9:39 am, December 3rd

“At Babbo, drinking 97 Mascarello Barolo, one-upped by Sen John Kerry across from me, who had 97 Monfortino. Conrgratulated him on his taste.” — Jay McInerney (@JayMcInerney) December 2, 2012
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Last Call

Last Call: In Which Chefs Go Places You Normally Wouldn’t Expect Them To Go

by Tina Nguyen 6:06 pm, November 26th

Seriously! This is the “Chefs Opening Restaurants In Surprising Places” edition of Last Call!
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Last Call

Last Call: Mario Batali Is An ‘Irredeemable A**hole’ Akin To Nixon And Satan

by Tina Nguyen 6:33 pm, September 19th

Plus: Seasons of food magazines, a new Ben and Jerry’s flavor, and “MAAAAATT DAAAAAMON.”
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Last Call

Last Call: Ferran Adria Lands On The Cover Of Wired

by Mariella Mosthof 6:20 pm, September 4th

Plus, Mario Batali admits Babbo is “a little dicky,” and more cast members for Todd English’s E! reality show revealed.
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