A legal battle over Dean & DeLuca Brand’s trademark is underway in New York. Read the full report behind the paywall at the link in our bio.
Images: 1. Photo by Orbon Alija/ Getty Images. 2. Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images. 3. Photo courtesy of the lawsuit. 4. Photo courtesy of Mark Zhelezoglo. 5. Photo by Sebastian Enrique.
After Kabawa landed at number one on The New York Times’ 100 Best Restaurants in New York City list, chef Paul Carmichael gave Momofuku its biggest restaurant success in years. Read the full report from Chris Crowley at the link in our bio.
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Last month, the price of cauliflower doubled overnight, creating a ripple effect in restaurant kitchens. Cost spikes in wholesale produce, in part due to climate fluctuations, are wreaking havoc for restaurants’ bottom lines. Read the full report from Chris Crowley by becoming a paid subscriber at the link in our bio.
Images: 1. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images. 2. Large Cauliflower, Erkki Voitilainen, 1960, National Board of Antiquities Public Domain. 3. Photo by John Vachon, 1914-1975. Library of Congress Public Domain.
We hosted a dinner-slash-cooking competition with four up-and-coming chefs, and some of New York’s top food and hospitality insiders as our guests—and judges. With @tequilakomos and designed in partnership with @burntorangehoney , we took over @u.omakase , where chefs Jing Wen Ng (The Modern, Noksu) and Gilberto Argueta (The Modern, Crown Shy, The 86) competed against Vijay Bhardwaj (Dhamaka) and Eric Valdez (Naks), using all the same ingredients. Chefs were given a single prompt—backyard BBQ—and asked to interpret what that means through their own cultural lens.
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Unscripted, chef-driven prestige food television—like Netflix’s Chef’s Table, Ugly Delicious, Taco Chronicles, and High on the Hog—helped transform the genre from straightforward cooking instruction and competition into cinematic, culturally driven storytelling. But as streamers pull back, that golden era is fading. Become a paid subscriber to read the full article at the link in our bio.
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Chris Crowley has some breaking news on Simon Kim potentially going into business with a former Alinea chef and Eater editor… Subscribe at caper.media.
Chris Leon has run his Clinton Hill wine shop Leon & Son for the past decade, during which the shop has launched a wine club, classes, and a warehouse expansion. As of last week, he’s likely the only Brooklyn wine shop with an online auction business. New York Wine Auctions provides “a very discreet way” to thin restaurants’ cellars and a chance for wine professionals to find something to give their lists zing. Head to the link in bio for more.
Images: 1 + 2. Photos courtesy of Leon and Son. 3. Ritz Diner. Photo courtesy of Meridian Capital. 4. Photo courtesy of Zaab Zaab.
An upscale members club is taking over a historic mansion on the Upper East Side (which houses the Italian restaurant Sistina on its ground floor—pictured above is pianist Vladimir Horowitz dining at the original Sistina with his wife in 1986). Plus: DoorDash’s Q1 earnings report, and big changes coming to the area around Barclay’s Center… Read more from Annie Armstrong by becoming a paid subscriber at caper.media.
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A former employee of Mattos Hospitality (Estela, Altro Paradiso) has alleged various forms of wage theft in a lawsuit filed against the group with a firm specializing in class action. Head to the link in bio for the full report.
Image: 1. Chef Ignacio Mattos. (Photo by George Chinsee/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images.) 2. Eli Zabar (Photo by Karjean Levine/Getty Images). 3. The poster for A24’s Tony courtesy A24.
