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Andy Ricker

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2013

    Mission Pok Pok Morini? Watch Danny Bowien, Andy Ricker, and Michael White Discuss Brand Building and Restaurant Empires

    "Once you're calling yourself a chef, no one is really telling you what to do anymore," Danny Bowien said a few weeks back at a Culinatro panel on branding and restaurant expansion. The company spoke with the Mission Chinese owner, along with Pok Pok Ny's Andy Ricker and Osteria Morini's Michael Whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2012

    Eric Ripert, Mario Batali, Floyd Cardoz and Others Will Say 'Shame on Sandy' at Relief Benefit

    On Saturday, January 12, My Last Supper and a few big name chefs will join forces to support Sandy relief efforts. But before you grab your elastic waist pants and skip lunch, know this -- the evening will run as a variety show with the finger-wagging title, "Shame on Sandy". [See More Edible News: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2012

    Andy Ricker Brings Whiskey Soda Lounge to Brooklyn

    Brooklandiayn is getting a new bar this spring. Andy Ricker, owner of Pok Pok Ny, told the NY Times earlier this week that, come spring 2013, he'll open an East Coast offshoot of his popular Portland bar, Whiskey Soda Lounge, at 115 Columbia Street.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2012

    5 Great Sodas in NYC

    Now that the days of dropping five bucks on a jumbo, movie theater Coke will be going the way of smoking in bars, New Yorkers might want to consider a carbonation contingency plan. Despite Mayor Bloomberg's approved soda ban, plenty of NYC restaurants are crafting their own sodas in-house. Although ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2012

    Pok Pok Brings the Funk to the LES

    Dish #30 is for noodle lovers Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in each day (weekends too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team. Andy Ricker's Pok Pok Wing has been rebooted as a tiny noodle bar on the Lower East Side, wher ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2012

    Say Goodbye To Pok Pok Wing, BaoBQ

    It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Know of any restaurants or bars opening or closing? Drop us a line. Andy Ricker is shutting down Pok Pok Wing on Rivington Street. But don't worry, it will be replaced with Pok Pok Phat Thai, where he will be serving four different types of pad thai. [New York Ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2012

    Robert Sietsema at Pete Zaaz; Tejal Rao at Landbrot

    Robert Sietsema goes for pizza at Pete Zaaz and is impressed with the Mexican chorizo "with a zesty tomato sauce, queso blanco, pickled onions, nuggets of skinless sausage, and--odd man out--slivers of kiwi." Tejal Rao tries the fare at Landbrot, the German all-day café and bakery in the West Vill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2012

    Three Good Things: Rome, Pok Pok, Ice Cream

    1 Layne Mosler of Taxi Gourmet writes about her experience with Italian taxi drivers and shares her top six cabbie-recommended restaurants in Rome. [The Guardian] 2 This great tour of Andy Ricker's pantry at Pok Pok (the Thai restaurant I reviewed last week) that includes dried flower pistils, sun- ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 13, 2012

    Pok Pok Ny: Bangkok Pop, No Fetishes

    Andy Ricker draws Thai-food lovers to Truckland, Brooklyn

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2012

    Review: Pok Pok Ny

    For this week's review of Andy Ricker's Thai restaurant, Pok Pok Ny, I swung by Columbia Street many evenings to either check out the wait situation or to put my party's name down for a table. It's a funny system at Pok Pok, reminiscent of those flashing, vibrating beepers that let you know it's you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2012

    When American Chefs Cook Immigrant Food

    If you read Francis Lam's story for the New York Times last week, maybe you thought about it for a few minutes: why do American-raised chefs who learn to cook the food of immigrant cultures often become so much more successful than the immigrants themselves? It's a very interesting question. I don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2012

    Under the Toque: Andy Ricker on East-West Fusion, Anthony Bourdain Joins CNN

    Andy Ricker talks to the Times on how his foreignness helps him learn traditional recipes from Thai chefs: "On one level, that means they may have an easier time with the language -- telling the story of their food, or knowing how to make obscure dishes sound sexy in menu descriptions." [NYTimes] S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Say Hello to Pok Pok NY, Blue Ribbon Sushi Izakaya

    Pok Pok NY, a branch of Andy Ricker's Thai chain, opens tomorrow in Brooklyn's Columbia Waterfront district. [Eater] Blue Ribbon Sushi Izakaya is now open on the Lower East Side. [Bowery Boogie]

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    How Pok Pok Wing Chef Andy Ricker Made Shrubs Cool Again

    Lauren ShockeyTwo of Pok Pok Wing's drinking vinegars​While Pok Pok Wing is best known for its sticky-spicy-sweet chicken, one of its more interesting foodstuffs are the Pok Pok Som, or drinking vinegars, a refreshing beverage akin to old fashioned shrubs. "We first starting selling them at Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Pok Pok Wing Brings Portland's Beloved Spicy-Sticky Poultry to the LES

    Andy Ricker's deep-fried, fish-sauce-dressed chicken wings have been called one of the best restaurant dishes in America, and the chef even won a James Beard Award for his Thai cooking at his Portland restaurant, Pok Pok. Ricker's planning to open a full-blown Pok Pok outpost in Red Hook, but until ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Ryan Skeen 'In' at Pera Soho; Sam Talbot 'Out' at Imperial No. 9

    ​​Ryan Skeen, formerly of Fish Tag (who's also formerly of Allen & Delancey, Irving Mill, and 5 & Diamond), will head the soon-to-open Pera Soho. [Grub Street]Sam Talbot has given notice at Imperial No. Nine, over long-standing disputes about the restaurant's direction.[Eater]Portla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Portland's Andy Ricker Coming to NYC; Jonnatan Leiva 'Out' at 10 Downing

    ​Gualtiero Marchesi, the first chef in Italy to win three Michelin stars, teamed up with McDonald's to create two burgers and a dessert. [Daily Meal] Eddie Huang announced on his blog that Andy Ricker, of Pok Pok in Portland, is going to open a "wing shack" in the old BaoHaus space. [Zagat Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Lady Chefs Rock the James Beard Awards!

    ​So the James Beard Foundation Awards were last night and New York City cleaned up pretty well, with Best New Restaurant going to ABC Kitchen, Outstanding Pastry Chef awarded to Eleven Madison Park's Angela Pinkerton, Outstanding Restaurant Award also nabbed by Eleven Madison Park, and Outstan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    And Here's What People Ate at the James Beard Awards

    Lauren ShockeyEgg-ceptional Virtual Eggs, from Michel Richard​ Everyone knows that the real point of the James Beard Awards is to eat and drink a ton of free food and booze during the gala tasting. That, and to go to the after-parties and see chefs spraying crowds with jeroboams of champagne. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    The 2011 James Beard Award Finalists Are...

    ​Earlier this afternoon in Portland, OR, the James Beard Foundation announced the finalists for the 2011 James Beard Awards. So without further ado, the nominees, after the jump:

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced

    opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    The James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced

    Will the spirit of James Beard smile upon New York chefs?​The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semi-finalists for the annual James Beard Awards today, kicking off the food world's very own Oscar season scrum. The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 21,000 online entries; th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    James Beard Semifinalists Announced

    The semifinalists for the illustrious James Beard awards have been announced, with a quite a few hometown favorites in the lot, including Dan Barber and Tom Colicchio in the the Outstanding Chef category; Babba and Jean George for Outstanding Restaurant;  Corton, Momofuku Ko, and Scarpetta for ... More >>

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