Marcus Samuelsson

Remembering the Lenox Lounge

After a historic run, the famed Harlem jazz club shuts its doors

Say Hello To American Table Café and Bar, Williamsburg Pizza

Marcus Samuelsson recently opened American Table Café and Bar in the lobby of Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. Menu items include pulled pork sandwiches with apple slaw, the doro wat tacos, filled with Ethiopian-spiced chicken and hard-boiled egg, and scalloped sausage with curry. The restaurant ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Aki Matsuri, An Apple Festival

It's the first week of October and we have for you a round-up of a lot of great restaurant deals and specials. Check it out: Tuesday, October 2 Pulled Pork @ City Grit. City Grit will be hosting a pulled pork dinner. Tickets are $55 and there will be a slow roasted bo ssäm snack, some fried chick ... More >>

Under the Toque: Maison Premiere Gets a New Chef, Marcus Samuelsson Still Angry

Brooklyn's Maison Premiere gets a new chef. Jared Stafford-Hill -- who worked at AdourAlain Ducasse, Bobo, Craft, and Gramercy Tavern is set to take the eatery to a more comprehensive menu. [New York Times] Marcus Samuelsson still isn't over Eddie Huang's Red Rooster piece: "Are you kidding me? It ... More >>

GoogaMooga: The Recap

There is no denying that Saturday's GoogaMooga was a mess. Lines poured into one another and waits topped over an hour. Beer cards were sold and then couldn't be redeemed. Food and drink ran out. All in all, it was not a good scene. But did you really expect anything different? This was a first run ... More >>

Our 10 Best Places to Take Mom

If you really love your mom, you might want to consider skipping the Mother's Day specials this year. They tend to be such gloomy experiences as restaurants transform into brunch factories for the day and serve mediocre set menus. Instead, I suggest you take your mother out in the evening, like a re ... More >>

Under the Toque: Olympic Menus, New Chefs at Jean Georges

​ Simon Hulstone and Heston Blumenthal have teamed up to create the menus that will be served to British Airways customers during the Olympics. [Eat Out] Chef shuffles at Jean Georges: Mark Lapico is now executive chef; the new chef de cuisine is Erik Battes; Joe Murphy is in charge of pastries ... More >>

Under the Toque: Beard Awards, Gender Gaps

​Check out the semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards in the chef and restaurant categories. Marcus Samuelsson is helping with the reopening of the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., by designing the dinner and brunch menus for the theater's supper club and appointing an executive ch ... More >>

Download: Larkin Grimm's Pulsing, Luminous "Paradise And So Many Colors"

Doom-folk lifer Larkin Grimm is known mostly for 2008's desolate, pastoral daymare Parplar and her colorfully wry outlook (her hilarious MySpace post about attending SXSW in 2009 is required reading). The last four years have been nothing short of monumental for Grimm; she moved to Spanish Harlem, l ... More >>

Holiday Guide: Heat-Seeking Victuals

A five-borough tour of winter warm-up meals

OWS Protesters Still Eating Like Kings; NYC's Most Beloved Diners

​Daniel Boulud will indeed be opening a new restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, as previously rumored. [Toronto Star] More on those in-flight American Airlines meals designed by Richard Sandoval and Marcus Samuelsson. [Chicago Tribune] Occupy Wall Street protesters are sitting o ... More >>

The Week in Food Blogs: Restaurants for Fall; Apple Desserts for All

This week in food blogs ... Robert SietsemaThey don't call it the Big Apple for nothing.​ Eater rounded up the top 10 big-deal restaurants to watch for this fall. But then, so did everyone else. So goes preview season ... Grub Street offered advice on how to get in on the small-batch spirit ... More >>

Fast-Food Chains Try to Get In on the Food Stamp Game; Marcus Samuelsson to Debut Pop-up

​Health advocates are worried about fast-food chains trying to get in on the food stamp program. Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut are all lobbying to get involved. [USA Today] More on the effects of Tropical Storm Irene on farms in upstate New York, New Jersey, and Vermont: Greenmarkets are abou ... More >>

St. Anselm Finds Religion on the Grill

A Williamsburg restaurant reopens and lights the gas

What's Happening This Week: Crayfish Celebration, Tomato Fest

Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the hottest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Krawfish Kräftor Party Red Rooster Harlem Monday, August 15 at 7 p.m. Join d.j. Kim Hastreiter, co-founder of Paper magazine, and chef Marcus Samuelsson in this celebration of cr ... More >>

Shane McBride 'In' at Balthazar; Belinda Chang 'In' at Monkey Bar

​Shane McBride, the former chef de cuisine at Colicchio & Sons, is now cooking at Balthazar, where he has been since February. [Eater] Not to be outdone by the likes of Eric Ripert, who has had cameos on Treme, Bobby Flay will appear on Entourage as the lover of Ari Gold's wife. [Eater] Guy ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Fundraisers Galore; Wine Dinners A-Go-Go

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! An Evening in Rioja The Tangled Vine Wine Bar & Kitchen Monday, May 16 at 7: 30 p.m. The wine bar dedicated to organic, biodynamic, and sustainable Old World wines, ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Hofbräu Bierhaus; Lauren Shockey at La Silhouette

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema finds Munich in Midtown at Hofbräu Bierhaus; Lauren Shockey is charmed by old-fashioned La Silhouette. Sam Sifton awards three stars to the Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, raving, "What [César] Ramirez is doing at the Chef's Table is entirely his own p ... More >>

Tyler Kord of No. 7 Says Spring Is a Bummer, Blasphemes Against Locavorism

photo courtesy of Tyler Kord​You won't catch Tyler Kord of No. 7 elbowing his way through the greenmarket. He tells Food Republic -- the online food publication backed by Marcus Samuelsson -- that he is not impressed by chefs who glorify pristine local ingredients:

Posts of the Week

It's Friday afternoon, which means it's high time for a look back at the week that was. Because we're cheap bastards, a Battle of the $1 Pizza. Our 10 Best Dumplings. Here's a fond look back at five Brooklyn restaurants that are dead and gone, but not forgotten.

This Week in the Voice: The Return of 'Shelter'

​This week in the Voice, Camille Dodero kicks off the relaunch of "Shelter," a column that chronicles how New Yorkers live at home. She revisits Lois Morris, a writer who was the column's first-ever subject in 1997. A lot has changed for the former East Village resident in 14 years, including ... More >>

Make Marcus Samuelsson's Spicy Mexican Chili, from Red Rooster Harlem

Red Rooster's answer to chili (and chilly).​It's cold outside. Damn cold. Experts say one of the best remedies for this weather is a steaming bowl of hearty, meaty chili. And by experts we mean Marcus Samuelsson of Red Rooster Harlem. He shares the recipe for his Spicy Mexican Chili and urges ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Danji; Goodbye to Benito's One Restaurant

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Benito's One Restaurant has been evicted from its Little Italy space and has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with some $481,000 in liabilities. [Crain's] La Bonne Bouffe in the East Village ha ... More >>

Target Comes to Manhattan: A Sneak Peek

​ The days of trekking from Brooklyn or Queens with your grand haul of budget cereal, tank tops, hand towels, and DVDs with that red bull's-eye logo on them are over. Manhattan finally has its own Target! We know you're as excited as we are. To celebrate this monumental event, we got you a fi ... More >>

Rachael Ray Pissed at Good Housekeeping; Marcus Samuelsson Takes Top Chef Masters

​ Michael Psilakis is looking for locations for his next venture in four different Manhattan neighborhoods: Midtown East, Upper West Side, the East Village, and the West Village. Plus, his Williamsburg project is still a "work in progress." Busy man. [Grub Street] Rachael Ray called out Good ... More >>

Aquavit's Marcus Jernmark, Continued: Scandinavian Food as the Next Big Thing, Keeping Kosher (Around the Wife), and the Woman Who Was Allergic to Everything

Marcus Jernmark​Yesterday, we heard from Marcus Jernmark, the new chef at Aquavit, about the real challenge of going farm-to-table, telling the true story of Scandinavian cuisine, and why he thinks Aquavit was a more pretentious restaurant before he got there. Now, Part 2 of our interview ... ... More >>

Eric Korsh 'in' at Waverly Inn; Jody Williams 'out' at Gottino

​Eric Korsh has been enlisted to take over the kitchen at Waverly Inn while John DeLucie is on leave opening The Lion. Korsh has had stints at Prune and Patroon, and was the chef-owner of the now-defunct Eloise in Sebastopol, California. [NY Times] Jody Williams has reportedly left West Villa ... More >>

Post-Beard Awards, Amanda Cohen Concludes That "Girls Can't Cook"

Dirt Candy​The Beard Awards are commonly referred to as the Oscars of the food world. Ostensibly, that's because of all of the industry back-slapping and fierce PR campaigns that accompany them. Plus, both have prizes that feature the likenesses of gold, bald men. But in one respect, the simil ... More >>

Under the Toque: Sexy Sam Talbot On the Market Once Again; Daniel Boulud Gets Repped

​Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit and Govind Armstrong of the now-defunct Table 8 were among several high-profile chefs spotted filming Top Chef Masters in Los Angeles. [Eater] Michael Sullivan, who left Anella back in September (to be replaced this month by Joseph Ogrodnek) is now cooking at the ... More >>

Under the Toque: Chopped Chef Gets Socked; Scott Conant Eyes Table 8

​Jimmy Lappalainen, the executive at Riingo, was on Marcus Samuelsson's team for the White House dinner. He'll be offering the state dinner menu at Riingo from December 14-20. [Grub Street] Scott Conant is rumored to be closer to taking over the Table 8 space in the Cooper Square Hotel, which ... More >>

State Dinner Menu Revealed; 50 Has His Taco & Gets to Eat It Too

​Rapper Curtis James Jackson III, a.k.a. 50 Cent, settled a lawsuit against Taco Bell for using his name as part of a promotion without his permission. The unauthorized campaign involved a joke letter sent to 50 asking him to change his name to 79, 89, or 99 Cent to promote menu items under a ... More >>

Our 10 Best: Cookbooks

​Above all, a cookbook should be useful and accurate, but that's not why we love them. A great cookbook isn't just a compendium of recipes; it takes you somewhere--into a cook's kitchen, to the South of France, or the South Pacific, or back in time. Following a 1961 recipe for Chateaubriand do ... More >>

Restaurant Bust Expectations Busted; Will Whole Foods' John Mackey Be Ousted?

​A union-backed investor has accused Whole Foods CEO John Mackey of damaging the company's reputation and called for him to be ousted following a controversial anti-health care reform op-ed he wrote in The Wall Street Journal. [NY Post] Chefs like Mario Batali and Marcus Samuelsson are modify ... More >>

If Batali and Bourdain Were on Top Chef last night

Strange coincidence...or is it? Last night's Top Chef had the cheftestants cooking "last suppers" for culinary luminaries Wylie Dufresne, Lidia Bastianich, Marcus Samuelsson, Jacques Pepin, and James Beard Foundation president Susan Ungaro, while today on Serious Eats, Mario Batali and Anthony Bourd ... More >>

Keeping Cubicle Inhabitants From Getting Fat

Our Man Sietsema at Merkato 55

Now Hiring: Marcus Samuelsson, Fabio Trabocchi, Iacopo Falai

Now Hiring: Junior's, L'Impero

Herring Today, Gone in a Few Weeks

Be a Good Person on Thursday

Now Hiring: The Shake Shack, Jean-Georges

Soul Lite

Soul Food Reimaged for the '90s