The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Ray Kelly Sounds Off On Low Crime Without Mentioning 'Stop & Frisk' Once

Word of life advice: if you ignore something, that doesn't mean it will go away. Yesterday morning, NYPD commish Ray Kelly delivered his 'State of the NYPD' address at the Waldorf Astoria. The police chief, riding high off a recent poll that showed his approval ratings at the highest ever for someo ... More >>

Cuomo Will Stump For Obama But, Remember, He's Not Running for President In 2016

It's no question by now that Governor Andrew Cuomo tends to get non-stop flak from the non-stop speculating press about his chances of running for President in four years. It happened when he was elected; it happened after he passed the marriage equality bill in New York; it happened when he sp ... More >>

Tom Cruise Pledged His Love For Katie Last Night

Last night at the Waldorf-Astoria, the Friars Club saluted Tom Cruise with its Icon Award, so I was there like a top gun, all cocked and sitting at full attention. Tom's Rock of Ages costar Alec Baldwin MC'd a lineup of speakers like Cuba Gooding Jr. and Kevin Pollack, but Jerry Lewis, who was supp ... More >>

Sacha Cohen's The Dictator Character Endorses Mitt Romney

At a press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday, General Aladeen--aka Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator--unsurprisingly backed Mitt Romney for Prez. Explained the General: "He'd make a great dictator. He's incredibly wealthy but pays no taxes. And it's not much of a leap from firing people ... 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 >>

Occupy Wall Street Pickets Mitt Romney's Fund-Raiser

Mitt Romney was in town this morning for a fund-raiser at the Waldorf Astoria, and a crowd of about 200 Occupy Wall Street protesters, activists, and union members were there to welcome him. The Romney event was hosted by Gristede's billionaire John Catsimitidis, and guests were encouraged to donat ... More >>

Aquavit's Keri Levens on Swedish Fish

Keri Levens has worked as Aquavit's wine director since May. Though she studied art history and art at Rutgers University, she ultimately decided to pursue a culinary career. She chatted with Fork in the Road this week about her work at the restaurant (65 East 55th Street) and how she plays with dri ... More >>

Richard Branson Talks Legal Drugs at NYC Press Conference in the Waldorf

Esther Zuckerman ​This morning, a bunch of high-powered people packed into a suite on the 33rd floor of the the Waldorf-Astoria to talk about drugs. Even though that might elicit thoughts of a Charlie Sheen-style bender, the meeting was, in fact, a press conference announcing a report from the ... More >>

Richard Branson and Friends Gathering Tomorrow in NYC For Drug Legalization

Very powerful man​Tomorrow at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, Virgin boss and billionaire Richard Branson will appear with former presidents from Brazil, Switzerland and Columbia, together representing the Global Commission on Drug Policy, to present a report that calls for an end to t ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Papaye, Uptown African Restaurant and Accra; Lauren Shockey at Tenpenny

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema goes West African at Papaye, Uptown African Restaurant, and Accra. Lauren Shockey finds fun and value in Midtown at Tenpenny.​ Sam Sifton discovers the reason Brooklyn Heightians are staying close to home these days, awarding Colonie one star: "Long and ... More >>

Huffington Post Hit With $105 Million Lawsuit By 9,000 Angry Unpaid Bloggers

​In its intermittent battles with unpaid writers, The Huffington Post and its (often reluctant) defenders have trotted out a number of arguments, including most commonly the assertion that the bloggers write without compensation for attention, and most like it just fine that way. Others have a ... More >>

Live: Tom Waits (And A Punk-Rock Neil Diamond) Dominate The Rock Hall Induction Ceremony

The 2011 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Monday, March 14 Better Than: Whatever was happening at Death by Audio tonight that Bruce Springsteen didn't show up to, for whatever reason. First off, let's tell you what you want to hear: Tom Waits stole the show ... More >>

Our 10 Best NYC Restaurants of the Last Two Centuries

Delmonico's as it looks today. The columns on either side of the door are said to come from Pompeii.​The modern restaurant as we know it was invented in 1831 south of Wall Street at Delmonico's, based on Swiss and French models. The previous sort of establishment was usually a hotel dining roo ... More >>

When the Restaurateur is the Face of the Restaurant; The Scene at the Food Allergy Ball

​Charles Masson of La Grenouille, Ken Aretsky of Aretsky's Patroon, and even Danny Meyer with his rounds at Union Square Café are among the city's last iconic restaurateurs who rule the dining room. [NY Times] Congress may have passed new healthy food regulations for school lunches, but Capi ... More >>

Ingrates Sue Waldorf Over Bedbugs, Despite Complimentary Spa Treatments

​If you're still wondering whether bed bugs are "scaring tourists away," this might help: Crain's says a Michigan family will file a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court today, suing the posh Waldorf-Astoria Hotel after finding bedbugs in their room that followed them home in their luggage "and ... More >>

Fat Pants Friday: Cannelle Patisserie

Cannelle's Paris-Brest​ Ever since a friend extolled the virtues of Cannelle Patisserie to us some months ago, we'd been meaning to find time to make our way out to the Jackson Heights-East Elmhurst border to try it for ourselves. Finally, last weekend, we did. We were so happy with everythin ... More >>

A Night With the Noble Rot

Keith WagstaffSake consumption fosters a certain bond.​This is not a normal wine tasting, suited older men smiling near dump buckets, quiet murmurs as people swirl their wine glasses around. It's the Saturday night after Tax Day and bespectacled Michael Daves is playing the hell out of his gui ... More >>

Andrew Cuomo Campaign Getting Lots of (Bad) Free Advice

​ When Fred Dicker of the New York Post talks, Albany listens. The tabloid's hard-punching state editor has as much or more impact on state politics these days - between his newspaper blasts and his daily radio show - as any capitol powerbroker. But Dicker's prediction in his "Inside Albany" c ... More >>

How to Fix the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Tips on how to expand its reach—or blow it up entirely

Gino Cammarata, Gelato King

No more tanning salons for Bay Ridge's foremost dessert provider

Which American Idol Star Is a Lesbyterian?

Nightlife pickin's so slim that I even went to a museum.

Strange Snacks of the World -- Confetti Creme Ritz Bits

It's a truism of the advertising world that, in a mature market, the number of niches a product occupies must be multiplied. In other words, if you have a hit product on your hands, you must cynically generate as many forms of that product as you can, in order to take full economic advanta ... More >>

Gillibrand Meets With Gov, Clinton, Schumer; Talks Guns, Light Rail

Soon-to-be Senator Kirsten Gillibrand attended a lunch in midtown on Sunday afternoon with new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senator Charles Schumer and Governor David Paterson, after which the celebrated hunting advocate was left to face reporters alone without so much as a squirt gun. But s ... More >>

Whit Stillman's Valentine to New York at Christmas Time: Metropolitan

About the $14,000 cost of a table at the biennial International Debutante Ball, which took place at the Waldorf-Astoria on Monday night, director Margaret Hedberg told the New York Times, "watches cost more"--watches here meaning Cartier, not Casio. Plus, Hedberg said, "there are a lot of waiters ... More >>

Tech Notes: Diaroogle Disappoints

Michelle Obama Woos Gay Democrats in Midtown

Protesters Pop In On the Carlyle Group

Tough Day for Dr. Cohen

Flashback--Pirro at the Podium: Does Anyone Have Page 10?

Clinton challenger had a rocky voyage into primetime

Ferrer: "Gracias, Familia"

Weiner Thinks I Need a Raise

Pirro at the Podium: Does Anyone Have Page 10?

Hillary opponent has rocky voyage into primetime

Bully for Us

You talkin' to me, world? You talkin' to me? I'm the only empire around.

Skirting the Issues

Desperately seeking women voters, Bush sends in his own

Kerry's Catholic Question

Cardinal Edward Egan faces a defining moment in the 2004 race for the White House

Hospital Holiday

Study Finds Poor Oversight of a Billion Health Care Dollars

Listings

Listings

Keepers of the Flame

As Moderate Groups Turn Down the Heat, Anarchists Light a New Way for Dissent

Outside the Frozen Zone

Police, Demonstrators Gear Up for Anti-WEF Protests

The Ugliness of Force

Protesters Feel the Sting of New York's Finest

Anti-WEF Protest in New York City

A Field Guide

Checking in for Waldorf Hysteria

Free Traders and Fair Traders in Stalemate as CEOs Converge on New York

Up From Fox Street

Ferrer Campaigns For the ‘Other New York’

Sports

Father Frank's Crusade

A Staten Island Priest Leads a Costly and Well-Organized Campaign Against Abortion

No Union Label at a PEN Gala

Picket Lines Are Labor’s Free Speech

And the Winner Is . . .

The Hate That Makes Men Straight

Psychoanalysts probe the roots of homophobia

The Deportees

Mexican Workers Flock to Staten Island Despite Hardships