Zak Pelaccio

Related Search

News Home News Blog Michael Musto Nat Hentoff Ask a Mexican Dan Savage Archives Search Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Music Home Music Blog Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile 4Knots

Restaurants Home Food Blog Find a Restaurant Menus Happy Hours Deals Choice Eats Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Theater Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads Obie Awards Books Dance

Film Home Showtimes Film Poll 2011 Film Festivals Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals Web Awards Brooklyn Pour

Post an Ad Virtual Career Fair Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter After Dark Little Sexy Black Book

Blogs
April 19, 2012
Under the Toque: Zak Pelaccio's Upstate Restaurant Plans, David Chang on Kitchen Microbiology
Dale Schnell, formerly of Setai New York and Artisanal, will be the new executive chef of KTCHN, which will open in Hell's Kitchen in June. [Grub Street] Zak Pelaccio is planning to open a restaurant in Old Chatham, New York, which will be independent of the Fatty chain. [Capital New York]
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Where Was I Eating? Yerba Buena Perry
Well, you've done it again--guessed right on the first go around. I was at Yerba Buena Perry, chowing down on some hearts of palm fries and tasty squid ink paella.
Blogs
March 5, 2012
Jean-Georges Vongerichten's JoJo: A Fresh Look
You could walk right past and not notice it. A few nights ago, as part of a program to visit some of the city's older celebrity-chef restaurants, a friend and I invaded JoJo, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's first full-fledged chef assignment in NYC. Established in 1991, it was the launch pad for what ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2011
New York City's 17 Greatest Chefs
The re-Africanized fried chicken at Marcus Samuelsson's Red Rooster This highly idiosyncratic list is based entirely on my own dining predilections, and only includes chefs whose work I'm reasonably familiar with. Certain figures have been excluded from consideration -- Thomas Keller, for example ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2011
Fatty 'Cue Invokes Thai Custom to Encourage Heavy but Casual Drinking
Fatty 'CueA couple of days after opening his Carmine Street location of Fatty 'Cue, Zak Pelaccio has taken to Food Republic to explain his approach to the restaurant's bottle service. Unlike the odious practice common to certain twatty clubs, bottle service at Fatty 'Cue will mean drinking li ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2011
Zak Pelaccio 'In' at Food Republic; Joey Boroski 'In' at Ember Room
Zak Pelaccio is the latest chef turned online columnist. Like Sara Jenkins of Porchetta and Porsena, who pens essays for Atlantic Life, the Fatty Crab and 'Cue founder will be writing The Alimentary Canal for the Marcus Samuelsson-backed Food Republic. His co-contributor is colleague Jori Jay ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
Isa, the New Freemans' Offshoot, Is Very Pretty and Probably Smells Nice
After months of preserving an air of mystery around his forthcoming "hippie place", Taavo Somer has chosen to introduce his new Williamsburg restaurant to the world with a lovely and impossibly well-appointed photo montage on the T Magazine blog.
Blogs
July 1, 2011
Robbie Richter Has Left Fatty 'Cue
Robbie Richter, master of the pitThe Fatty Crew may have gained a Battery Park kiosk, but it has lost a pitmaster.
Blogs
May 27, 2011
Our 10 Best Barbecue Restaurants in NYC
Robert SietsemaMemorial Day weekend = meat-eating weekend The long weekend is soon approaching, and frolicking in the cool Hamptons waters and firing up the grill are surely top of mind. Stuck in the city this weekend? Don't despair -- you can still enjoy the pleasures of backyard barbecue ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to The Highliner; Goodbye to Enzo's Pizza
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Enzo's Pizza in the East Village reports is closing. No reason was given for the shutter. [EV Grieve] Kolette's Kitchen in Midtown closed its doors following the Passover holiday. [Midt ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2011
Ten Fascinating Ethnic Ingredients Chefs Should Get to Know Better
Sprinkled with sesame seeds, marinated jellyfish makes a memorable summer salad The last couple of decades have flooded NYC with colorful cuisines many of us never knew existed, and stocked ethnic markets with exotic ingredients that had strange names and fascinating properties. This influx ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2011
The DOH Dusts McSorley's Chandelier and Shutters Fatty 'Cue
Rebecca MarxThe Department of Health has been busy handing out demerits lately, playing cleaning lady at McSorley's and lavishing special attention on Fatty 'Cue.
Blogs
April 5, 2011
OMFG, It's a Ramp Fest!
applepiepatispate.comGlorified scallions, people. Glorified scallions.If Ciano's ramp-studded gnocchi got you all hot and bothered, well, that's just the beginning. Now comes word of a festival solely devoted to the odoriferous allium!
Blogs
February 18, 2011
Eat Like Our Country's Forefathers This Weekend at These Presidentially Themed Restaurants
blufftonpubliclibrary.orgThis weekend, eat like a king. Er, we mean president. Presidents' Day is just around the corner, and for most of us that means a long weekend. What better way to celebrate a day off than at a restaurant named after one of our country's great forefathers? OK, so not ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2011
Fatty Kiosks Will Peddle Fatty Fun in Battery Park
Rebecca MarxThe transformative powers of barbecue. Remember way, way back to August of 2009, when everyone couldn't wait to get their ass down to Wall Street to try the brisket at Picnick Smoked? As the food blogosphere has the attention span of a drunk gnat, the mania surrounding Will Goldfa ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2011
Ladies of LUPEC Pop Up at Fatty Johnson's This Week
Not your grandmother's cocktail hour.Fatty Johnson's, the pop-up restaurant and bar Zak Pelaccio and the Fatty crew have set up as they prepare for the next incarnation of the space that once housed Cabrito, is distinguishing itself by lining up a rotating cast of all-star bartenders. The fir ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2011
As We Wait for the Next Fatty, A Boozy Porky Pop-Up
The new Fatty.In order to fill the silence between the closure of Cabrito and the opening of the new restaurant concept that will occupy the space, Zak Pelaccio and partner Rick Camac are launching a pop-up bar and restaurant at 50 Carmine Street. Per Diner's Journal, it will be called Fatty ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2010
Cabrito Is Throwing a $30 All-You-Can-Gorge/Drink Good-Bye Party on Thursday
Although Zak Pelaccio told Sam Sifton he'd be closing Cabrito on Dec. 31, it looks like he's planning to bid farewell a few days earlier. This Thursday, the restaurant will host a $30, all-you-can-eat/drink good-bye party, complete with a family-style buffet and bottomless cocktails; reservat ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2010
Cabrito Is Closing
Laurieinbaltimore/FlickrCabrito, the sort-of Mexican restaurant that Our Man Sietsema once described as "nominally a glorified taqueria," is giving up the goat (sorry, couldn't resist). Sam Sifton got on the horn with Zak Pelaccio and learned that the chef will close his two-year-old restaura ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Chatting With Sara Jenkins: Fake Olive Oil, Jumping on the Greenmarket Bandwagon, and Williamsburg Restaurants That Feel Like Bars
Carla RoleySara JenkinsYesterday we spoke with Sara Jenkins about Porsena, the pasta restaurant she's planning to open down the street from Porchetta next month. Today, in the second part of the interview, the chef discusses how she ended up settling in New York following her European upbrin ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Introducing 'CueBrito: the Fatty 'Cue-Cabrito Mash-Up
alwayshungry.comThis guy on a tortilla, tomorrow.In the wake of another barbecued taco launch, Zak Pelaccio will unleash 'CueBrito, a Fatty 'Cue-Cabrito hybrid tomorrow. The one-night-only (for now) event is expected to return next spring, but both Fatty 'Cue and Cabrito will offer 'CueBrito ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2010
Blue Ribbon Will Serve Its Food at Marriotts Across the Land
Having already conquered Manhattan, Brooklyn, and a bowling alley, Blue Ribbon has decided to take on the world of hotel dining.
Blogs
June 23, 2010
April Bloomfield Unleashes Her Inner Vegetarian at the Saveur Barbecue
Nary a deep-fried trotter in sight. While her food at the Breslin isn't exactly synonymous with vegetarian dining, April Bloomfield surprised more than a few grazers at the Saveur magazine barbecue last night by serving not animal parts, but salad. The chef and her crew dished out a boldly-f ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Taste of Williamsburg Draws A Crowd
Keith WagstaffEveryone wants a taste of Williamsburg.A flood of foodies descended on a closed-off Williamsburg block on Sunday for Taste of Williamsburg, a benefit to raise money for the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center. All of Brooklyn 11211's biggest names were there: There ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2010
Post-Beard Awards, Amanda Cohen Concludes That "Girls Can't Cook"
Dirt CandyThe 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 >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
Lucky Rice Festival's Night Market: Street Food and Celebrity Chefs Under the Manhattan Bridge
Keith WagstaffFeelin' lucky?Last Friday, the underpass under the Manhattan Bridge was swarming with hungry people at the Lucky Rice Festival's Night Market. Stands from Momofuku Milk Bar, An Choi, Umi Nom, and 23 others were handing out free samples as well as selling goodies on the side. Cel ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2010
An Asian Food Fest Starts This Week, A Latino One is Coming in June
dslrninja/flickrA food fest for every breed.The first LUCKYRICE Festival kicks off this Thursday, celebrating the tastiest foods from Asia (and Asian Americans). Opening night will feature an Asian-inspired cocktail party at The Bowery Hotel hosted by Top Chef Masters' Kelly Choi, with a drin ... More >>
Dining
April 27, 2010
Fancy, Tasty Grease At Fatty 'Cue
At a new Williamsburg spot, the meat gets smoked—but so does your wallet
Blogs
April 19, 2010
Zak Pelaccio Responds to Fatty 'Cue's Inclusion on Our 10 Most Overrated Restaurants List
Sarah DiGregorioFatty 'Cue's pork spare ribs. Last Friday, we placed Zak Pelaccio's Fatty 'Cue on Our 10 Most Overrated Restaurants list. Needless to say, Pelaccio was less than thrilled about the inclusion, which called out the restaurant for "cynically small" portions and "cynically high" p ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2010
Fatty Cue's Pork Spare Ribs
Three pork ribs for a party of four?! Lamentations and gnashing of teeth ensued. Still, the ribs are so richly flavored and fat-streaked that a fraction of a rib was almost enough for each eater.
Blogs
March 10, 2010
We Have Tasted of Fatty 'Cue, and It Was Good.
Jori Klein/MetromixPelaccio sez: Fatty 'Cue by the end of the month.After an unsuccessful trip to Pies 'n' Thighs yesterday afternoon (damn you, Department of Buildings!), one-half of Fork in the Road was lucky enough to happen upon Zak Pelaccio, standing out in the sun in front of the nearly ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2009
Menu Details: Fatty Crab to Preview Fatty 'Cue on New Year's Eve
When we cornered Zak Pelaccio at the Saveur holiday party, he told us that his long-awaited barbecue restaurant, Fatty 'Cue, would open by March. But you don't have to wait that long to get a taste, because the Fatty Crab restaurants will be previewing Fatty 'Cue dishes and cocktails on New Y ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2009
Top Buzzy Openings of 2010; Worst Food Safety Scandals of 2009
What are some of the buzziest openings to look forward to in 2010? Keith McNally and Nate Appleman's Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria, natch. But also Loreley Williamsburg, Zak Pelaccio's Fatty Cue, and No. 7 Sub in the Ace Hotel. [Metromix] The city is getting increasingly lax on smoking speakeasi ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
Fatty Crab to Take to the Airwaves
This afternoon, the Fatty Crab crew will be, wait for it, chewing the fat on Heritage Radio Network. At 3 p.m., Zak Pelaccio and Cabrito designer Jori Jayne Emde will be joined by Rick and Jesse Carmac, Corwin Kave, Dave Schuttenberg, and Robbie Richter for an hour-long call in session, though don't ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2009
Caught on Camera: A Sneak Peak Inside Fatty 'Cue
Zak Pelaccio recently revealed that we can expect the long-awaited 'Fatty Cue to open in March 2010. But he couldn't divulge much more than that. Liza de Guia, whose mini food docs profile local cooks and food purveyors, managed to get her foot inside the Fatty 'Cue door and filmed what she s ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2009
Zak Pelaccio on the Long-Delayed Opening of Fatty 'Cue in Williamsburg
At the Saveur magazine holiday pot-luck last night, we cornered Zak Pelaccio (who contributed stewed pork to the event) and asked him the obvious question: When is Fatty 'Cue going to open?
Blogs
November 18, 2009
Own a Piece of Your Favorite Chef: Slow Food NYC Auctions Tools of the Trade
What would you give for this man's jacket? Some people throw their underwear onstage at Tom Jones (or Guy Fieri). Others stand in line for hours to get a copy of their favorite cookbook signed. If you're a die-hard fan of some of the chefs this city has produced, now's your chance to own a pi ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2009
It's All in the Delivery: Fatty Crab Comes to Your Door & Restaurant Week for Lazy Asses
Couch potatoes can rejoice this week. Not only is Zak Pelaccio's Upper West Side Malaysian-fusion mecca starting delivery service, but more than 100 restaurants around the city are participating in Delivery Week, a stay-at-home version of Restaurant Week. From October 19-31, order dinner at h ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2009
Zak Pelaccio Will Pop Up in Madison Square Park
As part of the Madison Square Park market that will take place from October 9 until November 1, Zak Pelaccio will be providing grub from Fatty Crab and Cabrito. Expect chorizo tacos, chicken satay skewers, taco el carbon, and the signature Fatty Dog, as well as a lot of beer and wine and lines to ri ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2009
And They're Off! Fall Restaurant Previews Are Out of the Gate
Both New York magazine and Metromix have unleashed their Fall restaurant previews today, lending a bit of autumnal snap to the dead heat of August. Names that everyone's smacking their lips over include Momofuku Midtown, which will be located in the old Town space; the Breslin, April Bloomfield's ne ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2009
The Early Word -- Fatty Crab [Uptown]
Saturday evening, just thinking about dinner before heading out to a rock club, I got a text from Zak Pelaccio: "Come up for some eats tonight," and later, by way of further incentive: "I have some baby lamb and some other fun." The carrion call of roast flesh was irresistible. I knew I couldn't r ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2009
Big Culinary News for Flatbush
A few years ago, Zak Pelaccio and Ana Jovancicevic told me about a wonderful Trinidadian snack shop on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights called A & A Bake and Doubles. Sadly (for Brooklynites, at least), the closet of a place closed last year and relocated to Queens. I had my first cha ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2007
Now Hiring: Jeffrey and Zak, Franny's, Wallse
A few years ago, Zak Pelaccio and Ana Jovancicevic told me about a wonderful Trinidadian snack shop on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights called A & A Bake and Doubles. Sadly (for Brooklynites, at least), the closet of a place closed last year and relocated to Queens. I had my first cha ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2007
Now Hiring: Danny Meyer, Wylie Dufresne, and an "Iron Chef"
A few years ago, Zak Pelaccio and Ana Jovancicevic told me about a wonderful Trinidadian snack shop on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights called A & A Bake and Doubles. Sadly (for Brooklynites, at least), the closet of a place closed last year and relocated to Queens. I had my first cha ... More >>

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Dining

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This