AndrewAndrew's N.Y. Diet | Get Totto Ramen Without the Wait

Friday, 24 June 2011 by IrwanKch

FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011

Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com

Marketing Gimmicks
Yep, That’s a Picture of Ron Swanson, Made Up of His Favorite Foods The NBC promotions department gets it.
Booze News
The Latest Endangered New York Institution Is ... the Pub Crawl Is nothing sacred?
Marketing Gimmicks
Of Course This Year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Might Lead to an ‘International Incident’ One Chinese competitor may be stuck without a visa.
Beating the System
How to Get Totto Ramen — Without the Wait How to get midtown's best noodles while avoiding the inevitable wait.
The Food Chain
Ashley Christensen of Poole’s Diner in Raleigh Loves the Brininess of the Anchovy Pizza at Nashville’s City House "It hits all the palate spots."
Letdowns
If You Want to Drink at the Movies, You’re Still Going to Have to Do It the Old-Fashioned Way The promise of drinking at Nitehawk has been rescinded.
Closings
H&H Bagels Falls Further Down the Hole The 'Wall Street Journal' explores the New York institution's financial woes.
Openings
Y Tacos, También Zengo has unveiled a rooftop taqueria.
Openings
Peep World to Become Douche Hang The porn store will close later this year and reopen as a rooftop gastropub.
Mediavore
Spend a Day With Alice Waters; G-20 Reaches Food Agreement Plus: Real Housewife Danielle Staub is on that Heidi Montag reality show, Chili's rolls out tabletop-ordering kiosks, and more, in our morning news roundup.
The Grub Street Diet
Artists AndrewAndrew Take Their Meals Together, Consider Themselves ‘Lab Rats of the Culinary Experience’ "You're going to have another meal in a couple hours or the next day anyway, so why not try something that might be revolting?"
Neighborhood Watch
Foursquare Deals at John Dory and Union Square Café; a Boozy Movie Theater Opens in Williamsburg Plus: an upscale steakhouse comes to the South Street Seaport, and more, in our daily roundup of neighborhood news.
Closings
Empellón Will Unseat Counter Just As Soon As Alex Stupak Gets His Liquor License Current projections are that the restaurant will close in four to six weeks.
Market Watch
Another Flea Market Flies Into the ’Burg Is it time to declare 2011 the Summer of Markets?
Quote of the Day
And We Thought Keith McNally’s Retorts Were Rough A Taiwanese blogger was sent to jail after writing a negative restaurant review.
Temporary Closings
Will the Pain Never End for PKNY? When will the bar's troubles end?