Scenes From Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Umami Burger Coming to New York Next Year

Tuesday, 5 July 2011 by IrwanKch

TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2011

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

Quote of the Day
There’s No Such Thing As ‘Chinese’ Food It's all about regional cooking, you philistines.
Openings
More Details Emerge on ‘Neurogastronomical’ Restaurant Romera New York Romera New York, when it opens in the fall, will blow your mind.
The Other Critics
Welcome Back, Psilakis? More praise for MP Taverna.
Slideshows
Outtakes — and Intakes — From Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest See our slideshow of behind- and in-front-of-the-scenes footage.
Menu Changes
FoodParc Adds a Salad Bar, Quality Greens And BeerParc loses the Fatty Snack stand.
Beer Me
Robert Moses Has a Beer (Named After Him) Now you can toast the urban planner, if that's your thing.
Questionable Victories
Kobayashi Sets Possible Hot-Dog World Record Sixty-nine dogs! But he wasn't officially competing in the annual Nathan's Famous contest.
Empire Building
Umami Burger New York Slated for ‘Late 2012’ Wildly popular L.A. chain Umami Burger is coming to New York by the end of next year.
In the Magazine
Adam Platt on Boulud Sud; More on the Closing of H&H Plus: Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld on three new opening, and more, in this week's 'New York.'
Mediavore
Eating in Restaurants Makes You Fat; Ostrich-Egg-Shortage Alert Plus: a banana-shaped car tours Michigan, E.U. resumes food aid to North Korea, and more, in our morning news roundup.