How Michelin Inflates Restaurant Prices | Andrew Carmellini Taking Over Chinatown Brasserie Space

Wednesday, 20 June 2012 by IrwanKch

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012

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

Whoppers
Burger King Targeting Investors, Moms The fast-food chain wants families and moms to stop by for bacon sundaes.
Gastronomics
Gastronomics: How Michelin Inflates New York’s Restaurant Prices The French tire company's guidebook has a unique way of driving up prices. Felix Salmon looks at the phenomenon.
Lawsuits
Wiener Troubles: Lawsuit Alleges Hebrew National Hot Dogs Aren’t Actually Kosher Who could have possibly imagined that the quality control at a giant meat-processing facility would be called into question?
Coming Soon
Ooh La La: Andrew Carmellini Opening French Restaurant in Chinatown Brasserie Space No real details yet, but the restaurant should open before the end of the year.
The Burbs
L.I. Parents Lose Their Good Humor in Ice-Cream Snafu Their poor underprivileged children might have to endure summer without cookies-and-cream.
New Nordic
Moose Meat and Whole Foods: Lunch with Swedish Chef Magnus Nilsson The chef from Fäviken Magasinet, sometimes called the world's most daring restaurant, comes to New York.
Big
Chris Noth’s Personal Message Regarding the Cutting Room Come. On. Con. Ed.
Video Feed
Introducing Burritob0t, a Burrito-Making Robot See the video.
Use Your Noodle
Ivan Orkin Will Open Ivan Ramen NYC, His First Shop Outside of Japan A Long Island chef who has been making widely acclaimed ramen in Tokyo for the last five years is bringing his noodle game to New York this year.
The Other Critics
Sutton Gripes About Pok Pok While The New Yorker Praises It; Wells Swoons for NoMad The New Yorker likes Pok Pok, Ryan Sutton unsurprisingly doesn't.
Closings
Chinatown Brasserie Closing Today, Moving to Smaller Space Later This Year [Updated] The owners will update the menu and move to a 120-seat space.
Nashville
Café Owner Dies, Trapped in Walk-In Cooler Tragic story.
Welcome
Check Out the New Drool-Worthy Food Mag It's maybe too cool.
Leftovers
Bacon Bash on Saturday; ReRun Gastropub Closing Plus: new restaurants in Fort Greene and the East Village, beer from '21' Club, and more of today's leftovers.
Politix
‘New York City Hospitality Alliance’ Launches Via Nieporent, Hanson, Etc. Restaurant roar.
Court Street
Your Chance to Taste the Food, Witness the Wrath of Gordon Ramsay A Court Street kitchen gets Ramsay'd.
Foodievents
Lunch Gets Its Due with New Public Library Exhibit "Lunch Hour NYC" opens this Friday.