Oprah’s Chef Headed to White House With Obama?; VIPs Get Ko Dishes at Ssäm Bar
Plus: Gourmet eats at the ballpark, Marco Pierre White's dress-code faux pas, salmonella-tainted tomatoes, and more in our morning digest of news and gossip.
Posted 05/27/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Ko-thario Ends Up ‘Eating Dirty Sex’ on Date
The saga of the Momofuku Ko-thario — the man who used Craigslist to leverage his extra seat at Ko into a date with Dominique of Dominique Eats Out — has come to an end
Posted 05/23/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Ko-thario Picks Food Blogger Over Atheist Carnivore
According to one of his potential Ko dates, he's "funny, charming, lots in common, cute. Looks like a tall dark Jewish Michael Cera."
Posted 05/22/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Ko Now Slightly Easier to Get Into
Momofuku Ko is now taking Tuesday reservations, meaning it’s open seven days a week.
Posted 05/21/08 in Grub Street
Mediavore
Florent’s Legacy; Robert Mondavi, R.I.P.
Plus: Why Frank Bruni likes Florent, great Websites for finding recipes, and more in our morning roundup of news and gossip.
Posted 05/21/08 in Grub Street
The Other Critics
Another Rave for Ko; Mixed Reviews on Bar Q
Ko rave No. 35, San Domenico gets some rare Richman love, and Bar Milano comes up short, in our weekly critics roundup.
Posted 05/20/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Craiglist Ko-thario Reveals Himself As Creator of $12,000 Knish
The author of a Craigslist ad gloating about his Ko reservations and offering a seat up to any takers (preferably Brazilian porn stars or Padma Lakshmi) has come forward.
Posted 05/19/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Craigslister Offers a Seat at Ko to Hot Foodies
A reader sends us a Craigslist posting from a Momo-freako who is really hard up to go to Ko with a Brazilian porn star.
Posted 05/19/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Ko to Serve Lunch?; Bar Carrera's Expansion Complete
Josh Hartnett's party spot and a Q&A with chef Philippe Massoud in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 05/12/08 in Grub Street
Mediavore
Imagining Cipriani Without Liquor; Gael Greene's Double Date
'Top Chef' might be heading north, Gael Greene's double date, and more in our morning roundup of food news and gossip.
Posted 05/07/08 in Grub Street
The Other Critics
Three Inevitable Stars for Ko; Five Surprising Stars for Eleven Madison
Ko cleans up, despite all its hardships, but that's no surprise; Restaurant Girl's going gaga for Eleven Madison Park at this late day, though, is.
Posted 05/06/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Will Ko Break Bruni's Four-Star Dry Spell? (Updated: No!)
Bruni hasn’t thrown down four stars in 175 weeks, meaning that he has exactly matched the Times’ longest stretch without a four-star rave. What does this mean for Ko?
Posted 05/05/08 in Grub Street
The In-box
Gael Greene's Ko Conspirator Goes on the Defensive
By now you might be almost as sick of hearing about Gael Greene's and Tom Dobrowski's Ko reservation debacle as you are of, say, trying to get a reservation at the place — but we thought we'd post Dobrowski's latest e-mail to us by way of a coda.
Posted 05/05/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Gael Greene Takes David Chang to School
Gael Greene finally weighs in on her date with Tom Dobrowski, the Craigslister who was accused of canceling his reservation at Momofuku Ko only to show up playing dumb.
Posted 05/02/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Ko Controversy: A Witness Emerges From the Shadows
A man who says he dined at Ko beside Gael and her Craigslist date offers his account of events.
Posted 05/02/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Gael Greene’s Craigslist Ko Date Speaks Out!
After accusations that he may have reserved seats at Ko and canceled them after his Craigslist ad didn't get any responses, Thomas Dobrowski, who doesn’t appreciate being called a “weird guy” by Frank Bruni, tell us about his date with Gael Greene.
Posted 05/02/08 in Grub Street
Beef
Gael Greene's Craigslist Date Keeps Getting Shadier
The Craigslist Ko diner not only kinda humiliated Gael Greene, but he used Frank Bruni as a name-dropped pawn. The nerve!
Posted 05/01/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Meet the Doppelchanger
David Chang has a doppelgänger named David Chan. Or is it the other way around?
Posted 05/01/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Gael Greene Goes on a Craigslist Date at Ko, Stirs Controversy
The guy who posted a Craiglist ad asking for someone to pay for his dinner at Momofuku Ko actually got some takers — and some high-profile ones, at that. He told our own Gael Greene, his ultimate choice, that he turned down Frank Bruni for her.
Posted 04/30/08 in Grub Street
The Other Critics
Ko’s First Non-Rave Finally Arrives; One Star for Commerce
Ko isn't really all that to one critic, Benoit gets off with a bang, and Commerce takes a one-star hit from Frank Bruni this week.
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