Clinton Street Update, New Chefs Edition
December 05, 2003
What does it say that we've gone
more than a month without posting anything about
Clinton Street? Why, that it's time to ratchet the hypemeter on downtown's culinary expressway back up!... First, some very welcome news: LES stalwart bar
Barramundi, which as we
reported in September is being forced out of its space on Ludlow Street when its lease is up next August, will reopen at 67 Clinton Street (the Olga's Bridal Shop storefront) next fall... On the restaurant scene, change is afoot with the
71 Clinton/Alias hivemind.
Alias, which we've always adored, now has a full liquor license and some new people running the show: Anthony Rose (formerly part of Jonathan Waxman's kitchen at
Washington Park, a pricier—though also deeply excellent—establishment) is the new chef, and Warren Fraser is running the front of house and wine program, which he also did at Washington Park and Lupa. This Monday, we'll be hitting the
Full Moon Lunar Dinner at Alias featuring "biodynamic wines." (And yes, we'll be paying our own way. Nothing must impinge the truly earth-shattering journalism regularly committed in this space!) Look for us in the purple top hat... Meantime, a stone's throw away,
Matthew Reguin celebrates his final night as chef at
71 Clinton on Saturday.
Phillip Strange, now the sous chef, will become head chef. Says our source, "He's been in charge on Sunday nights for over a year and, besides having perhaps the coolest name of any chef in town, can really sling the hash."
how was the dinner at alias?
Posted by: bill clinton at December 11, 2003 09:50 AM
Yeah, was it worth the 75 clams?
Posted by: Big Pun at December 11, 2003 09:56 AM
Al(i)as, the flu struck us down. We're re-upping for the next Full Moon. (A pal who dined at Alias last night, though, reports that it's better than ever under the new kitchen team.)
Posted by: Lock at December 11, 2003 11:15 AM
i don't get it. are you citinest, too?
Posted by: puders at December 15, 2003 10:30 PM
Wait, the sidebar stuff is now the mainbar stuff!? Too early in the morning for such a quantum shift of reality.
Posted by: me at December 16, 2003 10:11 AM
There is no relationship between this site and Citinest. That's what makes their use of our content so visionary.
Posted by: Lock at December 16, 2003 10:13 AM
Do they pay you? Other than the tv bit there is nothing on the site!!!
Posted by: me at December 16, 2003 10:41 PM
