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Posted: April 29, 2005 By Juliet Glass
Last November Philippe Lajaunie purchased the Beach Castle Hotel, at 4210 Collins Avenue in Miami and is reopening it in two phases as a glatt kosher dining spot and hotel. Lajaunie is the owner of Brasserie Les Halles in Manhattan, D.
Posted: April 29, 2005 By Juliet Glass
Bill Telepan, who has been looking at spaces and fielding job offers since the closing of Manhattan's Judson Grill last July, has firmed up plans for a place of his own. In March the ink dried on a deal for him to take over the Santa Fe Restaurant space, at 72 West 69th St.
Posted: March 18, 2005 By Juliet Glass
Two Napa Valley winemakers, Leslie Rudd of Rudd Winery and Pat Roney of Girard Winery, have teamed up with Reuben Katz, senior director, The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, to open a new restaurant called Press in St.
Posted: March 18, 2005 By Juliet Glass
The London- and NYC-based Orient-Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises acquired its first West Coast property with the purchase of El Encanto Hotel and Garden Villas in Santa Barbara. The company plans to close the property in the fall for a $10 million revamp, restoring the historic buildings and bringing 1970s additions in line with the property's overall California Craftsman/Spanish Colonial Revival style.
Posted: March 2, 2005 By Juliet Glass
Grant Achatz will launch his first solo venture, Alinea, at 1723 North Halsted Street in Chicago in March. Achatz is an alumnus of The French Laundry who went on to gain avant-garde culinary fame manning the stoves at Trio in Evanston, Illinois.
Posted: March 2, 2005 By Juliet Glass
Daniel Boulud will be opening Daniel Boulud Brasserie in Steve Wynn's new resort and casino, Wynn Las Vegas, slated to launch in April. Well, Boulud will be in good company; here's the lowdown on the rest of Wynn's culinary cast of characters.
Posted: March 2, 2005 By Juliet Glass
Big changes are afoot at the legendary Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. In April, the hotel's newish owners, the NYC-based Elad Properties, which concluded the purchase just last August, will close the Plaza for a sweeping top-to-bottom $100 million makeover.
Posted: March 2, 2005 By Juliet Glass
In April, brothers Marc and Greg Sherry will open a third outpost of their New York City steakhouse Old Homestead, at 7501 Wisconsin Ave. in Bethesda, MD. No word yet on the exec chef. High ceilings and zebra wood give the 240-seater a less traditional steakhouse vibe than the original.
Posted: February 2, 2005
Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Phil Suarez have set their sights on Minneapolis for their next Asian-themed venture. The yet-to-be-named spot will be located in the Chambers hotel, sister to NYC's Chambers, and is the brainchild of Ira Drukier (BD Hotels) and local real estate magnate Ralph Burnet.
Posted: January 21, 2005
Nick Peyton and Douglas Keane, co-owners of St. Helena's Market and San Francisco's Tablespoon, will open Cyrus, a luxe dining destination in the new Le Mars Hotel in Healdsburg, California, in January.
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