The Griffin Dies | Jeremy Piven: Enemy of the Sea

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009 Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com
Two for Eight Tables Available at Craftbar, Tabla; Eleven Madison Park Mostly Booked It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. Today: Danny Meyer and Tom Colicchio. Closings Fledgling ‘Democratic’ Club the Griffin Dies in First Trimester A superclub meets a modest end. New Boss Dean Poll, You’ve Just Won Tavern on the Green! Out with the LeRoys, in with the Poll! Foodievents Greenpoint Seeks DIY Foodies The Greenpoint Food Market opens next month. Celebrity Settings Jeremy Piven: Enemy of the Sea The actor is the worst thing to happen to the ocean since the 'Exxon-Valdez.' Foodievent Le Fooding Descends Onto P.S.1 The French-American food exchange program is sort of accessible to mere mortals. Marketing Gimmicks Paul McCrudden: Breaking Lunch-Line Barriers One British guy's audacity inexplicably pays off. Mediavore What’s Next for April Bloomfield; Vendors Renting Vets Plus: HiFi gets fancy, and farm profits fall, all in our morning news roundup. The New York Diet Missy Robbins Would Be Happy to Give Fabio Viviani Her Bomboloni Recipe "My sous-chefs were drinking Negronis, a bunch of us were drinking 75s, and my chef de cuisine, Jeremy, enjoys wine. Not a hard-liquor drinker, that guy." Fall Preview Ken Friedman on the Virtues of No Reservations The restaurateur is a "a last-minute, what-should-we-do-in-the-next-half-hour kind of guy." Neighborhood Watch Picknick Smoked Will Deliver; Last Chance for the Redhead’s Peanut-Butter–Bacon Sundae Plus: Veselka Bowery scores a liquor license, and an airy Tribeca restaurant space is available for rent, if you have $14,000 a month. Renovations Old Lady Died Moved So You Can Eat at Dovetail John Fraser wins; Dovetail will expand.		Shop-A-Matic »    Agenda »    Best Bets »    Fashion Alert »    See all newsletters »     Subscribe to New York