Future of Food Media | First Look at Polar

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010 Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com
Two for Eight Tables Available at Jean Georges, Oceana; Marea Mostly Booked. It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. Today: Splurge. Booze News People Are Drinking More, Spending Less Americans turn to cheap brands of alcohol. Thought Pieces Sietsema Looks at the Past, But What’s the Future of Food Media? A history of restaurant reviewing makes one ask: What's next? Chef Shuffle Another Jerky Boy: New-ish Jo’s Chef Colin Kruzic The Nolita restaurant gets a new chef and beef-jerky special. Freebies Today’s Freebies: Burritos, Cheese Plates, and Gelato Get 'em while you can. Temporary Closings What Is Lesly Bernard Cooking Up at Cantina Latina? A restaurant with an identity crisis? Slideshow First Look at Five Napkin Burger UWS Prepare for rosemary aïoli, Upper West Siders. Brave New World Allow Wylie Dufresne to Fix You a Drink He's among the new wave of chefs that are getting into cocktails. Foodievents Thierry Marx and Other Gascon Greats Invade New York D'Artagnan celebrates its 25th anniversary with Gascony Week. The Chain Gang The Subwayization of Manhattan Continues After taking the Bowery, Subway spoils Hell's Kitchen. Mediavore Weekend Holidays Good for Restaurants; Bar Boulud London Coming in May Plus: melamine-tainted food in China, and school-lunch advocates vexed, all in our morning news roundup. Slideshow First Look at Polar Lounge and Its VIP ‘Polar Caves’ The Marcel Hotel introduces a subterranean lounge, $17 cocktails, and food from 'inoteca. Neighborhood Watch Anella’s New Menus; Secret Café in Clinton Hill Plus: Mile End struggles with the demand for smoked meat, and how to meet the brothers Voltaggio, in our regular roundup of neighborhood food news. Openings Conant’s Faustina Menu Revealed The first available resy is on February 5. Personalities Colicchio: My, How David Chang Has Grown "When David worked for me, we wouldn't let him work the hot line."		Shop-A-Matic »    Agenda »    Best Bets »    Fashion Alert »    See all newsletters »     Subscribe to New York