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After a series of setbacks, Piper Goldstein ‘s neighborhood food market, Atwater Village Farm , finally passed its health inspection on Monday and will open for business as of December 16 . To start, while soft open, the store will serve from 11AM to 8PM until December 23. Additional hours and dates to come, but an official launch is planned for early next year. [EaterWire] Go here to read the rest: Eater Tracking: After a series of setbacks, Piper…
When Tim Zagat, founder of burgundy bible Zagat Survey, passed through LA last September to announce the 2012 restaurant winners, he commented that in the world of Los Angeles dining, eating establishments’ weakest link is service (61% of Zagat guide restaurant complaints are service-related). Today, NY Post profiles server training at some of NYC’s top restaurants, click through for tactics utilized by the top guns. For example, a Danny Meyer waiter says, ” We were supposed to imagine we were floating across the room like swans on a glistening pond .” [NY Post] Read the original: Training Tactics: When Tim Zagat, founder of burgundy…
[Photos: Surf Lodge; Ruschmeyer’s] This morning Brigham Yen breaks big news that Hotel Clark, located near 4th and Hill downtown, will relaunch as a new boutique hotel brand under the guidance of by Ben Pundole and Ed Scheetz of King & Grove . While this company name may not sound entirely familiar to west coasters, anyone that hit up the Hamptons this summer might have frequented hippity hotspots Surf Lodge or the newer Ruschmeyer’s , both of which are King & Grove properties and both of which incorporate sceney restaurants. Former Top Chef contestant Sam Talbot has run Surf Lodge’s kitchen for years, meanwhile Phil Winser and chef Ben Towill of NYC’s The Fat Radish (which very much reminds us of Eveleigh) came onboard to operate edibles at Ruschmeyer’s. King & Grove also recently announced plans to overhaul the Tides hotel in South Beach, and it looks like downtown LA is next. In any event, we dropped Pundole a note to see what’s up, stay tuned. · Hotel Clark to be Reborn as King & Grove Hotel in Downtown LA [BY] Original post: Vital Updates : Surf Lodge and Ruschmeyer’s Operators Take to the West Coast with a New King & Grove Property Opening Dtown
