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COVID Claims NYC’s Beloved Augustine Restaurant, Owned by Keith McNally, Who’s Also Had to Sell a Home to Keep Going

Sad news in the New York restaurant world. COVID-19 and the quarantine have claimed the beloved Augustine restaurant, owned by famed veteran Keith McNally....

Sirio Maccioni, the Greatest Restaurateur of Our Time, Has Died at 88, Created Legendary Le Cirque, of Food and Fame

Reports from Italy that Sirio Maccioni, the towering restaurateur, the man who gave us Le Cirque (and its children, like Osteria del Circo) has...

Donald Trump’s $1200 Stimulus Check Might Cover Dinner for 2, Possibly 3, at Restaurants of Chefs He Named Today

Donald Trump's daily insane ramble, today from the Rose Garden, included a long list of CEO's...

Famed Restaurateur Keith McNally Thanks Hospital Nurses for His COVID Stay, with A Humorous Raunchy Twist

Keith McNally has been released after going stir crazy in a London Hospital recovering from covid-19. The legendary owner of Balthazar and Pastis restaurants,...

UPDATED: Famed Jewish Delicatessen Nate n Al’s of Beverly Hills Insists They’re Not Closing Forever, But Who Knows What’s Going On?

MONDAY UPDATE: Nate n Al's says they are not closing forever and that the media got it wrong. Well, they should have explained themselves...

NYC Charity Season: WCBS’s Chris Wragge Hosts American Cancer Society’s Taste of Hope– Fights Disease, Promotes Four Star Dining

Did you miss The American Cancer Society' 14th Annual Taste of Hope this year? It was held at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New...

Where the Stars Are: Clint Eastwood, Debra Messing, Mick Jagger, Dr. Oz All Like to Eat Out

Yes, the stars must eat. Even the thin ones like a good meal! Debra Messing spotted dining at Soho hotspot Mamo after a party...

Good Manners Matter: Judith Martin and Letitia Baldrige Have a Successor

My old friend Norah Lawlor writes in a new book: "Why do manner matter? ... In an era where a message placed online can...

Cannibal Film “Green Inferno” Pulled at Last Minute from Release Schedule

Eli Roth's The Green Inferno" has suddenly been pulled from the release schedule by Open Road Films. The controversial horror film was due in...

Nora Ephron Has Died At Age 71

Nora Ephron has died at age 71 from myeloid leukemia. Here's the New York Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/movies/nora-ephron-essayist-screenwriter-and-director-dies-at-71.html?_r=1&hp New York has lost some amazing women...