on the other hand: fucking clueless assed GrubStreet already has a picture of the place [albeit "unconfirmed" ] and i don't thnk there's absolutely any reason in the world i should be "scooped" by such a retarded a source as GrubStreet of all fucking websites.
(next thing you know, Eater will be blogging about shit that's actually fucking relevant. i mean come on now)

oh and i hear (your boy and mine) ray-pirkle will be GM.

sigh

on the one hand: i feel badly spilling the beans-- cuz serge-becker said to me personally how he's sick of all the asinine bloggetty blogs and how there was a time when stuff at least "had a few months to be cool" before becoming infested with stupidity and jerkoheads, blah blaah etc etc

on the other hand: clueless assed GrubStreet already has a picture of the place [albeit "unconfirmed" ] and i don't thnk there's absolutely any reason in the world i should be "scooped" by such a retarded a source as GrubStreet of all fucking websites.
(next thing you know, Eater will be blogging about shit that's actually fucking relevant. i mean come on now)

yah so
here's the picture ---> http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/05/is_thi...f_la_esq_1.html

and yes, that's the place.

coming like any millisecond now.




oh and i hear (your boy and mine) ray-pirkle will be GM.

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/06/confir...er_revivin.html
Confirmed: Serge Becker Reviving Eastanah Space

This is going to be good.Photo: Daniel Maurer
Serge Becker’s rep Nadine Johnson isn’t saying anything outside of what we’ve already heard about his new restaurant in the old Eastanah space, but for the record, she confirms that his partners are Oliver Stumm and Dominique Clausen of A Touch of Class. The strategy is brilliant: Open a smallish place so that the overflow is forced to grab a taco at La Esquina across the street. Not that it’s that easy to walk into that place. Serge Becker is one of the city’s most modest restaurateurs, so on his behalf we’re calling for the traffic island across from La Esquina and the new place to be rechristened Serge Becker Park.

Earlier: Is This Serge Becker’s New Restaurant?

sigh

on the one hand: i feel badly spilling the beans-- cuz serge-becker said to me personally how he's sick of all the asinine bloggetty blogs and how there was a time when stuff at least "had a few months to be cool" before becoming infested with stupidity and jerkoheads, blah blaah etc etc

on the other hand: clueless assed GrubStreet already has a picture of the place [albeit "unconfirmed" ] and i don't thnk there's absolutely any reason in the world i should be "scooped" by such a retarded a source as GrubStreet of all fucking websites.
(next thing you know, Eater will be blogging about shit that's actually fucking relevant. i mean come on now)

yah so
here's the picture ---> http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/05/is_thi...f_la_esq_1.html

and yes, that's the place.

coming like any millisecond now.




oh and i hear (your boy and mine) ray-pirkle will be GM.

That's why this is the type of info you should be putting in the private section of the forum. Remember what we talked about?

oh and i hear (your boy and mine) ray-pirkle will be GM.

LOL.

Prediction: To be seen on several food blogs, any minute now -

BREAKING: Serge Becker's Cafe Select to Open July 4th Weekend; Breakfast is Served!

uhhh yah, update:

(your boy and mine) ray-pirkle is evidently only CONSULTING on CafeSelect and will NOT be staying on as GM. cuz he's now the F&B for StandardHotels, so ya know-- he gots other things to do.