at the sign of The Pink Pig

Who That Man? It's Gabriel Kreuther

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  July 7, 2015]

Excitement untrammeled as Gabriel Kreuther launches his signature restaurant in the vast ground floor space of the Grace Building--the 42nd street bskyscraper which curves appealing as it heads towards the sidewalk.

Almost inexplicable excitement, unless the foodie pendulum is really swinging in favor of veteran chefs opening formal big-box rooms in midtown office blocks. Could that be the case?

A Slow September: Ten Years Ago

[Pink Pig Time Machine by Wilfrid:  September 22, 2014]

After the Seattle-Vancouver trip, I settled into a quiet September back in New York. I was reading Mademoisse de Maupin for the first time, and spending evenings up in Harlem, especially at a little neighborhood duve bar called Jewel Lounge--one of a vanishing breed of uptown corner bars for locals.

I headed over to the Brooklyn Lyceum to see a double bill of Gogol, "The Overcoat" and "The Nose"--and I ate out a few times too.