June 2008

Today’s Globe makes another hillock from a dung heap with a story entitled “Group pans restaurateur for foie gras statement”. The only redeeming thing about it is that it’s brief.
Here’s the salient graph:
Mr. Ferreira [Manny from Le Gavroche and Senova] was quoted in a business paper as stating that he did not believe that the [...]

It’s not out yet but a reliable tipster reveals that the upcoming July issue of Van Mag will sport a glowing review of the Gallery Café, the same restaurant that cost my palate dearly last week (read excerpts of my review here). I don’t know who wrote it, but this is about as fine an [...]

My review in the Westender this week sees The Gallery Cafe as all that and a bag of mediocrity:
…The biggest disappointment dove-tails squarely with the obvious lack of effort. I’m not sure if it’s a management or an ownership problem, but it needs to get sorted out. Right now, with what they’re currently bringing to [...]