Notes From The Bar

Jay Jones, one of Canada’s most respected talents on the wood, is returning to fine dining after spending a year rebuilding the bar program for Donnelly Hospitality Management, the parent company of The Calling, Republic, Bar None, and a variety of other local nightclubs and style-forward pubs. Come early August (knock on wood), you’ll find [...]

Big feature on wine bars in this morning’s New York Times (hat tip to reader SH). It’s a read that makes one salivate:
At last count, nywinebarguide.com, a Web site devoted to tracking the city’s wine bars, had found 131 in the city, although Ray Kasbarian, its chief executive, conceded that the number was out of [...]

Paul and I had three objectives for this past week’s UD Awards. First, we couldn’t spend any of our own money. Check. Second, we couldn’t make any money. Check. Third, we had an outside hope that the winners would be proud enough of the industry recognition to display their awards prominently. This last was the [...]