A weekly roundup of news, gossip, and stories that have stayed open in my tabs all week, including the James Beard Awards' new location, a federal sexual assault lawsuit against Keller's, and food safety tips during a cyclospora outbreak.
, a weekly roundup of the news, gossip, and stories that have stayed open in my tabs all week. Last time we coveredAnd we’re back!
How did you spend our two-week Open Tab hiatus? I spent our short break in coastal Connecticut where I ate more lobster rolls than any single person should. Generally, I try to grab lobster rolls from whichever beat-up roadside spot is nearest to the water. But I broke my own rule at Mystic’swith a screed against peanut butter.
If zero words in that sentence make sense to you, congratulations, you have a healthy, working brain.in a federal sexual assault lawsuit. It’s not the first lawsuit the company has faced this year. In March, a former employee at Keller’s French Laundry brought a suit against the companyWhere will the James Beard Awards be in 2029? Since 2015, the James Beard Awards have been held in Chicago, and over more than a decade they’ve become nearly synonymous with the city.
Every year chefs, bartenders, and other miscellaneous food folks flock to the Windy City hoping to win one of the culinary world’s highest honors. The Beards are a big deal for restaurants and chefs, but they’re also a big deal for the city of Chicago—and Chicago’s contract with the James Beard Foundation ends in 2028.
According to reporting shared by the James Beard Foundation, the awards bring in $8.3 million in direct spending, and more than a $1 million in state and local tax revenue. That could be major funding for a lot of cities. And, ifbecause they may contain glass. Throughout parts of the Midwest and in the Northeast, skies have been clouded over with.
And you’ve probably heard that the parasite cyclospora is making people across the country sick—although New York restaurants, at least,says it’s best to be wary of fresh produce if you’re living in an area with many cases of cyclosporiasis, you don’t need to cut out it out altogether. Fruits and vegetables that you peel before eating—bananas and avocados, for example—are mostly safe as long as you wash the produce and your hands before eating..
Does that seem expensive for a single sandwich? Would it change your mind to know that the sandwich is made with about a half pound of Wagyu beef? What about if I mentioned it’s slathered with a Gruyère mornay sauce? , which gained some traction online, owner Arthur Grigoryan declared he’d no longer serve the sandwich.
Suddenly, the internet was ablaze. Was it overpriced? Was it worth it? Commenters went back and forth debating the sandwich, its merits, and what food deserves a high price tag.
“It looks like a war,” Grigoryan told “Half the people are defending us, and then the other half are just like, ‘Oh, they're hiding behind the curtain of culture to justify the price. ’” After a deluge of messages and calls begging him to reinstate the sandwich on his menu, Grigoryan began serving it once more.
Now, he told theIf you’ve read an edition of Open Tab before , you’ll know that I have a lot of feelings about lines. Namely: I love good food as much as the next guy , but I am loathe to stand in a line. Why spend your one wild and precious life, I find myself asking, standing behind some schmuck?could stand in line for you?
It’s not a new idea, per se—around the hazy Obama years, line standers queued for iPhones and Cronuts—but it’s one that’s been fuelingfor nearly 15 years. You can also source line standers from sites like Task Rabbit, which is where I found Catherin A., who proudly boasts that she “will wait in line even in the most random situations! ” One wonders what random situations Catherin A. has waited for in the past . Readers, can we all promise each other that we’ll try our best to eschew lines and simply cling to our Resy notifies for dear life?that make your life easier. A Rhode Island native, he’s currently based in New York City where he can usually be found searching out the city’s best bakeries. Before BA, he spent ...
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