Topic: Ken Friedman

The Lo-Down takes a look at Community Board 3's SLA Committee agenda for February. Someone (though probably not Ken Friedman) is applying for the...

The Monkey Bar

When you're flush with cash and cachet in certain prominent fields—at the head of DreamWorks, the Yankees or even The New Yorker—it's expected...
![CDATA[ November 1. That's the date Ken Friedman, the man behind The Ace Hotel NYC's Michelin-starred The Breslin, hopes to have his second...

The Spotted Pig

In Short - Every aspect of this West Village eatery and hangout was devised by owner Ken Friedman with a particular aesthetic and concept in mind. Waiters in swine-themed shirts balance plates of chef April Bloomfield's specialties, like the juicy burger served ...

The Breslin Bar & Dining Room

Even in a city smitten with large-format feasts-whole hogs, huge steaks, heaps of fried chicken-the Breslin breaks new gluttonous ground. The third project from restaurant savant Ken Friedman and Anglo chef April Bloomfield offers the most opulently fatty food in New York-served ...
The IACFS/ME (International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME) reports that the organization has learned of a documented case of post-H1N1 chronic fatigue syndrome.. "The patient is a 15-year-old male New Zealander who contracted H1N1 on a trip to Mexico and ...

31 great new places

Restaurant at the Standard Hotel Rooms may be for tourists at this High Line-straddling glass-walled tower, but chef Dan Silverman's food at the as-yet-unnamed restaurant (slated to open at the end of June) will likely please the locals, too. BKLYN Larder ...

Locanda Verde

Locanda Verde Since Robert De Niro's first Greenwich Hotel eatery, Ago, received critical pans, he brought in the big guns with this reboot. 377 Greenwich St at North Moore St (212-925-3797). The snacks will headline at this 12-seat shop from owners ...

The John Dory, Barbao

In the Garden under the SeaWith just 50 seats and not much aisle, and given its elite gastropub provenance, born out of Spotted Pig with April Bloomfield at the stove and Ken Friedman wheeling about out front, John Dory will not be ...

Restaurant of the Week(end): The Spotted Pig

Top 10 Midnight Meals, #3 When the Spotted Pig opened in 2004, it was a thunderous hit among Manhattans trendiest denizens. A collaboration between Mario Batali, A& R exec Ken Friedman and chef April Bloomfield, this Anglo-Italian gastropub swims against the tide ...