Category: Zines

French Resistance – The Decline of PAMPLEMOUSSE in Las Vegas CityLife

The slow, steady decline of a once noble restaurant is hardly something we take pleasure in witnessing. But this week’s story in CityLife about the whys and wherefores of Pamplemousse’s recent tribulations (and its refusal to keep up with the times) is a fascinating study in obliviousness on the part of the owner (who refused to be interviewed), a clueless manager/maitre ‘d, and a poor chef soldiering on against all odds, cooking food that was dated twenty years ago.

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Esquire Magazine’s Best New Restaurants of 2009

Love him or hate him (and we love the guy), what John Mariani says about restaurants carries a lot of weight. That’s why his annual Best New Restaurants story in Esquire is eagerly anticipated each year, and is a big deal in the world of American chefs and restaurants.

We were sworn to secrecy, so didn’t post this until someone else did.

Here they are, and congratulations to Kim Canteenwalla’s SOCIETY for being the only Las Vegas restaurant to gain this recognition.

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR:

The Bazaar, Los Angeles – The Bazaar is chef Jose Andres’s masterpiece, where he has poured everything he knows about tapas into a menu that marries regional culinary traditions with his formidable creativity. Here you can choose from two dozen traditional tapas, including piquillo peppers stuffed with goat cheese and codfish croquettes with an aioli sweetened with honey, but there’s an even wider selection of fresh inventions that elevates the honored tradition of bar snacks to new heights: liquefied mozzarella with brussels-sprout leaves and the most intense cherry tomato you’ve ever popped in your mouth.

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