NEWS: Inventor Of Theme Restaurants Dies

The next time you’re at a theme restaurant—perhaps a Hard Rock Café, Jekyll & Hyde Café, Johnny Rockets, Medieval Times or Planet Hollywood—remember David Tallichet, the founder of the genre.* He passed away last month at age 84, and his story was told recently by The Wall Street Journal. Back in the 1960s, he designed…
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NEWS: World’s Most Expensive Restaurants

Grant Achatz flight of hearts of Palm at Alinea in Chicago. See the rest of the Cuisine Gallery at AlineaRestaurant.com.   If we won the lottery, we’d take our main squeeze and our four best friends on a tour of these top temples of cuisine, named by Forbes Magazine as the 12 most expensive restaurants…
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RESTAURANTS: Bon Appétit Café Pops Up In NYC

Our goat cheese Caesar salad by Uber Chef Michel Richard was memorable…but the room by David Rockwell Associates made it even more so.   Lunch fun, anyone? Through November 2nd, everyone in the Big Apple can take ephemeral joy in the pop-up restaurant concept from Bon Appétit magazine. Featuring fine casual cuisine from some of…
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