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City Feels Economic Pinch, but It’s Only a Pinch

Simon Oren on Recession

9 / 2 / 2008

Simon Oren, who owns or manages more than a dozen restaurants in Manhattan, including Marseille in Midtown and Nice Matin on the Upper West Side, said customers have begun shifting down in their tastes and spending this summer.

Source: New York Times
Off the Menu

Cafe D'Alsace Opens

3 / 6 / 2006

Mr. Roussel is originally from Brittany, but he knows something about Alsace, judging from his tarte flambée (onions and bacon), potée (bean soup) and choucroute made with pork, duck or seafood:

Source: New York Times
Urban Studies/Pouring; This Beer's for You.

Aviram Turgeman, Beverage Director

5 / 28 / 2006

Mr. Turgeman is the beer sommelier at Cafe D'Alsace, a French bistro that opened three months ago on Second Avenue and 88th Street. And he was all seriousness one recent evening as he explained the offerings to the couple seated at the lacquered mahogany

Source: New York Times