• Keith McNally dinged for relaying racially-tinged Anna Wintour anecdote

    Keith McNally dinged for relaying racially-tinged Anna Wintour anecdote

    Keith McNally is making friends online again. After Page Six reported that the legendary restaurateur was accused of libel after claiming as a bizarre joke that a well-respected creative director had skipped out on a bill, we’re told McNally has now upset Chinese Americans. On Wednesday, he posted a pic of Anna Wintour with an …
  • 75 Main gives away free champagne to AARP members after underage sting

    75 Main gives away free champagne to AARP members after underage sting

    At least some people are keeping their sense of humor these days. As Page Six first reported, Southampton hot spot 75 Main lost its liquor license, in part for serving booze to minors. Now we’re told owner Zach Erdem is celebrating the reinstatement of the license by offering free champagne — to anyone with an …
  • New startup brings gourmet dining experience to luxury apartment balconies

    New startup brings gourmet dining experience to luxury apartment balconies

    New Yorkers tired of dining on sidewalks have a new alternative: eating gourmet meals on the balconies of unsold luxury ­apartments. A New York startup called Resident is selling fancy dinners hosted on luxury condominium balconies, rooftops and gardens. Tickets cost between $150 and $250 for a five- to seven-course tasting menu with wine pairings. …
  • Cloister Cafe wins temporary restraining order against SLA

    Cloister Cafe wins temporary restraining order against SLA

    Nick Drobenko’s Cloister Cafe is claiming victory after a judge granted it a temporary restraining order against the State Liquor Authority and ruled that it could open temporarily on Friday. The East Village hot spot had sued the SLA last month after it was shut down for allegedly hosting secret after-hours parties and violating COVID-19 …
  • Omar Hernandez talks renamed La Boîte, social-distancing party plans

    Omar Hernandez talks renamed La Boîte, social-distancing party plans

    The show is over for Omar Hernandez at his private Lower East Side hot spot Omar’s La Boîte. The members’ dining club quietly reopened last month without his name, sparking buzz the nightlife impresario was ousted. He told Page Six that he’s still a partner, but that the pandemic made it impossible to provide the …
  • Restaurant workers flee Manhattan to find jobs in Hamptons

    Restaurant workers flee Manhattan to find jobs in Hamptons

    Unemployed city restaurant workers are banging down doors to find work in the Hamptons as the dining scene there explodes thanks to fleeing Manhattanites. But working in the luxurious beach hamlets also presents a unique set of hardships, especially for restaurant workers with young children and apartments in NYC. Felix, who asked that his surname …
  • Katie Holmes wines and dines with NYC chef Emilio Vitolo

    Katie Holmes wines and dines with NYC chef Emilio Vitolo

    Just over one year after splitting from boyfriend of six years Jamie Foxx, Katie Holmes has been spotted out and about it with New York chef Emilio Vitolo. Images captured by TMZ show the actress, 41, smiling from ear-to-ear while sipping vino with the culinary pro at Mediterranean restaurant Antique Garage in SoHo Tuesday night. …
  • Over half of NY restaurants face closure without COVID-19 bailout

    Over half of NY restaurants face closure without COVID-19 bailout

    Nearly two-thirds of restaurants in New York State say they’ll have to shut their doors if they don’t obtain additional government relief, according to a grim survey released Thursday. The New York State Restaurant Association polled 1,042 eateries and 64 percent said they are likely to close by year’s end without help to counter a …
  • Long Island launches campaign to lure New Yorkers with indoor dining

    Long Island launches campaign to lure New Yorkers with indoor dining

    This will really put salt in the wound of New York City restaurant owners and workers. Nassau County has launched a “Taste Nassau Today” campaign to woo city foodies over to Long Island to enjoy indoor dining at its restaurants because they can’t do so at Gotham eateries, where indoor dining is still banned because …
  • Hamptons restaurants preparing to stay open past summer due to COVID-19

    Hamptons restaurants preparing to stay open past summer due to COVID-19

    Fall is coming — and Hamptons restaurants are about to enter uncharted territory. As coronavirus lockdowns drag on, Manhattanites are in no hurry to return to their pokey apartments. So summer dining spots that would normally close after Labor Day are making unprecedented plans to stay open even as the weather cools. But even as …