Recent celebrity sightings at restaurants on OpenTable… * Brotherless Joe Jonas grabbed a bite at Ainsworth in Manhattan. [NY Post] * Hilary Duff and her hockey player husband dined at Andrea’s in Las Vegas. [People] * Football player Cam Newton ate at Blue Water Grill in New York’s Union Square. [NY Post] * Hayden Panettiere and Lucy Liu had dinner, separately, at Bond 45 in the [...]
Mad Men
On Our Plate: Top Female Chefs; iPad App for Restaurants; Atlanta Hotel Restaurant Week; Poutine; Pete Campbell’s Fave App; Dine Out to Fight AIDS
Happenings on and around OpenTable… * We’re celebrating the release of our new Electronic Reservation Book and iPad app for restaurants. Get all the details! * What app would Pete Campbell use if Mad Men had smartphones? Take one guess! * There are many women making history in restaurant kitchens across the nation. We’ve rounded up 12. [...]
On Our Plate: 100 Hottest Restaurants in the U.S.; Ramps Are Here; Austin Restaurant Week; Where Mad Men’s Don Draper Should Dine in Season 5
Happenings on and around OpenTable… * We’re celebrating the 2012 Diners’ Choice Awards for Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurants. How many hot spots have you dined at? * Where will Don Draper dine during Mad Men’s fifth season? We take ten guesses. * This week’s restaurant review trend? Ramps! * Do you view the menu before dining at a [...]
Mad Men Season 5 Restaurants: Where Should Don Draper Dine in New York?
Like the rest of the free world, I’m beyond excited about the premiere of Mad Men on Sunday, March 25th. Last year, longing for our favorite faces from Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, we rounded up New York City restaurants that Don Draper dined at. Today, we’re wondering where he and the rest of the Mad [...]
The New Business Lunch Etiquette: Five Tips for Today’s Foodies
Business lunches have been around since before the days of Don Draper and martinis at 1PM. While the rules used to be a bit more relaxed back then in terms of boozing, business lunches have always had a reputation for being buttoned-up events. However, since we’ve become a nation of foodies, have the rules for [...]
Top Chef Texas Episode 6: Chef Ed Hardy Wonders, ‘Who Shot Ty-lör?’
This week’s Top Chef: Texas has Ed Hardy of Red Rooster Harlem and I in a decidedly Dallas state of mind First, what up with all the chef-smokers? As a former smoker, I am proud to say that I made it through culinary school without a puff! Why do you think so many chefs light up? Because we [...]
Dining Poll: Are Restaurant Matchbooks Keepsakes or Relics?
Today is the 36th Annual Great American Smokeout! Smoking in restaurants has gone the way of Mad Men like Don Draper, but matchbooks can still be found in many establishments. Do you collect ‘em or use them at home to light candles or the grill — or do you eschew ‘em? Vote in today’s poll! [...]
‘The Next Iron Chef’ Episode 1: Chef Marc Forgione Talks Sammies and Slides
Move over, Mad Men. Sunday nights have even more must-see TV for foodies, thanks to the premiere of season 3 of The Next Iron Chef. Competitor Marc Forgione has signed on to help shepherd OpenTable diners through every episode this season, win, lose, or draw (and we’re going to hold you to that, Chef!). We’ll [...]