NY Observer > Mario Batali http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/30376/feed Articles from Observer.com en Senate Sanitation Hawk Picks On Batali's Del Posto http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/senate-sanitation-hawk-picks-del-posto

Celebrity chef Mario Batali's critically acclaimed Del Posto restaurant earned a more dubious distinction on Sunday, when state Senator Jeff Klein set up outside to announce his second annual round-up of New York City's dirtiest restaurants.

Mr. Batali's three-star eatery on 10th Avenue flunked a city health inspection this past June, racking up a total of 44 violation points for pest problems and spoiled food -- "proving that even world class kitchens cannot afford to scrimp on pest control," according to Senator Klein's office.

If Mr. Batali is interested, this reporter happens to know some good exterminators.

However, Del Posto was far from the city's filthiest eatery.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/senate-sanitation-hawk-picks-del-posto#comments Real Estate Food Jeff Klein Mario Batali Meatpacking District PUBLIC POLICY Retail Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:43:49 -0400 Chris Shott 75197 at http://www.observer.com Mario Batali Would Look Like Gwyneth if He Worked Out http://www.observer.com/2008/mario-batali-would-look-gwyneth-if-he-worked-out

Mario Batali, who likes to be photographed wearing sausage links as a scarf and holding piglets, says that Gwyneth Paltrow looks the way she does due to her three-hour-workout-a-day regimen.

"I think she works out three hours a day - which is one of the keys to success," Mr. Batali told US Weekly. "If we all did that, we’d all look like Gwyneth Paltrow," he said. "Or at least closer."  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/mario-batali-would-look-gwyneth-if-he-worked-out#comments Style Gwyneth Paltrow Mario Batali Thu, 29 May 2008 12:18:39 -0400 Irina Aleksander 69864 at http://www.observer.com Clark Kent in the Kitchen http://www.observer.com/2008/clark-kent-kitchen

At 4:30 on a recent Friday afternoon, Del Posto, the 10th Avenue behemoth of a restaurant owned by Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich, had a bustling and vaguely portentous feel. Servers in black and white scurried up and down the two grand staircases in the main dining room, which, multi-tiered and blandly opulent, has been compared to a hotel lobby. An imperious maître d’ in a suit and tie manned the phones from a desk in front of a massive dried flower arrangement, while a few bald, corporate-type older men, possibly holdovers from lunch, sipped wine at scattered tables. Mark Ladner, the restaurant’s Clark Kentish and taciturn executive chef, sat at the far end of the long granite bar in full chef regalia: white apron, designer jeans rolled at the ankle, white Crocs.

Mr. Ladner, 38, was finishing up a business meeting with a man in a suit. He is not in the habit of lurking around the dining room of his 26,000-square-foot, 400-seat, double-Michelin-starred restaurant, particularly when actual customers are present.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/clark-kent-kitchen#comments Arts & Culture Del Posto Joe Bastianich Mario Batali Mark Ladner Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:54:31 -0400 Meredith Bryan 67551 at http://www.observer.com Batali's 'Pigsty' Falls Short On Filth Scale http://www.observer.com/2007/batalis-pigsty-falls-short-filth-scale Friday's New York Post takes an unsanitary swipe at Mario Batali's Spotted Pig, citing the eatery's failing health inspection score of 34 -- perhaps in retaliation for Mr. Batali's earlier dig on the Post's "hapless" food writer Braden Keil? (The restaurant's score was actually 33, according to the Health Department's Web site, but who's counting? A score of 28 or higher is failing.)

How bad is it at Mr. Batali's purported "pigsty"? Bungalow 8 bad, Coney Island Buffet bad -- but still a far cry from KFC-Taco Bell bad, or worse.

As far as food-safety scofflaws go, Mr. Batali ranks rather low, in fact.

 read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/batalis-pigsty-falls-short-filth-scale#comments Real Estate Braden Keil HEALTH INSPECTIONS Mario Batali SPOTTED PIG Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:25:11 -0400 Chris Shott 55182 at http://www.observer.com George and Hilly http://www.observer.com/node/36283 DR. SELMAN: How have you been?    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36283#comments Style Gas-X Mario Batali Netflix Inc. Verizon Communications Inc. Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 36283 at http://www.observer.com George and Hilly http://www.observer.com/node/37162 DR. SELMAN: How have you been?    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37162#comments Style Gas-X Mario Batali Netflix Inc. Verizon Communications Inc. Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 37162 at http://www.observer.com George and Hilly http://www.observer.com/node/39623 DR. SELMAN: How have you been?    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/39623#comments Style Gas-X Mario Batali Netflix Inc. Verizon Communications Inc. Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 39623 at http://www.observer.com Big Boys in the Kitchen Cooking Up a Gutsy Meal http://www.observer.com/node/52281 “More feminine than masculine” is how the famous chef-proprietor Mario Batali describes his Gree  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52281#comments Arts & Culture Bill Bufords Greenwich Village Mario Batali Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Alexandra Jacobs 52281 at http://www.observer.com Big Boys in the Kitchen Cooking Up a Gutsy Meal http://www.observer.com/node/38933 “More feminine than masculine” is how the famous chef-proprietor Mario Batali describes  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38933#comments Arts & Culture Bill Buford Mario Batali Nora Ephron The Television Food Network, G.P. Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Alexandra Jacobs 38933 at http://www.observer.com Batali To Sell Bistro http://www.observer.com/node/34623
food16.jpeg
Mario Batali.
It's already been a difficult year for Food Network mainstay Mario Batali, who has been involved in a much-publicized battle with his landlord over at Del Posto, his newest restaurant.

Now, the New York Post reports that Mr. Batali is putting Bistro du Vent on the market. The 42nd Street eatery has only been open for about 15 months.

- Michael Calderone]]> http://www.observer.com/node/34623#comments Real Estate Mario Batali The Television Food Network, G.P. Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:05:00 -0400 Observer Staff 34623 at http://www.observer.com