Graydon Carter
New Zagat: Meyer Tops Meyer, Diners Hail Health Department, Brooklyn Earns a Map, Graydon Who?
The results of the latest Zagat Survey of New York restaurants are in, with input from a record 34,678 diners, and respondents have issued a resounding mandate to the city’s Health Department: Stay the course!
Asked “Do you think the recent temporary shuttering of some NYC restaurants for health violations is…?” only 15 percent answered “[a]n overreaction,” while a whopping 65 percent said “[w]arranted.” (Another 20 percent were undecided.)
The overwhelming support for the continuing Health Department crackdown on the city’s food-service sector comes on the heels of last month’s New York Post report, which found that city health inspectors had flunked 25 percent of all 28,955 eateries they inspected during fiscal year 2007.
Other findings from the brand-spanking new Zagat 2008 New York City Restaurants guide: read more »
Bono, Graydon, Annie To Make 20 Covers For July Vanity Fair
MemoPad is reporting that the Bono Vox guest-edited July issue of Vanity Fair, with its theme of Africa, will up the ante on that whole "collect-'em-all" cover trend:
"Sources close to the title said it could publish as many as 20 different covers, all shot by Annie Leibovitz."
Insiders seem to be telling MemoPad good things about Bono's editing abilities, though we can't help but wonder what's going on between the lines here: read more »
