Michael's Twitter feed--the only source for our favorite midtown brasserie's granular updates on celebrity guests and, also, yoga tips--alerted us that one Robert Zimmerman is dining there now. We called the restaurant, which obviously isn't shy about giving away its celebrity guests, but the front office said they had no idea whether Read More
This time yesterday, the Twitter stream for Michael's--the New York eatery so famous it doesn't need to advertise, save for publishing a daily list of its paying customers online--bursts with boldish-faced names: Dewey & LeBoeuf partner John Schwolsky, executive deputy attorney general Maria Vullo, Pavia & Harcourt partner Jordan Ringel. (Lawyers love Read More
The best part of the day comes around 2:00 or so in the afternoon, when our Twitter feed is temporarily dominated by tweets from @michaelsnewyork. Michael's, the bastion of the media/politics/finance power lunch, has made a successful and entertaining leap into the world of social media with its Twitter account, which will report in Read More
Michael's, in Midtown, has long been considered New York's preeminent media spot to power lunch. When George Gurley interviewed Ann Coulter for a story in The Observer, there's a reason he took her to Michael's. He wanted to rattle her with proximity to the MSM.
But with newspapers in the red and hot startups hogging VC Read More
The official after party for yesterday's Ruffian show was held last night at Midtown mainstay Michael's, and it was billed as a supper. It was hosted by British photographer and socialite Poppy de Villeneuve and avowed Ruffian fan Lorenzo Martone, and the fact it was a "supper" seemed appropriate for the evening — Read More
"How do you think we fared last year financially?" Cushman & Wakefield New York Metro COO Joseph Harbert asked the brokers and executives assembled Wednesday morning for breakfast in the back room of Michael's. "Up or down?"
The room was silent.
"Come on—some participation!" Mr. Harbert said.
Ken McCarthy, Cushman's managing director of research, who had just lectured Read More
The rear garden at Michael's seemed a fitting location to toast David Kirkpatrick's new book The Facebook Effect on Monday. After all, the midtown restaurant is favored by the media elites, and a center of networking in all its forms.
"This is a perfect time for the launch of David's book," said host Read More
Last fall, the midtown media eatery Michael's launched a Twitter feed. Since then, every weekday the restaurant has sent out tweets-ranging from around a dozen to several dozen-listing the swells who are eating there.
You go to Michael's to be seen. So with the media world about to rest a wee bit easier as we Read More
Last week, Jon Meacham told The Observer that he had voicemails from two billionaires shortly after the announcement that his magazine was for sale.
Mr. Mecham was spotted on Tuesday afternoon at Michael's eating lunch with Steven Rattner, according to Memo Pad.
The former Quadrangle Group executive — whose star has been severely tarnished by Read More
SO YOU GOT LOST ON YOUR WAY TO MICHAEL'S...
West 54th--more interesting than you might've Read More
On Wednesday night, Joe Scarborough stood in the back room at Michael's restaurant, and publicly thanked his wife, Susan, who stood a few feet away, for inspiring the evolution of his political punditry at MSNBC. "The first couple of weeks I was on MSNBC, every night I would come home and Read More
Earlier today, William Kristol was sitting alone by the entrance of Michael's checking his Blackberry. Mr. Kristol was there at the behest of the Independent Film Channel to participate in a panel discussion moderated by Arianna Huffington (and featuring Pete Hamill, Chrisopher Buckley, and Mr. Kristol) to help promote The IFC Media Project, a Read More
Last week, Times food critic Frank Bruni panned perennial Midtown media hangout Michael’s: “California cuisine?” he sneered. “More like gloppy, affected pub grub.” Though Mr. Bruni did acknowledge that “food is no longer the point of Michael’s," it shouldn't be resting on its laurels as a go-to power lunch and breakfast Read More
