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EaterWire: Michael Huynh in at Rain, Brooklyn Label gets Stumptown, A-List Awards, and a Le Poisson Rouge Update
UPPER WEST SIDE— Gael Greene reports that roving chef Michael Huynh has found a new home in Rain, the UWS restaurant which will be renamed after a huge makeover in 4 months. Apparently his new partners aren't worried: "Undaunted by Huynh’s love’em and leave’em rep, Scher is sure the deal he’s given him will cure the chef's attention-deficit-syndrome. 'We have promised each other we are committed to this project,' Scher says...'We’re going to be 50-50,' Huynh tells a friend. At 43 and recently married, Huynh snaps: 'I need to make money.'" [Insatiable Critic via Cutlets]
GREENPOINT— Brooklyn Label in Greenpoint is now selling coffee geek favorite, Stumptown coffee. From the release: "'In keeping with our commitment to serve the freshest and best cup of coffee possible, Brooklyn Label is thrilled to use Stumptown for our extensive specialty coffee menu,' General Manager April Goettle said." We also hear Frankies Spuntino in Carroll Gardens got their hands on the coveted coffee. [EaterWire]
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EaterWire: Danny A to Open 'Downstairs', Michael Huynh's UWS Dreams
SOHO— Today Steve Lewis gets the scoop on promoter Danny A's new concept for his restaurant downstairs from his lounge 'Upstairs': "Danny...will be opening the downstairs part of Upstairs for late night habitués to munch on quality fare. Thus we have Downstairs, and believe me Downstairs is even more pedestrian than Upstairs, so I expect it to be fab. The gimmick, as if Danny A and this crew need one, is that each meal or item is named after a club land mover and shaker." [Good Night Mr. Lewis]
UPPER WEST SIDE— Gael Greene is reporting on some juicy Michael Huynh rumors: "The restless Bunster, chef Michael Huynh, is telling friends he has a deal with the Main Street Group (Calle Ocho, Django, BLTPrime) to do something delicious on the upper West Side. A dream come true for all of us in the 10023 zip code, if true. Alas, Main Street's Steven Scher says it's only talk so far. Is the fickle Vietnamese cooking star still at Bun SoHo? 'Well he is and he isn’t. It’s the same deal he has with Drew at Mai House,' an insider confides." [Insatiable Critic]
EaterWire AM Edition: Michael Bao Huynh Gone at Bun, Mai House
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SOHO/TRIBECA—All at once, Michael Huynh is down to zero restaurants, having just exited both Bun and Mai House, where he had set up shop with Drew Nieporent. Gael Greene has more: "Michael Huynh is out at Bun—couldn’t get along with his partner, he says. Next move: A new noodle shop with new partners in Tribeca on Hudson Street, steps from Mai House where he walked out earlier, never saying he wouldn't be back. 'I'm just opening a little noodle shop for my wife,' he told owner Drew Nieporent, running off to dominate the kitchen at Bun, abandoning the savvy entrepreneur who helped him lift his cooking to new highs of sophistication...As for Bun, 'It's chaos now,' a fan reports." [Insatiable Critic]
Update: Or, perhaps, he's just on vacation.
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