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| | Ureña (closed) | | | “A modern Spanish restaurant stimulated by Spain’s gastronomic revolution and its pervasive effect on the culinary avant-garde.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Tapas |
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| | | | | | Hurried Chef New York City Entry #74 Ureña It is said that half of newly birthed restaurants do not celebrate their second birthday. I question the basis for this somber and dispiriting statistic. Perhaps it is proclaimed by chefs who wish to raise the drawbridge after they cross. This is one... Read More | | | | | | MADISON PARK/PARK SOUTH—Alex Urena will close Urena, his Madison Park/Park South area restaurant, and revamp it into a more casual bistro-style eatery called Pamplona. The year-and-a-half old Urena, two-starred by the Bruni and Alex's first serious solo effort, will close after dinner service on Au... Read More | | | | | | photo courtesy of NY Times Urena 37 E. 28th St. We wanted simple food close to home. We wanted it for sustenance more than glory. We wanted to go somewhere we haven't been or at least not in a while. It was 7:30 on a Thursday. We were doomed. Houston's on Park Ave. South - a one hour wait... Read More | | | | | | For almost two decades, the 35 year-old chef Alex Ureña has been quietly working behind the scenes at some of New York’s most well regarded restaurants: His very first kitchen job was at The River Café during Charlie Palmer’s tenure. A few gigs later, Ureña was translating the conten... Read More | | | | | | Proof that the Deathwatch isn't pure evil, sometimes they can help too. Here now, Ask the Deathwatch, in which we try to save a venue on the verge of demise. The Deathwatch Committee has received multiple nominations for Alex Urena's epnomous restaurant in Murray Hill/Upper Flatiron. People have ... Read More | | | | | | Restaurant Name: Pamplona Cuisine & Category: Spanish, Tapas, Casual Dining Special Offer: Thanksgiving 2007 Dinner Menu for $45.00 Neighborhood: Gramercy/Flatiron District, NYC (E. 28th St. bet. Park & Madison Ave.) Chef/Owner Alex Urena “can really cook,” according to Frank Bruni’s review ... Read More | | | | | | Alex Ureña is closing Ureña and turning it into “a bistro-style eater called Pamplona.” The modern Spanish curse continues! Now Suba alone carries the banner. [Eater] Rocco DiSpirito doesn’t seem to mind being called a douche bag: “I was thinking he must have worked for me to know I'm a... Read More | | | | | | Pamplona, formerly Ureña photo: Ryan Charles Chef Alex Ureña has transformed his eponymous fine-dining Gramercy restaurant into Pamplona, a casual take on its predecessor offering a foam-free, tapas-heavy Basque bistro menu in all-beige, cozy-chic envir... Read More | | | | | | · Brunch is served at Little Owl, beginning this Saturday. Mushroom omelets, blueberry corn pancakes, and gravlax bagels are promised. 11-3. [EaterWire] · Time to fire up the buzztrain for Intent. Word on Francois Payard's new Ital, announced in January, is that its getting close. &qu... Read More | | | | | | Carroll Gardens: It looks like the closed video store at 389 Court might be in the process of being turned into a bar. [A Brooklyn Life] East Village: Sebastian Nicolas of the Box says his new venue, House Party, on Bond Street, will be "part art gallery, part performance space, part party sp... Read More | | | |
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