Connect with us

Published

on

Theres no need to score a reservation at one of Daniel Bouluds popular restaurants for a select group of well-heeled diners: They have brought the Michelin-starred chef to their doorstep.

Boulud whose vast empire spans from his French flagship Daniel to the recently opened Japanese speakeasy Joji will launch his first private eatery, Boulud Priv, on the 27th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Residences at 685 Fifth Ave., Side Dish can reveal exclusively. 

“We’ll provide casual dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner, said Boulud, a recipient of Frances Chevalier de la Lgion d’honneur.

Boulud Privs indoor/outdoor space offers sweeping views of the city’s skyline to the 69 residences in the ultra-luxury 55-story glass tower, where a recently-sold studio fetched a record $3.88 million. 

The perks will now include in-residence dining and an at-home sommelier service of curated vintages to stock the condo owners wine fridge.  

“Our team can create menus from our menus. It’s like Uber Eats, but exclusively for my own offerings. I do my own Uber Eats,” Boulud quipped. 

Private restaurants — often known as ‘the dining room’ — were common among a certain set of old-school Upper East Side co-ops, but they came to be de rigueur for the city’s new crop of luxury buildings, which have become like urban country clubs with no need for its “member” residents to ever leave the premises. 

The trend started with 15 Central Park West and climbed to ever higher heights at buildings like 220 Central Park South and 432 Park Ave., the troubled 1,396-foot-tall skyscraper that once tried to recruit Boulud to helm its private restaurant. 

At the time, I was doing other projects and couldn’t, but I presented the young chef who is still running it,” said Boulud, referring to Michelin-starred Australian Chef Shaun Hergatt. 

The trick to running a private residents restaurant, Boulud said, is that “you have to be able to do dishes that change with the market, but also have simplicity.

That means a perfect spaghetti and tomato sauce and also healthy, fresh and simple options. It’s a service and convenience for residents who don’t always want to go out.” 

The ingredients are the stars, he adds, from a perfect waygu steak to seasonal vegetables and burgers. 

“We try to cook food you will enjoy — a tasty, simple, easy menu — not a multi-course experience like a Cafe Boulud or Le Pavillon,” he added. “We don’t run it like a restaurant but like a private dining room.” 

The addition of Boulud Prive caps a  stellar year for the legendary chef.

He celebrated Restaurant Daniel’s 30th anniversary, opened Blue Box Cafe by Daniel Boulud at Tiffany & Co’s flagship on Fifth Avenue and just last week reopened his iconic Cafe Boulud in a glittering new location at 100 E. 63rd St. 

“It’s a new team, a new location, and a new era. It’s really nice, like a rebirth,” Boulud said.

While Cafe Boulud — named for the chef’s great grandparents’ restaurant on their farm in Lyon, France —  in New York was a staple of the Upper East Side elite’s dining options, it shuttered in 2021 following a change of ownership at the Hotel Surrey. 

The new Cafe Boulud, where Altamarea Group’s Vaucluse once stood, will partner with Barnes International Realty, which will open Maison Barnes at the same address next year. 

The French, ‘salon style’ space will feature a bar, dining area, private dining sections, a speakeasy and a wine cellar, according to BIR’s New York director Georgette Farkas, who worked closely with Boulud for two decades.

“I am delighted to take part in bringing you this ensemble of fine dining and event experiences created by Chef Daniel Boulud and Barnes International, for a luxurious taste of l’art de vivre a la Francaise on the Upper East Side,” Farkas wrote on her LinkedIn account. 

Added Boulud: “We will pair with the best brands and hold events around wine, jewelry, fashion, cars, boats, and more.” 

Boulud and his hospitality company, the Dinex Group, have been on a roll since the pandemic ending, opening hotspots like Le Pavillon, where a swath of 42nd St. was shut down to truck in 10,000 pounds of black olive trees hoisted by crane into a window at One Vanderbilt, the $3.3 billion, 1,400-foot-high office tower.  

He also launched Joji, the killer sushi spot hidden inside Grand Central station, Le Gratin downtown and Centurion NY.

A Mandarin Oriental Residences in Beverly Hills will also house a private Boulud restaurant. The propertys rooftop terrace lounge was recently booked for an event honoring Penelope Cruz, star of the upcoming Michael Mann film, Ferrari.

Cruzs friends Salma Hayek and Kristen Stewart hosted the gathering which included celebrities Geena Davia, Eiza Gonzalez, Patricia Arquette, and Vin Diesel.

We hear … Outdoor igloo dining — which popped up during the pandemic — remains a popular option from the city to the Hamptons. On the East End, Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa is offering chic igloo dining. On New Year’s Eve, the igloos can be rented for $250 for two-hour rentals, plus a minimum of $500 for food and beverages, with sharable plates like artisanal meats and cheeses and wild mushroom arancini — for up to six people per igloo.

Meanwhile in the city, Chelsea’s Somewhere Nowhere offers eight heated teardrop-shaped rooftop igloos for up to five guests overlooking the Empire State Building. They each come with an integrated Alexa music system, so diners can control the playlist if not the weather. Their winter cocktails include a choctail made with Woodinville bourbon, Trader Vic’s chocolate liqueur, Rumple Minze, hot chocolate, butter and marshmallows and small bites curated by executive chef Sandy Hall like wagyu beef sliders and mushroom crostini.

The igloos can be booked from Wednesday through Saturday, beginning at $85 per person. Each igloo reservation for two or more includes a bottle of champagne.

We hear Upper East Side’s Mark Hotel, at the corner of 77th and Madison, has launched The Mark Chalet by Jean-Georges Vongerichten to cure your fix for Alpine fondue. The chalet, with wood paneling, gingham and old school ski vibes, is the perfect spot for people watching over Swiss fondue, Veal Zurichoise with Sptzle, mulled wine and hot toddies. It will remain open until March 1, with Pierre Schultz as executive chef.

For a more low-key holiday affair, Stretch Pizza, at 331 Park Avenue South, offers a $24 everything bagel pizza with cream cheese, aged mozzarella, everything bagel spice and chives — along with an option to zhuzh it up with caviar for $120.24 to celebrate the holidays, washed down with a triple lux for $17 — Luxardo sour cherry gin, Luxardo bitter ross, Luxardo Aperitivo and Mamatti for Stretch’s twist on a Negroni. And yes, you can also get it delivered.

Meanwhile neon pink Instagram lovers can click away at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge, located at Moxy Times Square, which has created The Pink Winter Lodge: Neon Frost Edition for the holidays, featuring metallic pink fringe, neon walls, and pink trees, along with its iconic carousel and snaps inside a custom snow globe. Cocktails include the pink “boozy hot chocolate,” Aprs Ski, the All that Glitters cocktail and the Aprs Cookie Skillet — all under a retractable roof and city skyline views. 

Continue Reading

Sports

Panthers-Hurricanes Game 5 preview: Can Carolina force another game?

Published

on

By

Panthers-Hurricanes Game 5 preview: Can Carolina force another game?

All signs pointed to the Florida Panthers finishing off the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 4, but the Canes kept the series rolling with a 3-0 win on Monday.

Will the Panthers finish the story in Game 5? Or will the Hurricanes send the festivities back to South Florida again?

Here are matchup notes heading into Wednesday’s Game 5 from ESPN Research, as well as betting intel from ESPN BET:

More on Game 4: Recap | Grades

Matchup notes

Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes
Game 5 | 8 p.m. ET | TNT

The Panthers’ odds to win the series are now -1600, adjusted from -5000 heading into Game 4. The Hurricanes’ odds have shifted to +750 (adjusted from +1500) after their win. The Panthers’ odds to win the Cup are now +105 (previously -110), while the Canes’ are now +1800. Sergei Bobrovsky is the leading Conn Smythe candidate in this series at +200, followed by Aleksander Barkov (+800).

Game 4 was the Canes’ first win in the round since Game 7 of the 2006 Eastern Conference finals against the Buffalo Sabres, snapping a 15-game conference finals losing streak. It was the longest losing streak in NHL playoff history for a team in the round preceding the Stanley Cup Final. The Hurricanes are now 4-4 all-time in Game 4s when trailing 3-0 in a best-of-seven series.

Frederik Andersen made 20 saves for his fifth career playoff shutout, his second with the Hurricanes. He joins Cam Ward (four), Kevin Weekes (two) and Petr Mrazek (two) as goaltenders with multiple playoff shutouts in Whalers/Hurricanes Stanley Cup playoffs history.

Carolina’s Logan Stankoven scored playoff goal No. 5 in the second period. He joins Erik Cole (six in 2002) and Warren Foegele (five in 2019) as the only rookies in Whalers/Hurricanes history to score at least five goals in a single Stanley Cup playoffs year.

Sebastian Aho scored an empty-net goal in the third period, his 32nd career playoff tally. That extends his own franchise record for career goals in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Panthers were shut out for the second time this postseason; both games were at home — the other instance was Game 6 of the second-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Florida went 0-4 on the power play in Game 4, and the team is now 0-8 with the man advantage in the last two games of this series after going 4-for-5 in Games 1 and 2.

Though he hasn’t scored a goal in the past two games, Sam Bennett has a team-leading nine this postseason. That is two shy of the franchise record in a single playoff year, currently held by Matthew Tkachuk (2023) and Carter Verhaeghe (2024).


Scoring leaders

GP: 16 | G: 6 | A: 9

GP: 14 | G: 5 | A: 9

Continue Reading

UK

Liverpool fan says his baby was flung 15ft in his pram and his partner run over during trophy parade

Published

on

By

Liverpool fan says his baby was flung 15ft in his pram and his partner run over during trophy parade

A father has told Sky News how his partner was driven over, and his baby son was flung 15ft in his pram, after they were hit by a vehicle during the Liverpool parade collision.

Daniel Everson, 36, had been with Sheree Aldridge and their five-month-old baby, Teddy, at Liverpool FC’s victory parade on Monday.

“The best day of my life turned into worst”, said Daniel, a lifelong fan of ‘The Reds’.

Daniel described the moment the car came towards him and his family.

“I tried to hold on to the front of the car and try and stop it, push it, do whatever I could [to stop it] from hitting my partner and my baby.

'The best day of my life turned into worst', Daniel Everson told Sky News.
Image:
Daniel Everson was in the crowd for the Liverpool trophy parade when the incident took place

“Me and my partner were flat on the roof, on the bonnet… we were just both trying to hold on for dear life with Ted next to us.

“And my partner went under the wheels of the car, of the front of the car, and it rolled over her leg, and I just bounced off to the side, but my boy and his pram got bounced totally in the opposite direction – about 15ft down the road.

Read more on Sky News:
Andrew Tate and his brother charged with rape
Trump issues Putin warning

“As soon as that happened, I just started screaming for my partner, and I found her and I asked where Teddy was, and she didn’t know… and I found him and he was okay, thank God.

“He was in the road, in his pram, on his back, and I grabbed him. I chucked the pushchair to the side and I ran up to some paramedics with him.”

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player

The suspect is being held on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and drug driving.

Daniel, from Telford, said he felt like he was in “hell” as he rushed back to find Sheree.

“I had to carry her up the road with four police officers holding her while she was screaming and crying. At that point, I didn’t know what was wrong with her, but I could see the injuries to her leg,” he explained.

Sheree, 36, is recovering at Aintree University Hospital after suffering muscle tissue damage. Daniel has been allowed to return home with Teddy after he was assessed at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

“I feel a lot of emotions right now. Upset, angry, traumatised. A lot of unanswered questions that need to be answered.

To me, it just wasn’t handled properly – the situation with the car getting that far into the crowd, in my opinion, he should not have got anywhere near us.”

Merseyside Police have now been given more time to question a 53-year-old arrested after a car struck a crowd at Liverpool FC’s victory parade on Monday.

The suspect, who police have described as a white British man from the local area, is being held on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving, and drug driving.

Police have said the extra time they have been given to question the suspect runs into Thursday.

Continue Reading

Politics

Pakistan announces Bitcoin strategic reserve

Published

on

By

Pakistan announces Bitcoin strategic reserve

Pakistan announces Bitcoin strategic reserve

Bilal Bin Saqib, head of Pakistan’s crypto council, announced on May 28 that the country is moving to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve.

Speaking at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Saqib said the government of Pakistan followed the United States’ lead in establishing a Bitcoin strategic reserve and is embracing pro-crypto regulatory policies. The government official told the audience:

“Today is a very historic day. Today, I announce the Pakistani government is setting up its own government-led Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, and we want to thank the United States of America again because we were inspired by them.”

The announcement represents a significant departure from the government of Pakistan’s previous stance on cryptocurrencies, holding that crypto would never be legal in the country.

Pakistan’s shift reflects the broader trend of nation-states adopting pro-crypto policies following the regulatory shift in Washington, DC under the President Donald Trump administration.

Government, Bitcoin Reserve, Bitcoin2025
Bilal Bin Saqib at the Bitcoin 2025 conference announcing a Bitcoin strategic reserve. Source: Cointelegraph

Related: Pakistan appoints special assistant to PM on blockchain and crypto

Continue Reading

Trending