Stephanie Izard's Girl & the Goat to debut in L.A.
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Chicago chef Stephanie Izard will open a Los Angeles location of her Girl & the Goat restaurant in the city's Arts District on July 15. The menu will build on the globally influenced, family-style meals served at the Chicago location, with new dishes inspired by the local seafood and fresh produce of California.
Full Story: Eater (6/28), Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) Noma chef Rene Redzepi is preparing to launch a line of products under the name Noma Projects, starting with a duo of garums produced in the same fermentation lab that creates ingredients for the famed Copenhagen restaurant. Chefs at Noma use garums -- fermented condiments similar to fish sauce -- to add umami to sauces, soups and other dishes, and the first two products to debut will be an egg white variety and one made with smoked mushrooms.
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Pinot noir and other cool-climate grapes are being put to the test this week at vineyards in Oregon and throughout the Pacific Northwest, where a heat dome is producing record-high temperatures and winemakers are not sure what toll the extreme weather might take on their fruit and vines. Red grapes are susceptible to sunburn, and extreme heat can break down the grapes' acidity and increase evaporation, according to Megan Kathleen Bartlett, an assistant professor of plant biology at the University of California, Davis.
Full Story: Wine-Searcher (New Zealand)Resurgent demand in the hotel industry is being compromised by increased costs, particularly for labor, along with the lag in business travel, HotStats reports. US revenue per available room rose 539% in May year over year, but staffing expense jumped nearly $20 per room and a personnel shortage promises no relief.
Full Story: Hotels Magazine online (free registration) New York City has begun the process of bringing homeless people who were housed in hotels for about a year to protect them from the coronavirus back to shelters. The city expects to complete the process by the end of July.
Full Story: WCBS-TV/WLNY-TV (New York City)DiamondRock Hospitality has sold New York City's Lexington Hotel in a $185.3 million deal. The REIT could use the net proceeds to acquire experiential resort and urban lifestyle hotels.
Full Story: Seeking Alpha (free registration) Gross operating profit reached the break-even point for 95% of US hotels as the sector climbed to 70% of the 2019 level, according to STR's May report. "While the improvement is encouraging, many hotels are still experiencing financial difficulty, and even more are seeing staffing issues as evidenced by the stagnant rate of labor costs," STR's Raquel Ortiz said.
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