HotelChatter - Tag: Todd English

New York: Ça Va at The IC Times Square Will Open Next Week

MsRebecca — 2010-07-21T12:01:10-05:00

Don't look now, but it's your nutritionist-recommended weekly dose of Todd English! Last week we told you that Todd's newest hotel restaurant, �a Va at the InterContinental Times Square was not quite ready to open along with the rooms upstairs. But it now looks like you can get a taste of what Todd is dishing up next week.

Reps tell us that �a Va will officially open next Monday, but it looks like you can't make reservations until next Thursday, July 29.

New York: Inside Todd English's Food Hall at New York's Plaza Hotel

JetSetCD — 2010-06-07T12:01:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/PFH.jpg" class="top"> There's a good reason that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Plaza/local/1620#related-stories">The Plaza</a>'s basement mini shopping mall has been failing so horribly since it opened a couple years ago. No one goes down there! And after bakery Demel closed recently, it was completely sans spots to eat...until now. On Friday, the Plaza Shops opened The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English, a kind of cafe/take-out/restaurant mix space accessible via escalators down from the lobby and exterior hotel entrances. We dropped by over the weekend andsurprise of surprisesnot only found the place packed, but also spotted Chef Todd English doing his duty to schmooze up the diners. Don't get too hopeful about The Plaza Shop though, because the rest of the basement was

New York: The Plaza to Open Todd English's Food Hall on Friday

juliana — 2010-06-02T12:25:46-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/toddenglish_plazaretail2.jpg" class="top"> Brooding celebrity chef with "bedroom eyes" <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/todd%20english">Todd English</a> is having a busy, busy year. First, he opened <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/tag/P.U.B">Public Urban Bar (P.U.B)</a> inside CityCenter in Las Vegas. Then we learned he would be helming the new restaurant inside the forthcoming <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/31/81158/2067/hotels/Todd_English_is_In_The_Kitchen_at_the_IC_Times_Square_Of_Course_He_Is">Intercontinental Times Square</a> and last month, we found him aboard the <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/4/30/93620/0803/travel/Why+is+Chef+Todd+English+in+the+Queen+Mary+2%27s+Captain%27s+Chair%3F">Queen Mary 2</a> in the Captain's Chair no less. Now he's on the eve of opening his new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/21/234156/80/hotels/Todd_English_to_Open_an_Upscale_Food_Hall_Inside_The_Plaza">Food Hall</a> inside the struggling retail space at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Plaza/local/1620">The Plaza Hotel</a>. (We guess he's just making up for a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/5/232233/147/hotels/Todd_English_Skips_Out_On_His_Wedding_Heads_to_W_South_Beach">disastrous 2009, personal life-wise.</a>) <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/lifestyle/food/plaza_sweet_HRm4ClA40o4JouUJxqebpK">The NY Post's Steve Cuozzo</a> reports that the Todd English Food Hall will open this Friday. Here's what

New York: Todd English is In The Kitchen at the IC Times Square? Of Course He Is

MsRebecca — 2010-03-31T10:29:17-05:00

You’ll have to forgive us for not talking about this before, but can you blame us? What with his newest Vegas restaurant, the food court at The Plaza, his Great Jones Hotel project, and that ill-fated wedding last fall, we thought ubiquito-chef Todd English must have his hands full.

Silly us! Of course he is also in the kitchen at the new IC Times Square. I mean, he has that one hour left in his schedule every third Tuesday of the month and he must have something to do!

New York: Todd English to Open an Upscale Food Hall Inside The Plaza

juliana — 2009-12-22T09:04:47-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/toddenglishcu.JPG" class="top"> We must have missed this one during our Thanksgiving tofurkey coma but it looks like celeb chef <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/todd english">Todd English is partnering up with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Plaza/local/1620">The Plaza Hotel</a> in New York to create an ambitious upscale food <s>court</s> hall that will open in Spring 2010. Say what?Yes, The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English will debut in the famed hotel's concourse level designed by equally famous architect Jeffrey Beers. The open space will feature eight stations and kitchens included a wine bar staffed by a sommelier, a cheese and charcuterie station, a sushi bar, a burger bar and rotisserie, an Asian noodle and dumpling bar, a brick oven pizza, fish and seafood grill, and an espresso