Blue Ribbon Sushi at Six Columbus Gets a Chef

Where: 6 Columbus Circle [map], New York, ny, United States, 10019

10/04/2007 at 12:24 PM
Tags: Six Columbus, Hotel Restaurants, Thompson Hotels

The Six Columbus news train keeps chugging along....

Now that the hotel is open, it's time for us to cast our attention on Six Columbus' restaurant: Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill. While the official line is that it should open in a couple weeks, we've learned to be skeptical. But tracking down a chef de cuisine is a good start. And a source tells us Blue Ribbon tapped Jose Salazar for the position.

He used to work across the street in the Time Warner Center at Bouchon Bakery, so he should have no trouble with the brasserie half of the menu. As for the Asian half, here's hoping he fares better than the Gramercy Park Hotel's Wakiya, which just took a zero-star beating from New York Times food critic Frank Bruni. Ouch.

[Photo: Melissa Horn/New York Magazine]

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