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White Star Owner Is Poised to Win Beard Award
Add another to the list of hirsute bar owners.
Posted 09/18/08 in Grub Street : Hairticulture
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CB3 Snubs the Box, Mercury Dime, and Mercadito, Shows Some Love to Seymour Burton
Sasha Petraske's coffee shop may not be getting wine; E.U. looks good for outdoor booze.
Posted 09/16/08 in Grub Street : Community Bored
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Not to Gloat or Anything, But We’ve Clocked Milk and Honey’s New Digits
And the e-mail, too!
Posted 09/12/08 in Grub Street : Petraske Empire
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Milk and Honey Number Is Kaput, Petraske Drinks May Soon Come to Mercury Dime and LIC
The latest news on the Sasha Petraske front.
Posted 09/11/08 in Grub Street : Petraske Empire
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Kurve, White Star Plan to Be Going Strong Tomorrow
Don’t worry, Kurve’s closing is only temporary.
Posted 08/21/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Absinthe Update: A New Bar and Two New Brands Hit The Market
Sasha Petraske's White Star opened last night, and Lucid debuts two new varieties.
Posted 08/20/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Kurve Designer Karim Rashid Thinks New York Has Some Catching Up to Do
We asked him about the state of New York City restaurants; his favorite color, pink; and what he plans to do with the hidden cameras above the bar.
Posted 08/06/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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The Randolph's Menu, Revealed
A strawberry-cucumber fizz with your PB&J?
Posted 05/30/08 in Grub Street : Openings
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Milk and Honey’s Matty Gee Cocktail-ifies the Randolph
A Sasha Petraske protégé is one-upping his mentor by freezing his booze for the coldest drink possible.
Posted 05/30/08 in Grub Street : Openings
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Inside Sasha Petraske's Mercury Dime
A couple of weeks ago the magazine offered a peek into the Mercury Dime, Sasha Petraske's latest venture in the East Village. A year after the community board shot down its bid for a wine-and-beer license (not even the proprietor of ultraquiet Milk and Honey can get a liquor license in this town), the venture is now up and running as a coffee shop — and though we're dismayed to know we won't be able to enjoy a nice cava here anytime soon, some strong gourmet coffee should perk us up. Anyhow, seems time to take a closer look inside.
Posted 03/10/08 in Grub Street : Openings
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This Week: New Fusion, New Coffee, Repurposed Water
The city’s newest food-fusion trend is Latin American and Italian cuisines, says the Underground Gourmet in this week’s magazine. Miranda in Williamsburg and Matilda in the East Village are leading the charge, and Rob and Robin alternate between calling it “Mex-Italian” and “Tusc-Mex.” (Our pick: “Mexcellente.”) Outside of our regular reading route, Intel has a dishy item about David Bouley — apparently, his Tribeca neighbors aren’t so thrilled about his proposed Brushstrokes restaurant. Back in the food section, it’s a difficult time of year for the Greenmarket, but that doesn’t deter Damon Wise at Craft for offering up this week’s “In Season” recipe: pan-roasted salsify. Gael Greene visits Smokin’ Q on the Upper East Side this week and enjoys the ribs and the thin-cut fries, though she could do without the owner’s jokes. Rob and Robin introduce us to three new restaurants this week, and we can’t wait to visit Terroir, the latest from Marco Canora and Paul Grieco. Also in “Openings”: an East Village coffee bar co-owned by Sasha Petraske and a new burger spot in the financial district. If a recession breeds good $4 burgers, it can’t be that bad. Finally, if you want to reduce bottled-water waste, we found four restaurants with a DIY approach to filtration and carbonation.
Posted 02/25/08 in Grub Street : In the Magazine
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Weather Up Brings Petraske's Presbyterians to Prospect Heights
After a few weeks of preopening buzz, Weather Up has opened and owner Kathryn Weatherup (as you’ll recall, an original partner in East Side Company) tells us that by the end of the week there will be eleven classic cocktails on the menu (including an old-fashioned, a Brooklyn, a Florida daiquiri, a Presbyterian, a honeysuckle, a Sazerac, an aviator, and a bee's knees) plus a weekly pick from bartenders Eliza Rose (formerly of Veritas) and James Arnold, who were trained by Milk and Honey’s Sasha Petraske. Hours of operation: Tuesday through Sunday, 7 p.m. till 3 a.m. Will this reliquary get mobbed as quickly as the Hotel Delmano did? For anyone planning to go there, we hope not. Weather Up, 589 Vanderbilt Ave., nr. Dean St., Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; no phone yet. Earlier: Prospect Heights Cocktail Den Promises Back Garden, Oysters
Posted 02/21/08 in Grub Street : Openings
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John Hodgman Unlikely Star of Mixologist Calendar
In what will surely become mixology’s version of Yankees Stadium's Monument Park, Jill DeGroff, wife of “King of Cocktails” Dale, has sketched caricatures of a dozen “cocktailians” and included them in a calendar that’s going for $17.95 (about the price of an overpriced drink!). Some of the local drink-slingers whose recipes and rosy-cheeked mugs are featured: Audrey Saunders from Pegu Club, Julie Rainer from Flatiron Lounge, and Sasha Petraske from Milk and Honey. Our favorite part, though, is the page on which a pants-less John Hodgman gives his preferred synonyms for booze.
Posted 10/17/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Delete Milk and Honey’s Number From Your Phone; Prepare for New Petraske Project
A while back we did the unspeakable by releasing Milk and Honey’s number to the masses (sort of). Yesterday a reader wrote in to let us know that the number had been disconnected. Seems the bar is closed while it turns its basement (where it makes its precious ice) into the offices of Cuff and Buttons, the catering service run by former bartenders Christy Pope and Chad Solomon. The good news: A new number is being released today (even more exciting than a new edition of Harry Potter!), and the bar should reopen sometime next week.
Posted 08/30/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Milk and Honey’s Petraske Going Bi-coastal
Milk and Honey owner Sasha Petraske is keeping busy as ever. His planned beer-and-wine bar didn’t go over well with Community Board 3, but he still intends to open it initially as a café. He’s also still searching for a space in Long Island City. As it turns out, Sasha’s empire may extend far beyond even Queens. Responding to a tip we received that he’s going to have an opening on the West Coast, he says, “Yes, either a quiet little wine bar in Laurel Canyon, if we can get permission, or … a very small, maybe eight-room, hotel with a lobby bar. I’d rather do the wine bar, but if we can’t get planning permission, then downtown is the only part of L.A. that gets my heart racing. It’s like Skid Row and Wall Street have collided!” He would’ve dished more, we’re sure, but he was BlackBerrying on the fly. Earlier: Neighbors Tell Milk & Honey's Sasha Petraske, ‘Welcome to the East Village, Now Leave’ Milk and Honey Owner to Do Beer and Wine — and Queens!
Posted 03/30/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Neighbors Tell Milk & Honey's Sasha Petraske, ‘Welcome to the East Village, Now Leave’
Little Branch and Milk & Honey owner Sasha Petraske may have moved into his East Village bachelor pad a week ago, but last night the community board’s SLA committee said not-so-fast to his plan to turn the two floors below it (formerly Jack’s Luxury Oyster) into a wine and Belgian beer bar called the Mighty Ocelot. (That name, previously reported here, may now change since cat-loving Sasha discovered the bar next door is called Leopard Lounge). Not even Petraske’s two adorable character witnesses — his mother and the mother of his cheese guy, T.J. Segal of Artisanal and Picholine — could save him from the wrath of block association members armed with a petition signed by over 140 noise-fearing neighbors.
Posted 02/14/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Per Se Mixologist to Light a Flaming Lemon Peel Under Bemelmans' Ass
Sasha Petraske of Milk and Honey recently put his stamp on the drinks menu at the Carlyle Hotel’s Bemelmans Bar, but let’s face it, the place still isn’t what it was when it was helmed by legends Dale DeGroff and, later, Audrey Saunders. Brian Van Flandern, former head mixologist at Per Se, hopes to change that. Within six weeks, the star stirrer, known for making his own ginger beer and tonic water at Per Se’s stand-up bar, will unveil a revamped menu. Along with holdovers like DeGroff’s Whiskey Smash and Saunders’s Gin Gin Mule, it will include cocktails like a variation of his Flaming Dutchman — a concoction of cognac, sherry, gin, lemon juice, and bitters (finished off with a spectacular shower of lemon juice over an open flame). It's the same drink that prompted a Dutch company to rank him the No. 2 bartender in the world. And rest assured, the murals by Ludwig Bemelmans aren’t going anywhere, nor are the bartenders who’ve been there for years — some of the drinks may actually be named after them. —Daniel Maurer
Posted 02/07/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Harold Moore of March to Take Over Grange Hall–Blue Mill Space
A reliable industry source tells us that the long-vacant Grange Hall–Blue Mill space, which our Daniel Maurer reports was recently considered by Milk and Honey owner Sasha Petraske for his new restaurant, has been snapped up by former March chef de cuisine Harold Moore, a Montrachet veteran who has cooked under both Daniel Boulud and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The lease hasn't been signed yet, and there is no word on when Moore, who has the backing of several partners, intends on opening it or what the food will be. But given his track record, it should be pretty good.
Posted 01/16/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Geoffrey Zakarian Taking On Sasha Petraske in Battle for Blue Mill Space
Earlier we reported that Sasha Petraske has his eye on the vacant Blue Mill space, which is begging for a Waverly Inn–style revival. Turns out he’s not the only one: We noticed, in the agenda for tonight’s Community Board 4 meeting, that Geoffrey Zakarian of Town and Country has applied for a liquor license at 50 Commerce Street. Zakarian concedes that he and some unnamed partners are looking at several spaces in the West Village and Lower East Side with a small bistro in mind, but he hasn’t signed a lease and needs to crunch more numbers before he’s ready for the community board. “I spoke to the landlord and evidently there’s someone else she’s interested in,” he tells us. The plot thickens … —Daniel Maurer Earlier: Sasha Petraske to Take on Fine Dining, Too
Posted 01/09/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Sasha Petraske to Take on Fine Dining, Too
Earlier we reported the Milk and Honey owner-mixologist Sasha Petraske was going into the beer, wine, and cheese business. He's not stopping there: Petraske is also eyeing the still-vacant Grange Hall and Blue Mill space, a venue he's loved since he had his eighth-grade graduation party there (he grew up a couple of blocks away). Why hasn't he snatched it up? The restaurant-world newcomer has yet to click with a chef who shares his vision of serving cocktails before and after dinner rather than simply during. "I'm trying to find some partners who'll let me do my thing in the front of the space; someone who's doing something of serious quality." If anyone fits the bill, you can reach Sasha at the secret number divulged here, though it may change soon. — Daniel Maurer Earlier: Milk and Honey Owner to Do Beer and Wine — and Queens! Zagat Fails to Number-Close Milk and HoneyPosted 12/08/06 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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