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Gordon Ramsay’s New Fish and Chips Restaurant Is Its Own Kitchen Nightmare
Gordon Ramsay’s track record on keeping restaurants open in New York City isn’t good. The Scottish celebrity chef whose TV appearances can involve “fixing” restaurants amid a sea of profanity opened Gordon Ramsay at The London on West 54th Street in 2007. It went on to gain and then lose two Michelin stars amid reports of inconsistent food and service, closing in 2013 after having been sold as a result of financial difficulties. Its more casual companion, Maze, managed to stay open till 2013. Still, one can’t help but wonder if Ramsay couldn’t have saved both if he’d made them the subject of one of his foul-mouthed Kitchen Nightmares makeovers.…
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Lobo Loco Mexican Cantina added to the Mall’s restaurant collection
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With minty mojitos and flank steak served Mexican-style, friends and family of the Lobo Loco staff and ownership celebrated their kitchen’s first run for a crowd. The 300-seat cantina-concept by the Abitino Group is officially open in New Springville at 280 Marsh Avenue. It is located at the Staten Island Mall’s Crossings. Neighboring restaurants include Outback and Angelina’s Kitchen. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)Pamela Silvestri Lobo Loco comes to The Crossings in the space formerly occupied by TGI Friday’s, closed in the summer of 2019. Some of the current digs are reminiscent of its prior iteration. Windows in the bar area are intermittently decorated with calaveras de azúcar.…
