Mourning YasudaNaomichi Yasuda is leaving for Japan. Who will replace him?
ByDaniel Maurer
Empire Building
Aimee Olexy Enters Starr’s OrbitWhile rumors have been circulating for months, Talula’s Table’s Aimee Olexy confirmed that she’s opening a restaurant with Starr.
Merkato 55’s Most Popular Dish: Doro WatMerkato 55, Marcus Samuelsson’s tribute to the pan-African cookery, has only been open a few weeks, but already one dish has begun to break out — and oddly, it’s the most traditional thing on the menu. Doro wat, chef Andrea Berquist tells us, is essentially the national dish of Ethiopia, “so there was a lot of pressure to do it well. But I’m happy with it. It’s definitely our most popular dish. I did 50 orders just last night!”