Shed no tears for La Grenouille — it’s a tacky part-time cabaret in a funeral parlor setting

Shed no tears for La Grenouille — it’s a tacky part-time cabaret in a funeral parlor setting

The likely imminent closure of La Grenouille — the East 52nd Street carriage house it occupies was put up for sale last week — has some crying into their soufflés and questioning the future of French dining in the city. It’s the last of the city’s original “Le” and “La” restaurants to close, following Le … Read more

German ice cream parlor introduces cricket-flavored scoops

German ice cream parlor introduces cricket-flavored scoops

Forget that summertime favorite “bug juice,” a German eatery is adding bugs to ice cream — crickets, to be exact Eiscafé Rino in the southern city of Rottenburg introduced cricket-flavored ice cream topped with the dried insects themselves this week. Owner Thomas Micolin created the delicacy, and proudly posed with it on Instagram. “We’ve literally … Read more