Some of these are already open…have you tried any yet?

LA’s 21 Most Anticipated Fall and Winter Openings

Summer is coming to an end and that means restaurants which have been built out and worked on throughout the warm weather are finally looking to debut during the busy fall and holiday months. There’s some pretty incredible places in store, such as Josef Centeno’s Orsa & Winston, Superba Food & Bread in Venice by Paul Hibler, as well as Walter Manzke’s Republique, replacing the iconic La Brea Bakery and Campanile building. Below, a list of the most important openings in Los Angeles for Fall and Winter.

I SWEAR this phenomenon is also happening here in Los Angeles.  It’s driving me insane because I keep thinking I’m turning into an old curmudgeon (I’m not, I swear!).  I hope Eater LA does a similar test here in LA.  Here are my top picks for noise: Bestia and Salt Air.

Decibel Levels in New York’s Hottest Restaurants

Critics, bloggers, and Eater readers frequently complain about noise levels in New York restaurants these days. Adam Platt wrote about the “Great Noise Boom” last month, and before that Robert Sietsema offered his own take on the noise problem. With this issue in mind, Eater set out to collect hard data on some of the worst offenders. Here, now, are peak decibel levels recorded at 19 of the city’s hottest restaurants in order of loud to loudest:

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I think the food world is somewhat fascinated with this movie…are you?

Jon Favreau’s Chef Film Is Shooting in Miami

The Favreaumobile is on the move: Actor/director/writer Jon Favreau is in Miami along with his fictional El Jefe Cubanos food truck to shoot his upcoming Chef movie, Eater Miami reports. An Eater tipster sent in the above photo, showing the truck in town. Ever Vine-happy, Favreau posted a video revealing that he was also filming at Versailles restaurant in Miami’s Little Havana and at the Fontainbleau hotel. According to Jaie Laplante of the Miami Film Festival, the “production is also making stops in New Orleans and Austin before they wrap.” (If you spot them in town, you know what to do.) READ MORE

If you were at our house this past Saturday for the Eat+Drink FRENCH Supper Club event, you had the pleasure of tasting some of the best damn lamb on the planet (yes, it was cooked for over 9 hours).  If you weren’t there, you can watch Chef David Feau in action on September 24th on the newly launched Esquire Network (formerly known as G4). Previous promos gave you only the most fleeting glimpses of David but this one gives you what you want - DAVID!  Check it out!!!!! 

Watch a Preview for Knife Fight, Premiering Sept. 24

The Esquire Network has announced that Top Chef winner Ilan Hall’s new show Knife Fight will premiere on September 24th. The show was originally set to air this past April, but NBC Universal decided to postpone the release of the Esquire Network — a rebranding of the G4 network — by a few months to create “more original programming.”

The concept of Knife Fight remains the same. The show puts two chefs in competition with each other at Hall’s LA restaurant The Gorbals in front of “a rowdy crowd, including friends, neighbors, and an eclectic group of celebrities, food professionals and die-hard foodies .” The first episode will pit British chef Brendan Collins (Waterloo & City, LA) against French chef David Feau (Le Ka, LA),  

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