i'm ryan sutton, the new york food critic for bloomberg news.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Because who doesn’t want to get taco’s from a man in a lucha libre mask. Tamalespaceship ensures we’ll never have to do that again.
The Tamalespaceship People are making the big leap from FOOD TRUCK to REAL RESTAURANT. The brick and mortar location will be in Chicago’s Pilsen district and the principals have launched a Kickstarter to help fund the purchase of restaurant equipment and point of sales systems. As is always the case with Kickstarters, invest at your own risk, but definitely take a look.
The Beauty Curse by Eric Pape
A serious, full-length graphic novel about a world where jealousy knows no limits, and where being a pretty girl can mean risking your life.
Here’s a first: a “kick ass comic book” about a young woman “who went through hell, and somehow came out the other side.” Eric Pape will document, through drawings, the story of a Cambodian who was the victim of a vicious attack; he’s hoping to raise $32,000 for this effort. It’s a remarkable project because it will take a compelling human rights story and extricate from the shackles of a standard “report” or a “news piece.”
We approve of this effort to “humanize” human rights and will call this Kickstarter a GOOD DEAL.
This Jersey City restaurant raised over $18,000 in Kickstarter funds then lost up to $20,000 in Sandy-inflicted damage
That’s the bad news. The good news is that Thirty Acres is packed. And it’s no further from Manhattan than Brooklyn. Really, you’ve spent more time commuting to Roberta’s. As such, I award 2.5 stars to Thirty Acres in my Bloomberg News review today. Husband and wife owners Kevin and Alex Pemoulie say they hope to make some of the losses back through insurance. Here’s what Alex & Kevin tell me:
- “We lost probably $15k to $20k in product that we had to throw away and lost income. We are incredibly lucky that we didn’t lose anything else, that our building only had minimal damage, and that it looks like insurance will cover a portion of our waste and lost income. We haven’t received any money from insurance yet, but are hopeful that we will get at least a portion reimbursed.”
Oh, did I forget to mention that these guys rock? How remiss on my part. So:
These guys ROCK.
