Big winners Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone of Torrisi Italian Specialties took home NYC Restaurant of the Year and National Restaurant of the Year. The awards will look at home on the stocked shelves at Torrisi.
Presented to the person whose show is best viewed at 140 characters long.
Industry PR vet Karine Bakhoum, celebuchef Anne Burrell, Aldea chef George Mendes and friends.
Eater Awards 2010 at Public Restaurant, NYC. Things be rocking.
Big winner Michael White took home three cans of tomatoes, including NYC Chef of the Year.
Ardesia owner Mandy Oser, the one and only Eric Ripert, and friend.
Awards were distributed in customized 35oz cans of Italian peeled tomatoes. Suitable for sauce!
The PDX crew represents in NYC! Eater PDX editor Erin DeJesus stands second from left.
The party rocks on.
Chef April Bloomfield with her Comeback of the Year award for The John Dory at the Ace Hotel in New York City.
Venture capitalist Mo Koyfman, Joanne Wilson, and Eater co-founder Ben Leventhal share a guffaw.
Team Momofuku Milk Bar (with Christina Tosi at left) get crazy with Food & Wine's Kate Krader (in green jacket).
AvroKo lighting always photographs well, friends.
Torrisi's Mario Carbone with wine wizard Joe Bastianich and assorted entourage.
Matt Lightner, PDX Chef of the Year and Restaurant of the Year winner, went home with double hardware (and an Eater Shitshow t-shirt for good measure).
Joseph Leonard's Gabe and Gina Stulman with Joanne Wilson.
Wine guy Brandon Barton, Eater NY editor Amanda Kludt, and Eleven Madison Park svengali Will Guidara.
Prime Meats' Frank Falcinelli dispenses the wisdom.
Winner of the Jean-Georges Award for Quietly Killing it, Frank Falcinelli, with his Prime Meats partner Travis Kaufman. [Photo courtesy Metromix]
Time Out New York restaurant editor Jordanna Rothman (in foreground to right of Anne Burrell's hair) enjoys the moment.
Pok Pok's famous chicken wings made the flight from Oregon with panache.
Team Fat Radish picks up their Eater Award, the Daniel Boulud Award for Most Originally Named Restaurant of the Year, "named in honor of the best restaurant namer there ever was."
Eater co-founder Lockhart Steele warns the crowd of imminent taco-bombing from the Korilla Truck that had just pulled up outside.
GREY GOOSE speciality cocktails.
Team Momo Milk Bar knows the program.
Michael White and Eric Ripert.
Former Racked NY editor Leslie Price and current Racked NY editor Izzy Grinspan show off their men.
Curbed NY editor Joey Arak and Darin Bresnitz.
Team Convivio, bottoms up!
Eater's Lockhart Steele with Saveur's Gabriella Gershenson.
Those guys.
Team Eater Holiday Card 2010. (Front row: Greg Morabito NY, Erin DeJesus PDX, Kat Odell LA, Lockhart Steele, Rapahel Brion NAT’L; back row: Carolyn Alburger SF, Ari Bendersky CHI, Scott Solish NY, Paula Forbes ATX/NAT'L, Amanda Kludt NY. Roaring firepla
Lure's John McDonald with Bon Appetit restaurant editor Andrew Knowlton and lovely wife.
Francis Lam, George Mendes, and friends.
Food & Wine home cooking star Sarah Simmons and friend.
Eater intern and Bitters, Old Men founder Zachary Feldman and friend.
Eater's Michelle Curb (far right) and friends.
Awards that will be claimed... and Awards that probably won't.
Eater co-founders Ben Leventhal and Lockhart Steele surround empire maven Chris Cannon.
GREY GOOSE pour.
Public treats.
The Korilla taco truck was a late night arrival, here flanked by some of the crew from the French Culinary Institute that helped run the Eater Awards gala.
GREY GOOSE behind the bar.
Greg Denton (Chef of PDX ROY nominee Metrovino), Matt Lightner (dual PDX winner), and Todd Steele (Metrovino).
Eater's Kelly Dobkin and friend. [Photo courtesy Guest of a Guest]
Eater Chicago editor Ari Bendersky. [Photo courtesy Guest of a Guest]
Gawker Media ad director Chris Batty and wife.
Eater general manager Josh Albertson (left) surveys the scene.
Eater LA editor Kat Odell (right) and friend.
Eater's dapper Greg Morabito.
Eater nightlife editor Scott Solish.
Eater SF editor Carolyn Alburger. [Photo courtesy Guest of a Guest]
Chef Timon Balloo of Miami Restaurant of the Year SUGARCANE Raw Bar Grill with Eater co-founder Lockhart Steele.