The restaurant took on more than five feet of the Hudson River during Sandy.
Daniels was formerly the executive sous at Manhattan's Perry Street.
The restaurant will try to reopen in time for New Year's Eve.
"So I made dinner for the family and ate a little bit. Then I went to Mercer at 9 for a real dinner."
"I quit smoking weed a couple years ago, and every time I eat these hash browns I'm like, 'I wish I could eat this while I'm baked.'"
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The chef is offering prix fixe specials at all of his restaurants.
A closer look at Bobby Flay’s burger, plus a possible Maganaro peace plan, in today’s neighborhood food news.
A Perry Street sous-chef is opening his own (unnamed) place in Brooklyn.