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| | | | | | 24-year-old chef Jessica Floyd has been working between 14 and 17 hours a day for the last two weeks at Islero, the new “modern Spanish” restaurant on 50th Street. The chef, who also handles the pastry program, hasn’t had a break since the place opened 11 days ago, and things aren’t slowing down any... Read More | | | | | | A few Thursdays ago, I planned a dinner with Ariel to Islero, a new tapas restaurant and bar that’s located in Midtown East. I sort of picked this place just because I wanted to try something different. We originally started small since Ariel’s complaining that he ate a fairly heavy lunch at Adri... Read More | | | | | | France might be credited for tongue-kissing and bubbly, but nobody does hot sex like the Spaniards. Martini and tapas bar Islero plays this up with a sizzling effect. Named after the... Read More | | | | | | MIDTOWN EAST— Alarming news coming in from the struggling restaurant front. We just got official word that management at the one month-old Midtown Spanish restaurant Islero fired the executive chef Jessica Floyd and the entire kitchen staff after service on Saturday night. The place got a modicum of... Read More | | | | | | Islero (247 E. 50th St. 212.752.1414) is kicking off their new late night menu in style. The Cintron Brothers, cousins of the famed Gipsy Kings, will be performing live at the restaurants Saturday, June 21st and Saturday, June 28th with no cover charge! The menu of tapas and cocktails will be avai... Read More | | | | | | **In case you have not heard, within hours of our posting this piece last night–and unconnected with anything we have written here–it was announced that Islero’s entire kitchen staff has been fired.** If naming a restaurant after the central figure in a gory bullfighting double tragedy strikes you ... Read More | | | | | | Supposedly less traditional and more fusion-y Read More | | | | | | Islero: This new Spanish restaurant (pictured) takes its name from the bull that killed famous toreador “Manolete” in 1947, shocking the nation and resulting in three days of Franco-decreed mourning, during which only funeral dirges were permitted on the radio. Anyway, there’s no bull on the menu, b... Read More | | | | | | In this week's paper, I review Islero, a new tapas spot on East 50th Street. The upshot is that Islero has potential, but it doesn't seem to know itself very well. Throughout a meal at Islero, there are some inexplicable choices that seem to be an awkward reach for trendiness or fanciness—to... Read More | | | | | | This is the Thursday Opening Report, a new regular feature that will provide the precise status of venues reported as open elsewhere. As per standard operating procedure around here, your contributions are so very welcome. Let's start out with the listings from the second half of the week, and t... Read More | | | |
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