DP Brasserie celebrating anniversary with discount
New executive chef named for New World Bistro Bar
Ian Brower, who has run kitchens at Albany restaurants including Lost & Found Bar & Kitchen and the former Capital City Gastropub and was chef de cuisine at the original incarnation of Donna’s Italian in Troy, has been named executive chef of New World Bistro Bar in Albany.
Owner Annette Nanes said the restaurant, closed since mid-january for a pandemic-related winter break, is projected to reopen on or about April 21 with a new menu by Brower. There will be a large tent in the rear parking lot, as New World had in late summer and fall last year, and indoor seating will be at up to 75 percent capacity, assuming that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s announced capacity expansion happens starting Friday.
Nanes opened New World with her husband, Scott Meyer, in 2009. They parted ways with New World’s celebrated founding chef, Ric Orlando, in June. His replacements, Hannah and Zachary Welton, married chefs who moved cross-country during the pandemic last summer to take over the kitchen at New World, resigned earlier this month, saying they could not come to agreement with Nanes and Meyer on the terms and timing of the restaurant’s reopening.
“The management team at NWBB is excited to move forward to again create a Bistro where people enjoy our creative food, lively staff and exciting atmosphere,” Nanes said in a statement.
New World is at 300 Delaware Ave.
Spice Malabar opens in Clifton Park this week
Spice Malabar, the next restaurant from the owners of the Indian restaurant Karavalli in Latham, opened Tuesday at 7 Southside Drive in Clifton Park, in The Shops at Village Plaza. The retail complex is opposite Clifton Park Center mall.
The menu is online at spicemalabar.com. The lunch buffet costs $10.95 weekdays, $14.95 weekends. Dinner entrees costs $12 to $26, with most priced at less than $20. A vegan menu includes 20 entrees.
The chef, Vince George, is a native of India who has been Karavalli's executive chef for the past decade.
Hours for Spice Malabar: Lunch, noon to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 3 p.m. weekends; dinner, 5 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m Sunday. Call 518-4788087.
Karavalli in Latham and Spice Malabar are no longer affiliated with Karavalli Saratoga, on Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs.
The downtown Albany cocktails and casual-fine-dining spot dp: An American Brasserie, which opened on March 17, 2006, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a 15 percent discount on all dining checks from through Thursday this week. Located at 25 Chapel St., adjoining the Hampton Inn & Suites, dp is open from 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday.
The discount is available for dine-in and takeout customers who mention the anniversary. It does not apply to meals in dp’s formal sibling, Yono’s. As an anniversary special, dp’s beloved kobe sliders, off the menu for about five years, will return as a featured item for at least Thursday through Saturday this week. Call 518-436-7747 or reserve online at dpbrasserie.com.