New York September 2006 Restaurants “Fireside - Sam DeMarco’s grazing menu at the Omni Berkshire Place is all over the map, with shareable portions of “mooshu” five-spice duck, oxtail-bone-marrow dumplings, and smoked-turkey “Cuban Reubens.” The New York Times September 2006 Fall Preview: Dining Out “Fireside - The chef Sam DeMarco returns to Manhattan from Las Vegas with this large yet cozy lounge-like room that replaces Kokachin. Plates meant for sharing will be the specialty.” Crain’s New York Business September 2006 Business Lives “Fireside brings chef Sam DeMarco to a $3 million spread at the Omni Berkshire Place in October. The fare is described as ‘cocktail cuisine, totally modernized and quite serious,’ with plentiful options for sharing: bagna cauda, mooshu five-spice duck, and four-slice cakes served whole for the table.” The New York Times December 2006 Florence Fabricant Food Stuff / Off the Menu “Fireside - Sam DeMarco is the chef for this restaurant in the Omni Berkshire Place hotel, where he is serving small plates and more substantial dishes of lusty seasonal food, including pork osso buco, skate in brown butter and foie gras popsicles.” New York Daily News January 2007 City Life – Perfect 10 “Fireside Cool: The Cucumber Gimlet is the gem of the new cocktail menu at Fireside Restaurant, which also includes the Cider Martini and the Huckleberry Mojito.” Bloomberg January 2007 $3 Million Fireside Open: Food Buzz “the daiquiri and other outmoded classics are getting a second chance at Fireside, a $3 million restaurant in the Omni Berkshire Place hotel.” Thrillist New York January 2007 The List / Food: “Fireside’s named for its massive glass-enclosed fireplace – which for permit reasons currently burns only candles. While the décor’s municipally handicapped, the menu’s unconstrained, with notables like BBQ Pork Osso Bucco with creamy cheese grits, and the staggering Crepe Royle: Nantucket Bay scallops, sweet potato-chorizo hash, caviar, lobster hollandaise, and quail egg. After eating this, light a candle for your waistline.”