IN THE NEWS: Eater.com details the opening of Bar Blanc (142 West 10th Street, West Village; 212-255-2330) and the closings of Agata & Valentina Ristorante (1505 1st Ave, agatavalentina.com), Frank’s steak house (410 W 16th St), and Sapore (55 Greenwich Ave.). … The New York Times’s Frank Bruni gives one star to Barbuto (775 Washington Street near West 12th Street), 212-924-9700), barbutonyc.com) and has a first visit to Lunetta (116 Smith Street near Pacific Street, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn; 718-488-6269), while Peter Meehan reviews Seymour Burton (511 East Fifth Street near Avenue A, East Village, 212-260-1333). … Featured openings: wine and tapas bar Buceo 95 (201 West 95th Street, 212-662-7010) and Italian restaurant Covo (701 West 95th Street, 212-234-9573). nytimes.com … New York magazine’s Adam Platt gives two stars to Smith’s (79 Macdougal St., nr. Bleecker St.; 212-260-0100), while Alex Morris profiles high-profile chef Alain Ducasse. nymag.com … Andrea Strong’s TheStrongBuzz.com visits Bacaro (136 Division St., near Ludlow St., 212-941-5060) and Smith and Mills (71 North Moore Street, at Greenwich Street, no phone, www.smithandmills.com) and reports on the reopening of Danal (on Fifth Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets, 212-982-6930) and the opening of: Chop Suey (714 Seventh Avenue South between 47th and 48th Streets, replacing Foley’s Fish House in the Renaissance New York Hotel overlooking Times Square); and Olana (72 Madison Avenue, between 27th and 28th Streets, 212-725-4900), due the week of Jan. 21. …

The Daily News’s Danyelle Freeman gives one and a half stars to Lunetta (920 Broadway, at 21 St., 212-533-3663), while Irene Sax reviews Gazala Place (709 Ninth Ave., at 48th St., 212-245-0709). nydailynews.com … The New Yorker’s Nick Paumgarten reviews Peri Ela (1361 Lexington Ave., 212-410-4300). newyorker.com … The Village Voice’s Robert Sietsema reviews Bosnian cafes Stari Most (28-51 42nd Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-932-7683) and Ukus (42-08 30th Avenue, Astoria, Queens, 718-267-8587). villagevoice.com … The New York Sun’s Paul Adams reviews Back Forty (190 Avenue B, between 11th and 12th streets, 212-388-1990), while Bret Thorn notes the opening of Bar Boulud (1900 Broadway, between 63rd and 64th streets, 212-595-0303). nysun.com … Bloomberg’s Alan Richman gives one star to Grayz (13-15 W. 54th St., 212-262-4600; www.grayz.net). bloomberg.com …

New York Press’s Joshua Bernstein reviews El Quinto Pino (401 W. 24th St. between 9th & 10th Aves., 212-206-6900), while Walmsley Apricot (www.whorebivore.com) considers Kenka (25 St. Mark’s Place between 2nd & 3rd Aves., 212-254-6363) and Gerry Visco visits Caminito Restaurant (1664 Park Ave between E. 117th & 118th Sts., 212-289-1343). nypress.com … Time Out New York’s Randall Lane reviews Fiamma (206 Spring St between Sixth Ave and Sullivan St, 212-653-0100), while the magazine also reviews Matilda (647 E 11th St between Aves B and C, 212-777-3355) and Omido (1695 Broadway between 53rd and 54th Sts, 212-247-8110). timeoutny.com … Gael Greene’s Insatiable Critic visits Solex (103 First Avenue between 6th & 7th Streets. 212-777-6677). insatiable-critic.com … NYCNosh.com reviews Chiles & Chocolate Oaxacan Kitchen (54 7th Avenue between Lincoln Place & St. John’s Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-230-7700) and Mitchel London Pizza (456 Ninth Avenue between 35th and 36th Streets, 212-563-7741). … EatingInTranslation.com visits, among many places, Yo Yo Fritaille (2811 Glenwood Rd., Flatbush, Brooklyn, 718-724-1844). … EdLevineEats.com reviews, among other places, Great Burrito (100 West 23rd Street, New York, just west of Sixth Avenue, 212-243-0022).

Compiled by Pat Embry, WhereTheLocalsEat.com

Filed under: New York Restaurants | Tags: Agata and Valentina closed, Alain Ducasse, Bacaro, Back Forty, Barbuto, Bosnian cafe, Caminito, Chiles and Chocolate Oaxacan Kitchen, Danal, El Quinto Pino, Fiamma, Frank's closed, Gazala Place, Grayz, Kenka, Lunetta, Matilda, Mitchel London Pizza, Omido, Peri Ela, Sapore closed, Seymour Burton, Smith and Mills, Smith's, Solex, Stari Most, Ukus |