IN THE NEWS: The New York Times’s Frank Bruni knocks celebrity chef Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill (102 Fifth Avenue near 15th Street, 212-807-7400) down a star, from two to one star — Eater.com further reporting that apparently the restaurant’s GM and a loose-lipped server subsequently were fired soon afterward — while Peter Meehan reviews Hakata […]

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IN THE NEWS: The New York Times’s Frank Bruni’s 10 Best New Restaurants list for 2007: 1, Momofuku Ssam Bar;  2, Soto; 3 (tie), Anthos, Insieme; 5, Park Avenue Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall; 6, Resto; 7, 15 East; 8, Allen & Delancey; 9, Pamplona; and 10, Mai House. … Bruni awards one star to both Shorty’s .32 (199 […]

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