IN THE NEWS: The Post’s Stephanie Cohan reports, “The owners of famed Harlem coal-oven pizzeria Patsy’s won a protracted court battle [Sept. 9} when a federal judge said they were free to expand and set up franchises without interference from another famous Patsy’s - the former Rat Pack hangout in Midtown. Patsy’s Pizzeria attorney Paul […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Associated Press and others report that New York City eateries must remove artificial trans fats from all menu items by July 1. “When first implemented last year, the Health Department ban applied only to fry oils and spreads. It now will also include baked goods, frozen foods, cannoli and doughnuts. Foods […]

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IN THE NEWS: New York magazine’s Adam Platt reviews South Gate (154 Central Park S., nr. Seventh Ave.). … The Grub Street blog reports, “Top Chef contestant Spike Mendelsohn has left Mai House, but don’t assume his departure is related to winning a reality show of some sort. According to Eater, Mendelsohn got the mitten […]

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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 […]

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IN THE NEWS: GlobeSt.com reports that celebrity chef Bobby Flay (Mesa Grill)  is launching an upscale hamburger chain called Bobby’s Burger Palace, his business partner revealed at the International Council of Shopping Centers New York National Conference. Flay is planning five to 10 new Burger Palaces a year. … The New York Times’s Kim Severson […]

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IN THE NEWS: The NY Times’s Oliver Schwaner-Albright reports on the three month-long work of Swee Phuah, the contractor for the newly relocated and expanded Momofuku Noodle Bar in the East Village (171 First Ave., nr. 11th St.; 212-475-7899) that chef David Chang expects to open this week. In November, the original Noodle Bar space […]

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