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: Eater.com and The New York Times’s Josh Barbanel report that Charlie Trotter (of Charlie Trotter’s), the renowned Chicago chef who considered but rejected space at the Time Warner Center earlier this year, has decided to open his first New York restaurant at One Madison Park. As Eater notes, that development will indirectly […]

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