IN THE NEWS: www.Eater.com details the new Michelin ratings, “Obvious winners are Masa (promoted to three stars); Gilt (promoted to two); and both Adour and Momofuku Ko (awarded two right out of the gate). Three restaurants got one star in their first year of consideration: Allen & Delancey, Insieme and Kyo Ya. The latter restaurant […]

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IN THE NEWS: Time Out New York reports Joseph Chirico, the president of the Brooklyn branch of the New York Restaurant Association and owner of Carrol Gardens restaurant Marco Polo Ristorante, has been indicted in the government’s groundbreaking case against the mafia. … Time Out New York’s Randall Lane gives four stars (out of six) […]

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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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