Top Atlanta Chef Set to Lead Plaza Hotel’s Oak Room

IN THE NEWS: The New York Post’s Steve Cuozzo reports that Atlanta chef Joël Antunes will be the new top toque at New York City’s Plaza Hotel’s Oak Room and Oak Bar when it reopens this summer. Atlanta’s Restaurant Joël, which recently reopened this winter after a massive redesign, will remain open even though the […]

Lennon Fave Cafe La Fortuna Closes on Upper West Side

IN THE NEWS: AM New York (amny.com) reports the Feb. 24 closing of Upper West Side mainstay (and John Lennon’s favorite neighborhood hang-out) Cafe La Fortuna (69 W. 71st St.), and the Lost City blog attends the last day … The Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s Don Evans reports the closing of 72-year-old Armando Ristorante (143 Montague […]

Closings Include Agata & Valentina, Frank’s, Sapore

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 […]