IN THE NEWS: www.Eater.com reports the closings of Portofino Grille on 64th and 1st, and First Wok (at 88th-89th and 3rd Avenue). … The New York Times’s Frank Bruni gives three stars to Momofuku Ssam Bar (207 Second Avenue, momofuku.com) and also visits Pranna (79 Madison Ave), while Julia Moskin considers Hea (145 East 13th […]

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IN THE NEWS: Dining Critic Gael Greene gets dumped from New York magazine and reflects on her four decades of reviewing. … Time Out gives its first-ever six-star review, to Chef Paul Liebrandts’ Corton (239 West Broadway between Walker and White Sts) and also reviews Yerba Buena (23 Ave A between 1st and 2nd Sts) […]

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IN THE NEWS: From the Sun’s Erin Lindholm, “Burger lovers on the Upper West Side have been buzzing with anticipation all summer for the opening of the second outpost of Shake Shack, restaurateur Danny Meyer’s perennially popular burger stand in Madison Square Park, open since 2004. Earlier this year, rumors had the opening date of […]

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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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