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 Times’s Pete Wells reports the scheduled April 19 closing of Provence. Marc Meyer and Vicki Freeman, who took over the place last year, plan to open a different restaurant there in early May named Hundred Acres, after an old name for the neighborhood. … Frank Bruni gives one star to Chop […]

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IN THE NEWS: The New York Times’s Frank Bruni gives two stars to Mas (39 Downing St. near Bedford Street, 212-2545-1790) and revisits Centovini (25 West Houston Street, between Greene and Mercer Street; 212-219-2113), while Peter Meehan visits Nizza (630 Ninth Avenue near 45th Street, 212-956-1800) and Julia Moskin stops  by Sookk (2686 Broadway near […]

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IN THE NEWS: Time Out New York’s Feed blog interviews chef David Bouley, who reveals, “I am closing the current Bouley in a few weeks and opening a new Bouley at 161 Duane Street. I hope to create an environment and a concept that will be closer to my original restaurant. To feel closer to […]

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