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: 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 […]

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IN THE NEWS: New York magazine critic Adam Platt’s annual Where to Eat Right Now list begins with Park Avenue Winter and BLT Market as two of his 10 Best New Restaurants.  … The mag’s Grub Street blog reports that Hill Country and pitmaster Robbie Richter have parted ways, a mutual decision both sides say […]

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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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