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 […]

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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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