IN THE NEWS: New York magazine’s Adam Platt reviews South Gate (154 Central Park S., nr. Seventh Ave.). … The Grub Street blog reports, “Top Chef contestant Spike Mendelsohn has left Mai House, but don’t assume his departure is related to winning a reality show of some sort. According to Eater, Mendelsohn got the mitten […]

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IN THE NEWS: The New York Times’s Florence Fabricant reports: “A Voce, the restaurant that has been a showcase for Andrew Carmellini’s refined Italian food for the past two years, will be getting a twin. The second A Voce will take over the space on the third floor of the Time Warner Center that is […]

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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: 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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IN THE NEWS: Andrea Strong’s TheStrongBuzz.com reviews Commerce (50 Commerce Street, near Barrow Street, 212-524-2301) and reports the scheduled April 30 closing of West Village’s Chocolate Bar, which will move in May to 127 East Seventh Street. … The New York Times’s Frank Bruni awards two stars to Bar Boulud (1900 Broadway near 64th Street, […]

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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 […]

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IN THE NEWS: The New York Times’s Florence Fabricant reports that Hung Huynh, last season’s ‘Top Chef’ winner, has signed a one month contract as executive chef of the kosher Mediterranean/Asian restaurant Solo (Sony building at 550 Madison Avenue near 55th Street), starting March 2… Fabricant also features family bakery Sugar Bun (156-22 Cross Bay […]

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