Chef Damien Brassel of now-defunct Knife + Fork will no longer be doing Knife + Fork dinners out of Percy’s Tavern.
[Eater]
Top Chef alum Cynthia Sestito will be cooking a special Italian holiday menu at Café Napoli in Little Italy on Saturday.
[Grub Street]
David Chang has been active on the Twitter lately, sparring with wine Tweeter @AYduhFOYluh over “what milk bar has become.”
[Grub Street]
Various staffers have left Corton for Ai Fiori, including restaurant director Susan Lee. The reservationist and two of the restaurant’s three captains are rumored to also be leaving.
[Eater]
Todd English is on track to keep up his clip of opening one restaurant per season: He’s planning a new place in the Limelight Marketplace, called Cross Bar, for January.
[Eater]
Harris Mayer-Selinger is the new chef at Bar Paya, and, following some time spent in Peru, he has re-Peruvianized the menu.
[Diner’s Journal]
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