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Today the Times runs a sweet piece on William Herz, the most regular of regulars at Midtown institution Sardi’s —he’s been going for 77 years.

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Industry Vets: Meet the Man Who Has Been Frequenting Sardi’s for 77 Years

Chef Akhtar Nawab confirms earlier reports that he is indeed the chef at downtown Mexican spot La Esquina . This is the chef’s second gig after closing his restaurant, Elettaria, last August, and he says he has ” some other projects on the table too.” [Heritage Radio Network via Grub Street ]

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Chef Shuffles: Chef Akhtar Nawab confirms earlier reports…

Yes, as Pardon Me for Asking points out , everyone makes spelling mistakes. It’s human.

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Funnies: Amgula Omelettes and Mushroom Quiesh at Sweet Melissa’s

A Mexican restaurant in Brighton that recently closed will soon be open once again, though at a new location in another section of Boston. According to the restaurant’s website, Zocalo Cocina Mexicana is going to be opening somewhere in the Back Bay in early June. A note on the Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Facebook page from the owner of the restaurant mentions that the new spot should be open on June 4, though the restaurant’s website says June 1.

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Zocalo Cocina Mexicana to Reopen in the Back Bay

Nicola Marzovilla, the owner of restaurant I Trulli on the concept of children’s menus : ” Children’s menus are the death of civilization …The table is very important. It’s about nutrition, it’s about family; you go right down the line. And the children’s menu is about the opposite — it’s about making it quick, making it easy, and moving on.” [NYT]

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A Note to Breeders: Nicola Marzovilla, the owner of restaurant…

Ever since last October, power lunch spot Michael’s has been twittering about every big (or small) name diner that comes into the restaurant. Today the Observer culls the nearly 3,000 tweets to find out the restaurant’s most frequent diners: “The leader is 68 years old, followed by someone who is 72

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In the House!: Ever since last October, power lunch…

The restaurateur Nicola Marzovilla has strong opinions about food and the messages that parents send at meal time.

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Big City: To Develop Young Tastes, Look Past the Children’s Menu

MIDTOWN — The Midtown branch of Japanese restaurant Menchanko Tei has been shuttered by the DOH . [ML] WEST VILLAGE — Chef Robert Passon is opening a little wine bar and restaurant over on Perry Street

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EaterWire: Farmers Market on Wheels; New Robert Passon Wine Bar

[ Krieger , 5/5/10] Painkiller , the tiki-meets-NYC-grit watering hole that took over the former East Side Company Bar space, only officially opened two weeks ago. But already, the reviews are coming in. Owned and operated by the team behind Long Island City’s Dutch Kills, the drink list has been culled (and tinkered with) from the annals of tiki history.

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Good News/Bad News: The Early Word on LES Tiki Den Painkiller

The legal and financial mishaps of Gottino’s co-owners Michael Bull and chef Jody Williams may be finally coming to a close now that Williams has taken flight .

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Lawsuits: Juicy Details on the Williams/Bull Gottino Lawsuit Revealed

Flo Fab reports that O’Neal’s , the Irish pub on West 64th and West 65th streets, will close next week and will be replaced in August with a new location of restaurateur Stephen Hanson’s Upper East Side sushi and seafood spot Atlantic Grill . Restaurateur Michael O’Neal has owned a restaurant in the space for the last 46 years—it was called the Ginger Man before it changed to the pub seven years ago

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First Word: Stephen Hanson To Drop an Atlantic Grill near Lincoln Center

The folks at Graydon Carter’s Monkey Bar email in to announce their new web site , which includes pictures, phone numbers, an very cool interactive guide to its famous mural , a Facebook page (!), and a link to a (protected) Twitter account. Looks like the ice is melting

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Monkey Bar: The folks at Graydon Carter’s Monkey…

Last week, hip downtown restaurant Cafe Select sent a letter to friends and regulars asking them to help in obtaining a sidewalk cafe license. And it worked! Now Westville East is following suit. An Eater correspondent there for brunch over the weekend notes that a new sign on the door asks diners to sign their petition or email Community Board 3 to support them in their quest for sidewalk action, while also stating, “Some mean spirited neighbors say we are trying to profit off their sidewalk, we are part of the community …” Meanwhile, employees asked the overflow crowd and seated customers to sign, and inside the bartender told the tale of a CB3 attendee who stood up at the last meeting and said Westville makes her fear for her life.

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Neighborhood Beefs: Westville East Also Asks Customers for Help in CB Battle

Last week, a regular of the sweet Village bar Gottino wrote in to report that Jody Williams , its chef, has left the restaurant, saying, “I can’t confirm 100%, but I live in the neighborhood and eat in Gottino several times a week. And, alas, Jody must have done her crazy self in again, because she’s nowhere to be seen around Greenwich Ave.” Her co-owner Michael Bull, who is involved in a major lawsuit with Williams, told Eater last week that all was well, that they were working things out, that she was still “involved” and in the kitchen. It’s interesting timing actually, because their case, in which Bull accuses Williams of misappropriating $95,000, is being heard today in a New York court.

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Beefs: Trouble Afoot at Gottino as Jody Williams Leaves with Staff

A culinary event that benefits a program helping inner city students is coming to Boston in early June, and a number of local restaurants that feature various ethnic cuisines will be participating. Taste of the World will be held at the City Year Building on Columbus Avenue on Thursday, June 10, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and will include culinary samplings from dining spots such as The Burren in Somerville, Danish Pastry House in Medford, Estragon Tapas Bar in the South End, Jacob Wirth in the Theatre District, Mumbai Chopstix in the Back Bay, and several others. A silent auction will also be held.

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Taste of the World Coming to Boston, June 10, 2010

On Friday, it was kind of cute to see that the folks behind Mia Dona were looking on the bright side of Sam Sifton’s recent brutal goose egg review. They took the one positive quote about the place—that the meatballs are “terrific”—and put it on a dry erase sandwich board . The above bitter ‘Siftonade’ signage that now graces the restaurant is not quite as cute

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Biting Back: Mia Dona Still Not Letting Sifton’s Goose Egg Go

Looks like Andy Yang’s plan to open a branch of Rhong Tiam with the people of the recently shuttered artists space Collective Hardware is a definite no-go . Per the owner, “I just don’t think NYC wants something like this or someone would have come to our rescue when we need it.

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Rhong Tiam Bowery: Looks like Andy Yang’s plan to…

It looks like a Mexican quick-food restaurant in the Financial District of Boston is going to be opening a second location nearby. Andale, which is at 125 Summer Street (just west of the Rose Kennedy Greenway and South Station), is soon going to have a sister restaurant called Andale Express, which will be located at the Rose Kennedy Greenway in front of the New England Aquarium. According to the owner of the restaurant, Andale Express could be open sometime around June 7

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Andale Express to Open at the Rose Kennedy Greenway

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. All non cave dwellers know that last night, the biggest television event of all time went down: the season finale of Lost .

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Bidding Farewell : Lost Finale Mania Hits New York Bars and Restos

John Mariani, the Esquire critic that is lambasted in Anthony Bourdain’s upcoming book Medium Raw , has this to say about the No Reservations host : “…however concocted most of his accusations are…what is most disturbing is that Bourdain…seems to have lost all ability to construct a single paragraph without using the words ‘douche bag,’ ‘asshole,’ and ‘fuck,’ which you expect from illiterate, ever-anonymous food bloggers but not from the once-stylish Bourdain. [Esquire]

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Feuds: John Mariani, the Esquire critic that…