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Around Town: East Village Yacht Club Closes

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• 4 A.M. Last Calls Could Be Headed The Way of Smoky Bars (NY Sun)
• Gowanus Yacht Club 2 Days Out (Eater)
• Rose Bar Has The Best Looking Ladies In Town (DBTH)
• East Village Yacht Club Closes, UES Prepsters Sullen (Imbible)

Around Town: Rush Limbaugh's $700 Tip

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Jeremy Sullivan of Kobe Club Gets $5,000 Tips From Rush Limbaugh (Grub St.)
• Cry Wolf Party At Beatrice Inn (Guest Of A Guest)
• A Defense Of Jigger-less Pours (eGullet)
• STK's Outgoing Bartender Spills About Dumb Drinks, Rock 'n' Roll And Cheap Swingers (Metromix)

Around Town: Name A Glatt Kosher Restaurant

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Sandwiches Of Famous Chefs (Zagat)
• Name A Glatt Kosher Falafel Restaurant (Grub St)
• Antik On The Bowery Is Now Open (DBTH)
• A Conversation With Nur Khan Of Rose Bar (GNML)

Around Town: Soaring Pizza Prices

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Mmm … Pizza! (A Slice, but at What Price?) (NY Times City Room)
• Momofuku Ko will rely on an online reservation system (Eater)
• Baird Jones's Memorial Party to Be Held at Club He Secretly Tried to Close (Grub St)
• Signs of Life At Gin Lane (Imbible)

Around Town: Is The Knitting Factory Headed To East 14th Street

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• The Rook Is No More. Welcome Arrow To Avenue A. (Imbible)
• Tips For Scoring A Reservation At Per Se (Chowhound)
• Is The Knitting Factory Headed To East 14th Street (Brooklyn Vegan)
• Sixpoint Craft Ales Is Three This Month (DBTH)

Around Town: Fashion Week Is Here (It's Also Super Tuesday)

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• On The Circuit At The Chloe Sevigny Party (DBTH)
• Super Tuesday - Where The Politicos Are Eating in NYC (Eater)
• Super Tuesday - WWCD? (What Would the Candidates Drink?) (Imbible)
• Mona's and Sophie's Are in Good Hands (Grub St)

Around Town: The InnLW12 Is Now Canoe...

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• InnLW12 Drops Food, Becomes Canoe Club (Eater)
• Charcuterie Primer (TONY)
• Free Booze: Lose Your Sobriety, Not Your Cash (Imbible)
• Where to Get Your Haggis On for Burns Night (Grub St)

Around Town: Cain Crosses The Pond

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Cain Crosses The Pond To England (DBTH)
• New and Improved Shake Shack Back from Winter Recess (Eater)
• Remembering the CBGB Toilet (Daily Intel)
• Bar Boulud: Charcuterie Magnifique (Are We Ready for It?) (Serious Eats)

Around Town: Openings & Closings

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• 8 Cent Falafels & A Falafel Eating Contest @ Tasty Falafel (Gridskipper)
• Wild Salmon Closing On December 31st (Eater)
• Duvet: Closed (NY Post)
• Nightclub Touch Opens In Midtown (Imbible)
• ThreeOneOne - Social Powered News for New York City

Around Town: Tenjune Team Purchases Lotus

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• The Tenjune Team Has Purchased Lotus (DBTH)
• Eater Goes Inside The New UWS Mermaid Inn (Eater)
• The Best New York City Airport Food (NY Mag)
• Where To Drink Before Watching NY's Hockey Teams (Metromix)

Around Town: Post-College Uh-bliteration (PCU)

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• PCU: Post-College Uh-bliteration (Imbible)
• Thanksgiving Recipies From Around The World (Grub Street)
• Four Williamsburg Restaurant Openings (Eater)
• Karaoke 2.0 (Metromix)

Around Town: Smith's Open In The Village

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Veslka To Open Second East Village Outpost (Grub Street)
• Smith's Is Open On Macdougal (Eater)
• Xai Xai, A New South African Wine Bar In Hell's Kitchen Is Open For Business (Endless Simmer)
• The Pizza Express: 6 Pizzerias In One Afternoon Aboard A Schoolbus (Slice)

Around Town: Irving Mill Opens

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• First Look Inside Irving Mill - Photos + Menu (Grub St.)
• Dining Tips From Per Se's Former Captian Phoebe Damrosch (amNY)
• Inside New East Village 'Parisian Gastropub' Belcourt (Eater)
• Did Diddy Actually Get Into Fisticuffs At Upstairs, Not At Kiosk As Has Been Reported? (DBTH)

Around Town: New York City Zagat 2008 Roundup

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Eater Rounds Up Links To Coverage Of The 2008 Zagat Guide To NYC Restaurants (Eater)
  • See Previously: (Michelin New York 2008)
• Cipriani Returns To Wall Street (Page 6)
• Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce Not Dead? (Grub St.)
• The Royalton Has Reopened After Renovations (NewYorkology)

Around Town: NYC Oktoberfest Drinking Guide

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Shake Shack's Shacktoberfest Starts Tomorrow (Eater)
• A Look At The Fall Menu At Freemans (Grub St.)
• Oktoberfest Drinking Guide (Metromix)
• First There Was BarFry. Is RawBar Up Next? (Gotham Gal)

Around Town: Forty Deuce Is A No-Go

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• 'Dosa Man' Wins The Vendys (Best Street Food In NYC) (NYDN)
• Down By The Hipster and Page Six Go Back And Forth Over Upstairs.
• Ivan Kane Kills NYC Plans for Forty Deuce (Grub St.)
• Primehouse New York Opens On Park South (Eater)

Around Town: Brothels For High-Schoolers On The LES?

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Down By The Hipster Gets An Email About 'Upstairs' (DBTH)
• The Five Rules For Getting Past The Velvet Rope (NYDN)
• Mo Pitkin's Is Closing October 20th (Eater)
• Lower East Side Brothel Targeted Nearby High School Students! (Gothamist)

Around Town: Late Night Nights At Ssam Bar Are Back

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Late Night at Ssäm Bar Returns! (Eater)
• Good Eating In Little Italy (NY Times)
• Slummin' It In TriBeCa (Metromix)
• Death & Co. Will Cater Your Next Event (Thrillist)

Around Town: La Esquina Reopens

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Menu At Long-Delayed LES Sports Bar The Blue Seats Revealed (Eater)
• La Esquina Is Back Open (DBTH) ...Good Luck Getting A Table (DBTH)
• Grayz Will Open Monday, With Booze (Grub St.)
• Frank Bruni Heads Back To BLT Fish (Diner's Journal)

Around Town: Sipping Sake In The East Village

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Is The Inn LW12 Ditching Its Canadian Menu? (Eater)
• East Village Sake Spot Sakaya Is Coming Along (DBTH)
• How Badly Do You Want Milk & Honey's New Phone Number (Grub St.)
• The End Of The Summer On The East End (City Room)

Around Town: East Village Noodle Wars

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Market Table Readying For Early Fall (Eater)
• Dining Alone In NYC (NY Mag)
• Renderings Of The New Park South Gansevoort Hotel (Curbed)
• Momofuku vs. Ramen Setagaya - The Fued Continues (MetroMix)

Around Town: Is This The End Of Cipriani's?

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• BLT Market Is Now Open In Midtown (Snack)
• Last Chance To Visit Cipriani's In NYC? (Post)
• Gemma Obeys The Law (DBTH)
• M.I.A., The Shins, The Decemberists To Help Launch Terminal 5, New Midtown Music Venue (Gothamist)

Around Town: Is Chinatown The New W. 28th Street?

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• The Nightlife Scene Moves South, Southeast to Chinatown (Observer)
• The Left Bank on The Bowery? (Eater)
• Magic Tricks, Martinis, and Mario Batali...at your next corporate team-building event, really! (TONY)
• The Monthly Chowdown: BBQ + DJs at APT (Metromix)
• The Village Pourhouse Goes Green (Metromix)

Around Town: New York City's Hidden Restaurants

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Rating the Red Riojas (Gothamist)
• Just when is 'bromantic' sports bar The Blue Seats going to open? (Eater)
• The Hotel Gansevoort is expanding (DBTH)
• New York City's Hidden Gems (NY Post)

Around Town: In The Basement Of Mercat...

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Mercat, the hot East Village tapas joint has a basement, and it may or may not be called Mercat Negre (Eater)
• Broken plasmas delaying the opening at The Blue Seats? (TONY)
• Trans-Fat still in our French Fries? (City Room)
• Regional Tasting Menu's at Mercadito on Monday Nights (Gothamist)
• Inside the $15K Dave Matthews Concert @ The Ross School (The Beach)

Around Town: Wine On The Rocks?

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• NYC Mixologists are increasingly breaking taboos — pouring Champagne, port, and beer over ice, in an effort to serve up refreshing summer drinks. (NY Sun)
• The Past, Present, and Future of NYC Jewish Delis. (City Room)
• Death & Co. is moving across the street. (Grub St.)
• Half-Naked swimming in the pool at the Four Seasons restaurant. (NY Times)

Around Town: The Ugliest Outfits In NYC & More...

Food & Nightlife News From Around The New York City Blogosphere:

• Ugly Outfits New York blogs about the daily fashion tragedies witnessed on the sidewalks of New York (via Thrillist)
• Absinthe cocktails at the Waverly Inn (DBTH)
• Jody Williams' bar Gottino is opening soon in the West Village (Eater)
• Jay Mcinerney visits Nobu East at the Ross School (HG Blogs - Dining Out)