Around and About      12/03/2008  

Don’t Count Out the Ciprianis…

The Ciprianis, unfazed by the Post’s investigation of their Albany string-pulling, continue to agitage for special treatment — this time lobbying the city for landmark status. Observer

Ryan Skeen dreams of an “old school butcher shop with a soda fountain and a lunch counter.” How great would that be? Restaurant Girl

Adam Kuban assigns favorite pizzas to the characters on Gossip Girl. What? Slice NY

“Secret Chef” Philip Kirschen-Clark has left Pegu Club. It must have been in a heat: he texted us and Grub Street at the same time. Grub Street

Also good from Grub: a google map of all the new restaurants. Grub Street

New York agrees: Delicatessen is the most loathesome restaurant of 2008, a shining example of what Grub Street editor Daniel Maurer calls a “douchtination.” Observer

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