What Wine Labels Reveal | Lavo Officially Becomes a Breastaurant

Wednesday, 8 June 2011 by IrwanKch

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2011

Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com

Openings
Delancey Owners Lease Another Delancey Street Space A 9,000-square-foot triplex.
Lawsuits
Sexual Harassment at the Boathouse? Six current and former employees come forward.
Sloshed
Sloshed: Maybe We Should Be Judging Wines by Their Labels Matthew Latkiewicz explores the relationship between wines and their labels — and, yes, there actually is one.
Recipes for Success
Side of Business Savvy With Your Noodles? How Xi'an Famous Foods keeps it real.
Pickle
Can Vlasic’s New ‘Aspirational Pickle’ Stick It to Those Brooklyn Spears? A mass-produced pickle to rival Brooklyn Brine and McClure's?
Nightclubbing
Lavo Officially Becomes a Breastaurant With ‘Bikini Brunches’ The party brunch bar has been lowered.
Openings
Allegretti Takes Bette The French chef will open his own restaurant on 23rd Street.
Quote of the Day
Ken Friedman Doesn’t Want to Brag About Celebrities, But ... He will mention Charlie Rose.
What to Drink
Do an Anthony Weiner ‘Crotch Shot’ The Anthony Weiner cocktail — it was bound to happen.
The Other Critics
‘Can’t Miss’ Dishes at Pure Thai Shophouse; ‘Terrific’ Pork at Zabb Elee Plus: Ai Fiori lacks character and more, in this week's roundup of restaurant reviews.
Mediavore
Top E. Coli Culprits; Red Hook’s ‘Chicken Guy’ Plus: humanely raised meat unlikely to make you sick, business lunching speeds up, and more, in our morning news roundup.
Neighborhood Watch
Lot on Tap Opens Tomorrow; El Cid Will Be Reborn Plus: Rickshaw Dumpling is open in midtown east, and more neighborhood news.
Openings
Ryan Skeen Pops Up Again At a summer pop-up called TBD.
FYI
In Case You Were Wondering People do actually buy things at the Beauty & Essex pawn shop.
The Other Critics
Sam Sifton Really Doesn’t Want You to Eat at Imperial No. Nine Sam Sifton flays Imperial No. Nine.
Openings
Wooly’s Ice Brings ‘Snow Ice’ to Municipal Plaza Another outdoor lunch option for the financial district.
Marketing Gimmicks
There Is Such a Thing As a $1 Lunch Living Social has a new app to promote.