1) Temperatures are up, sidewalk cafés are back in full swing... and Cuozzo is pissed: "In fact, sidewalk setups expose you to stimuli that most of us go to restaurants precisely to avoid. Aggressive pigeons. Inquisitive mastiffs. Bus fumes. Car alarms." [NYPost]
2) New Le Cirque, scheduled to open next month, plans casual space abutting formal dining room. [Slashfood]
3) Citarella-run Joseph's (previously known as "Citarella") shutters Rockefeller Center location, plans new outpost on East 75th Street. Two strikes and counting; if this didn't work on one of the busiest corners in midtown... Well, anyway. [NYPost, 2nd item]
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