Via Metroblogging NYC, Buzina Pop, 73rd & Lex
· Bourdain: Cheffer Ilan 'a manipulative, conspiratorial, vindictive, weasely little shit' [Ruhlman]
· More on Ilan: did he get fired from Casa Mono? And did he cheat? [FoodCandy]
· Rene Pujol settles labor suit [Crain's]
· Katie Couric rains on Tuck Shop's parade [Midtown Lunch]
· E. 40s Japanese eats [NYT]
· Survey of the raging izakaya trend [Serious Eats]
· Luna Park/Union Square open air resto in jeopardy [NYT]