Jacques Torres in Midtown; Guy Savoy Rumors in DoBro

SOHO—Fork in the Road reports that Rouge et Blanc, formerly named Cinq à Sept, is getting ready for a September opening at 48 MacDougal. It will be French-Vietnamese and will be run by chef Matt Rojas and wine man Thomas Cregan. [EaterWire]

DOBRO—A random Curbed commenter started a rumor today that mondo famous chef Guy Savoy is opening a restaurant in a luxury building down in downtown Brooklyn. The following commenters take it and run with it. We'll file it under, not too damn likely. [Curbed]

MIDTOWN—Jacques Torres will open a new satellite operation in the underground concourse at Rockefeller Center later this month. A giant TV will stream live footage from the Hudson Square chocolate factory. [The Feast]

TRASH TALKING—Mario Batali just upped the playful trash-talking ante for the upcoming Asphalt Chef competition against Texan chef Tim Love and Food Network star Guy Fieri. Click through for the video. [EaterWire]