Concerns About Day-O Diner, Todd English Cupcakes

MIDTOWN—When the Plaza Food Hall, headed up by celeb chef Todd English, opens later this month, it will include a branch of Curly Cakes, English's joint project with his daughter Isabelle: "The cupcakes are basic: red velvet, lemon with pomegranate vanilla frosting, and toasted coconut." [GS]

WEST VILLAGE— A new tenant is finally hoping to take the long abandoned Day-O diner space at 103 Greenwich Ave., but Community Board 2 might not let him. They've turned down his proposal to alter the facade. [Curbed]

TV— The new television line-up for NYC Life (Channel 25), includes a show that will profile "classic one-of-a-kind shops and mom-and-pop businesses that have stood the test of time." One of those shops will be Russ & Daughters. [Lox Populi]