From the Deathwatch Notebook

A tipster on the tenuous situation at Terrance Brennan's Picholine: "I'm a former BOH Picholine employee...spoke with a former FOH manager there today who told me that the Pich will be closing soon 'for the rest of the summer.' (Yeah, right). I can also tell you that kitchen employees weren't getting paid on occasion at least as far back as when I was there. Regardless, I thought this was interesting especially given what they're claiming today about Bar Artisanal. I'll believe they're both reopening when I see it happen." [EaterWire]