Lunch at Murray's Cheese Bar; EMP Sous Chef Goes West

THE VILLAGE ? Murray's Cheese Bar has started serving lunch two days a week. On Thursdays and Fridays, it's open from 11 a.m. 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., serving up a lunch menu that includes sandwiches, deconstructed salads, and that burger. [EaterWire]

UPPER EAST SIDE ? New Lexington Avenue French bistro Casimir & Co. has also launched lunch service. It's available Monday to Friday with entrées like chicken paillard and steak tartare running between $17 and $22. [EaterWire]

CLINTON HILL ? Roman's Dave Gould is the latest chef to make a specialty pizza for Speedy Romeo's ongoing collaboration series. He's designed a thin crust pizza with a ricotta-ramp spread, topped with watercress, sorrel, and other greens. [EaterWire]

CHEF SHUFFLES ? Eleven Madison Park senior sous chef David Nayfeld is getting his own restaurant?in Los Angeles. Nayfeld is leaving EMP to run the kitchen at a new, as-yet-unnamed restaurant by the team behind The Churchill and The Hudson. It should open this fall. [Zagat]
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