Cipriani Wall Street
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- A planned eatery from the Maccioni family in the Beekman Tower will be more budget-friendly than their other restaurants. [NYMag]
- The Department of Buildings has closed down Brooklyn nightclub Studio B. [The Brooklyn Paper]
- Venues run by the Cipriani Group will keep their liquor license. [BizBash]
- Before the Cipriani Group's settlement with the State Liquor Authority was announced, Steve Cuozzo defended the company, writing that "[the group's] ballroom catering is ... a seamless blend of style and substance no operator at any other venue can match." [NYP]
- Developer Forest City Ratner plans to break ground on the new Nets arena in fall of this year, but the opening may be pushed back until 2011. [NYO]
- Vikram Chatwal's much-delayed project, the Lamb's Club hotel, may have a new name and yet another new opening date. [Hotel Chatter]
- Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter bought the lease of Midtown restaurant Monkey Bar from the Glazier Group. [BizBash, NYP]
- Donald Trump has acquired another golf course in New Jersey and will bring in Tom Fazio to upgrade the property. [NYP]
- Soul food restaurants in Harlem are struggling. [NYT]
- A lawyer has brought a slew of new lawsuits against several Manhattan eateries, including Bouley, Bond St., and BLT Steak, as well as catering firm Abigail Kirsch. [NYMag]
- Montauk residents have issues with new Hamptons hotel Surf Lodge. [NYP]
- Cooper Square co-owner Klaus Ortlieb tells GQ that the service at his new hotel is important to him. [Hotel Chatter]
- Basketball City finally got approval on its Pier 36 site. [NYP]
- An employee of Times Square entertainment venue Spotlight Live was arrested in connection with the death of a woman at the club. [NYT, Reuters, AP]
- General Greene is a "stellar example of New Brooklyn cuisine." [NYMag]
- For Frank Bruni, the dishes at East Village Korean restaurant Persimmon are "uneven." [NYT]
- "Restaurant Girl" Danyelle Freeman has four stars (out of five) for Jean-Georges Vongerichten's latest, Matsugen. [NYDN]
- Time Out's Jay Cheshes echoes Freeman's assessment with five stars (out of six) for Matsugen. [TONY]
- Paul Adams has plenty of praise for new TriBeCa joint Forge. [NYS]
- André Balazs's new project, the Standard Hotel New York, is coming along. [Hotel Chatter]
