This Week: Yet Another New Design for Atlantic Yards' Arena, Tavern on the Green Files for Bankruptcy

  • Jordan Roth, the new president of Jujamcyn Theater, is expected to bring a younger sensibility to the Broadway organization. [NYT]
  • Bruce Ratner has revised the design of the Barclays Center yet again, this time tapping Shop Architects to come up with the look for the 18,000-seat concert hall and arena inside Atlantic Yards. [AMNY]
  • Jennifer LeRoy, the current operator of Tavern on the Green, has filed for bankruptcy. [NYT]
  • As guarantors of the recently shuttered John Dory, Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich owe almost $75,000 in rent and expenses. [NYDN]
  • In a sneak peek at the EMM Group's soon-to-open Abe & Arthur's, the design firm reveals that a mezzanine will allow diners to watch the bustle of the dining room. [Eater]
  • Metromix has the first look inside the new Knitting Factory, which opened on Wednesday. [Metromix]
  • Photos of the new A Voce Columbus show a sleek private room and dining areas with views of Central Park. [Eater]
  • For Adam Platt, DBGB Kitchen & Bar feels like "an overstylized, disco version of an old Alsatian beer hall," where sausages take center stage on the menu. [NYMag]
  • Ryan Sutton claims that like Pastis and Balthazar, the Standard Grill is "one of the city’s better all-day hangouts," but it's better to hit the restaurant late in order to avoid long waits. [Bloomberg]
  • In looking at Aureole and Oceana—two restaurants that have recently traded cozy town houses for sleeker corporate setups—Steve Cuozzo finds the "designs and menus reflect a shift away from formal dining." [NYP]
  • Brooklyn's restaurant scene is booming, and to Jay Cheshes, Prime Meats is "certainly much more than just a good neighborhood spot." [TONY]
  • Alexis L. Loinaz and Matt Rodbard of Metromix review the food at Brooklyn Bowl, finding that the dining area "surprisingly isn't drowned out by noise" of the lanes and the "hodgepodge of comfort grub" has "crowd-pleasers aplenty." [Metromix]
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