- The struggling development of Moynihan Station has overcome one hurdle: Amtrak has reached a preliminary agreement to move its facilities to the proposed site inside the James A. Farley Post Office. [NYT]
- Casino tycoon Steve Wynn is proposing a relatively modest looking 350,000-square-foot facility for the Aqueduct Racetrack site and projects that his venue will make about $500 million in revenue its first year. [Crain's]
- A major factor in downfall of Tavern on the Green—or more specifically its recent bankruptcy filing—is the loss of revenue from corporate and social events, which made up 60 percent of the restaurant's sales. [NYT]
- On Saturday André Balazs opened the Boom Boom Room, the nightclub on the 18th floor of his Standard New York hotel. [NYMag]
- Fashion designer Betsey Johnson will design an Eloise-themed suite for the Plaza hotel. [HotelChatter]
- The 1,301-room Milford Plaza hotel in Times Square will close in December for renovations and reopen in October 2011. [NYT]
- Eater has the first look inside Ed's Chowder House, Ed Brown's new seafood spot inside the Empire Hotel. [Eater]
- Pete Wells is disappointed by Michael Psilakis' new gastropub, claiming that "the problem with Gus & Gabriel is not that it aims low. The problem is that it fails to achieve even its low aims." [NYT]
- For Adam Platt, "the unexpected quality of [chef Dan] Silverman’s cooking" is what makes the Standard Grill a standout new eatery, as well as its "decent lunch" and "proficient breakfast." [NYMag]
- Calling Civetta a "soulless sophomore venture," Jay Cheshes criticizes the restaurant's "blandly attractive" decor and the menu, which "suffers from a crisis of both vision and execution." [TONY]
- Comparing Brooklyn Bowl to the new "small and authentic" restaurants in Brooklyn, Ryan Sutton remarks that the bowling-entertainment-dining complex "feels more like Planet Hollywood transplanted from Times Square across the river." [Bloomberg]
