• Daniel Boulud chats about the re-opening of Daniel on Monday (photos here) and explains why he shouldn't be held responsible if you get fat from eating too much of his food. [HuffPo via GS]
  • A list of the 10 best wine bars in New York. [NYO]
  • Dinosaur BBQ has 4,837 more Facebook fans than Florent. [GS]
  • The endlessly-embattled SoHo restaurant Lola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [NYO]
  • The East Village bakery Vesuvio's is still closed but still very much missed. [Eater]
  • Frank Bruni thinks restaurants should make it easier to cancel reservations. [NYT/Diner's Journal]
  • Milk & Honey's unlisted phone number has been disconnected. [GS]
  • A map of the best places to play pool in the city. [Gridskipper]
  • Jeffrey Chodorow chats with BlackBook about his career and his relationship with Ian Schrager. BlackBook proves incapable of spelling Schrager's name correctly throughout the entire Q&A. [BlackBook]