A Pricey Dinner at Per Se, Boqueria SoHo Debuts
♦ Tonight is the night for Thomas Keller and Grant Achatz's 20-course, $1,500 dinner at Per Se, and despite the bad economy, it's completely sold out. [NYT, NYT]
♦ A Q&A with chef Seamus Mullen, whose long-awaited Boqueria Soho finally opened last night. [Metromix, Eater]
♦ Christopher Lee will depart Gilt at the end of the year to take over as Auerole's executive chef. [NYT]
♦ A look inside Trigo, the "Mediterranean-inspired brasserie" set to open in Tribeca at the end of the month. [Eater]
♦ Has the fro-yo trend subsided? Apparently not: Red Mango is expanding with new, "experimental" flavors and has plans to open new outposts on the Upper East Side and Times Square. [GS]
♦ Delicatessen in SoHo was burglarized yesterday for the second time since it opened in July. [Eater]