• Graydon Carter's Monkey Bar is no longer accepting reservations by phone. In other Carter news, Carter's Vanity Fair has very nice things to say about Carter's Waverly Inn, which you'll no doubt be surprised to hear. [Eater, VF]
• Celebrity settings: A roundup of restaurants where celebs were spotted eating this week (or at least where gossips said they'd been spotted). [GS]
• Osteria del Circo is closed due to a gas leak. But Sirio Maccioni will be happy to seat you at Le Cirque instead and he'll give you 25% off, too. [Eater]
• JGV clears the record: He did not cook for four presidents past and present last week. Just one ex-president, a mayor, and UN Secretary General. [JGV]
• Teany caught fire today and will probably be closed for several weeks. [Eater]

• Robert Sietsema of the Village Voice shares his top 10 pizza list. [VV]
• Momofuku is now helping out the homeless dog population. [NYT]
• Famed French chef Alain Ducasse is developing food for astronauts. And he's serious, too. "It's time to take space food to the next step," he says. [BN]
• Four Seasons co-owner Alex von Bidder is publishing a kids' book. [GS]