Eating & Drinking: Friday Edition
• Di Fara sells the city's most expensive slice of pizza. (The price was just raised to $5.) A symptom of the recession? A sign the recession is over? Something else? Now even the mayor has been forced to weigh in on the subject. [NYT]
• The Oyster Bar in Grand Central has lost its liquor license. [Eater]
• Closings: Centovini on West Houston will close tomorrow; Brooklyn's Bonita closes in August; and Baraza on Avenue C has already closed its doors.
• The insanely messy legal feud between Philippe and Mr. Chow continues. [GS]
• The perfect complement to a summer lobster roll? Lobster ice cream. [GS]
• The critical deets from yesterday's "beer summit": The president drank a Bud Light; Joe Biden had a Bucklers; Henry Louis Gates opted for a Sam Adams Light; and Cambridge cop James Crowley sipped on a Blue Moon. [NYP]
• Ryan Skeen shares his new menu as the new chef at Allen & Delancey. [TFB]
• A report from the recent foie gras protest outside Momofuku. [Villager]
• Crudo, a new Latin spot on West 35th Street, opens next Thursday. [Thrillist]
• Guss' Pickles is relocating from the Lower East Side to Brooklyn. But a lawsuit is forcing it to change its name in the process. [NYDN]