• In his next-to-last review for the Times, Frank Bruni upgrades Danny Meyer's Eleven Madison Park from three stars to four, making it Bruni's sixth four-star review in five years and making Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park's 32-year-old chef, an extraordinarily happy man, suffice it to say. [NYT]
• Related: Over on Diner's Journal, Bruni explains the big decision. [NYT/DJ]
• Other reviews this week: Time Out's Jay Cheshes gives Aureole four out of five stars; Restaurant Girl comes away from the Standard Grill very impressed; the Post's Steve Cuozzo is thrilled with the Standard Grill, too; and Bloomberg News's Ryan Sutton gives two stars out of four to SHO Shaun Hergatt.
• As rumored a few months back, the Sant Ambroeus team is taking over the former Lever House space and turning it into Casa Lever. [NYT]
• Todd English has signed on to oversee the kitchen at the Great Jones Hotel, a 13-story hotel that is currently under construction. [Eater]

• A Paris-based restaurant chain called Dans Le Noir is on the hunt for a NYC location. As the name suggests, all the dining happens in the dark. [NYP]
• Is the Roxy about to return to the club scene? That's the rumor. [DBTH]
• Did you know that Magnolia Bakery is destroying the West Village? [VV]
• Los Dados co-owner David Rabin reports he's sprucing up the joint. [GS]
• A Florida-based bagel company says its bagels are just as good as the ones you'll find in NYC because they're made with "Brooklyn water." [Gothamist]
• A roundup of New York's "quirkiest scoops, snow cones and popsicles." [MM]