• Ian Schrager is bringing in some firepower to the Gramercy Park Hotel: Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality will take over space formerly occupied by Wakiya, and David Rockwell will handle the design, although the "Italian-inspired" restaurant doesn't have a chef or name just yet. [NYT]
• In a chat with the Observer, Meyer says he's "intrigued by the possibilities" of working with Schrager. He also says he has no plans to take over the Rainbow Room, and remains undecided about a bid for Tavern on the Green. [NYO]
• Rumor has it Todd English is out at The Libertine at the Gild Hall hotel. [TFB]
• Keith McNally's Minetta Tavern has added a late-night menu. [GS]
• A group of sad Beatrice Inn regulars gathered at the Cooper Square Hotel on Friday night. In attendance: one-half of the Olsen twins, Chloe Sevigny, and "some skinny guys with mustaches," naturally. [DBTH]
• The sandwich shop Crosby Connection opened on Bleecker today. [Eater]
• The best street food in NYC, at least according to the Post. [NYP]

Dining mogul Steve Hanson has long had a rep as a obsessive micro-manager and tough boss. The man responsible for Ruby Foo's, Blue Water Grill, Atlantic Grill, and a dozen other venues (and who sold half of his company to Barry Sternlicht for $78 million last year) didn't dispel the myth when he sat down with Forbes recently. First, he barks at Wildwood employees that a single chipped dinner plate will make his barbecue restaurant "look like crap." (And you thought most restaurant owners were concerned about bad reviews.) Hanson then rattles off a list of impressive numbers: His famously huge database now contains 3 million phone numbers, he purchased 1.5 million tomatoes last year, and, in case you're wondering, he bought 'em for 20 percent less than the competition. Oh, and how does he decide whether to turn on those outdoor heat lamps? "Hanson sticks his hand out the window of his chauffeured Escalade and tests the air: Yes, it's cool enough that the heat lamps for the sidewalk tables at his uptown Atlantic Grill ought to be turned on. But have they been? He tells his driver to cruise by, so they can check."