First Look at Cienfuegos | Lucky Strike Practices Portion Control

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010 Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com
Openings Bare Burger Brings Grass-Fed Elk Burgers and Outdoor Suds to Greenwich Village Astoria's organic burger joint is making a Manhattan transfer. Two for Eight Tables Available at Butter and Felidia; Le Bernardin Mostly Booked It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. Today: TV Chefs. Openings Village Chillage: Grisly Pear Is DOH’d, Vyne Wine Bar Opens Plus, a cat on a leash! Exposés Think Coffee Is Definitely Not Cheating You on Your Iced Beverages We investigate an accusation of cup-sizing fraud, with surprisingly happy results. Slideshow First Look at Cienfuegos, Ravi DeRossi of Death & Co.’s Cuban Rum Bar Check out the space, the menu, and the rum punches by Charlotte Voisey of Rose Bar. Openings Ex–Union Square Café Sommelier and Sous-Chef Head North Maialino's well-regarded sommelier is opening a restaurant in Armonk. Menu Changes Lucky Strike Practices Portion Control Keith McNally says he isn't skimping on ingredients. Quote of the Day Alan Richman, Trendsetter "The reason you always carry the bag when you became a restaurant critic was to steal menus." Beef Recipe-Development Wars: Food52 vs. Cook’s Illustrated The rigorous test kitchen goes up against crowd-sourced recipe wisdom. Empire Building Shake Shack Still Looking Downtown The Shack is still eyeing the Soho area. Openings Donatella Arpaia Wants a Piece of the Neapolitan-Pizza Pie When Donatella opens in July, she'll be executive chef. The Other Critics The Mark Pleases Sifton; Cheshes, Cuozzo Split on ABC Kitchen Plus: Ed Levine not entirely won over by Fatty 'Cue, and Gael Greene's service mishaps at Wall & Water, in our weekly roundup of restaurant reviews. Mediavore Escaping the Lunch Rut; the Lure of Hotel Restaurants Plus: Gordon Ramsey runs the London Marathon, and Employees Only makes a deal with FreshDirect, all in our morning news roundup. Bookshelf The Whole Dude-Food Thing Is Getting to Be a Little Nuts Introducing the “Quesa-diddle-ya” and the “Sex Crazy Mofo Tofu Scramble.” Neighborhood Watch Free Tasting at Louis 649; Surfer Sundays at Ditch Plains Plus: $9 breakfast at the Smith, and ShopRite in Brooklyn Navy Yard, in our daily roundup of neighborhood news. Empire Building Roberta’s Bread Oven Could Feed All of Brooklyn The restaurant's bread oven, housed in a shipping container, is expected to churn out a thousand loaves a day. Openings Chinatown Gets Two Bright New Bakeries Manna House gets a luxe new outpost.		Subscribe to New York