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dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com - 20 days ago

Del Posto Posts New Prix Fixe, Fewer Tables

— dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com — A new lunch menu at Del Posto, and fewer tables.... (more) Del Posto Posts New Prix Fixe, Fewer Tables

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Star Search: Batali and His Four Star Del Posto Ambitions
Eater NY — ... the enoteca at Del Posto, the affordable cafe section at the high end Italian restaurant, it's because the owners there have some lofty goals, and they don't need the hoi polloi getting in the way. Molto Mario tells The Feed, "We’re going to get our second Michelin star and a four-star New York Times review this year, and this is how we’re going to do it." Ahh, so it's Sifton-bait. ...

Batali Reaches for the Stars
Grub Street New York — ... from the Times (while getting three out of five stars from Adam Platt). Actually, Mario has been waiting for the Times to revisit the restaurant for three years now, and while it’s not inconceivable that Sifton would do so (Bruni’s first review was a rereview of Babbo, after all), it also seems like Sifton is going to be more tied up with outer-borough cheap-eats spots than Bruni was. It may just be time for Mario to give up the dream. Batali on the changes at Del Posto [Feed/TONY] Read more posts by Daniel Maurer ...

Why Mario's Closing the Enoteca at Del Posto
Serious Eats: New York — ... "We're going to get our second Michelin star and a four-star New York Times review this year, and this is how we're going to do it," Mario tells The Feed. In other words, for the critics—not the diners. ...

Dovetail Re-opens Tonight, Expanded and Renovated
Fork in the Road — ​Just as Mario Batali has shrunk Del Posto in his quest for the NYT stamp of approval, Dovetail has added 20 seats to its dining room and 500 bottles to its wine list. According to a rep, John Fraser's Upper West Side New American restaurant will also boast a new sommelier, Babbo/the French Laundry's Amanda Reade Sturgeon, as well as a new cheese cart, cocktail menu, and roster of small plates for the expanded bar.

[Roundup: Eating & Drinking]
Cityfile.com - Dailyfile — ... says he decided to change up Del Posto because he's planning to get a second Michelin star and a four-star Times review this year. [TONY] ...