Facelifts: Del Posto's Enoteca Gets the Ax
Eater NY — ... a great prix fixe deal and lower priced menu options. Now, Sam Sifton reports, the separate menu will be gone, as will a group of tables on the mezzanine level: ...

Del Posto Eliminates Café, Introduces Prix Fixe Lunch
Grub Street New York — While Cru gets cheaper and more casual, Diner’s Journal reports that another fine-dining heavy hitter, Del Posto, is going the opposite route. Mario Batali’s crown jewel, which recently lost a Michelin star, has eliminated the café where it served a more affordable menu, and is removing eight tables from the mezzanine. The silver lining is that a $29 prix fixe lunch will now be offered Wednesday through Friday. Sam Sifton writes, “Does the change mean the recession is over and the restaurant is moving back in the direction ...

[Roundup: Eating & Drinking]
Cityfile.com - Dailyfile — • A preview of what you'll find when Maialino opens next week. [GS] • In other Danny Meyer news, Shake Shack is expanding to Miami. [GS] • For his part, Daniel Boulud is taking his Bar Boulud to London. [Bloomberg] • A roundup of recent restaurant/bar openings around town. [Eater] • Del Posto is closing its cafe and is introducing a new prix fixe menu. [NYT] • Paul Sevigny may be still be hoping to reopen the Beatrice Inn. [Gawker] • 100 things restaurant staffers should never do, part 2. [NYT, previously]