Though consultant Clark Wolf jabs at Stephen Starr by saying his restaurants “do stuff that’s familiar and safe,” they nonetheless do well financially. His next big batch of plans includes a New York branch of El Vez, a Bronx Botanical Gardens project, and a Chelsea Market restaurant, so Crain’s gets the restaurateur to slow down to talk for a few minutes. “I’m like an addict,” he says. Starr says he’s hit his stride with Morimoto, Caffe Storico, and Buddakan — the latter, incidentally, pulls in $22 million a year — and his “bucket list” projects include a vegetarian place that isn’t “granola or hippie,” and also a “sexy” Indian restaurant. [Crain’s, Earlier]