Want a table at the Waverly Inn? Meet your new friend Fritz. [NYO]
Flo chart: Tocqueville’s Marco Moreira “just plans to work a little harder” now that his chef de cuisine has left; Park Ave. Cafe bites the big one. [NYT]
Eighty cooks (presumably none of them from Hell’s Kitchen) to work in Ramsay’s kitchen. [NYT]
Time Out fills us in on this whole trans-fats thing. [TONY]
American Heart Association says the ban will switch us from one poison to another. [NYP]
Barbes opens Barbouche, Chibitini space does tapas, and more. [TONY]
“New Yorkers don’t need a census report” — just this Daily News article — “to tell them that Latino cuisine is hotter than ever.” [NYDN]
Kampuchea Noodle Bar to give Momofuku a run for its money? [Strong Buzz]
Bottle-service nemesis wants the kids out of the clubs. [NYT]
J. Hoberman takes in food flicks Fast Food Nation and Our Daily Bread. [VV]
Related: Edelstein on Fast Food Nation