An Epicurious blogger goes looking for good crabs in New York and is disappointed. He went to a place called Fatty Crab, hoping for the best, “But the Italian chef seemed to be thinking more along the lines of puttanesca.” [Epicurious]
The future site of Brushstrokes has a cracked foundation. Just what did David Bouley do to anger the Fates this way? [Downtown Express]
A “picnic club,” which will promote picnics, will, take note, “fundamentally change weekend activity in NYC.” [Down by the Hipster]
Restaurateur to the rich Nello Balan is opening up a hotel and restaurant in the North Fork. [NYP]
The brilliant CEO who somehow made IHOP cool will now try to do the same for Applebee’s. [ABC News]
Do you qualify as an overnight Internet millionaire if your youthful gambit pays off twenty years later? Ask the guy who just made $2.6 million from auctioning pizza.com. [NYP]