- Last week Ed Levine took a swipe at the Zagat designation of Telepan as Top Newcomer, alleging that is received some localized favoritism. Tim replied in the comments, and now Ed takes a staring role as the big man with a mea culpa.

- Eater has put together some nice links on the Spain 10 event from this past Saturday.

- Alex Ureña was up at the Spain 10 event, and for no other reason than that here is his interview from Savory New York.

- As much as we love the rants on Shameless Restaurants for the psycho value, this post is a good dose of reality for the constant drumbeat of negativity on the site.

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