Jonathan Waxman's West Village restaurant Barbuto was robbed early yesterday, according to the Daily News: "Three armed men who bound and gagged an employee... brandished a knife as they brazenly strode through the unlocked front door of the famed Washington St. eatery, which Waxman, a top chef master, opened in a former car garage." more ›

Paul Adams goes to Back Forty (pictured) for the NY Sun this week. “The restaurant takes its focus on farm-to-table cuisine almost to the point of self-parody,” he says. Back Forty could benefit more by the presence of Peter Hoffman (the chef and owner) in the kitchen, not so much at the greenmarket, says Adams. more ›