Eater’s careful reading of Community Board 2’s upcoming licensing meeting agenda next Tuesday has uncovered that former A Voce chef Andrew Carmellini seems poised to take over the former Tasting Room space, at 264 Elizabeth Street. Chef Colin Alevras closed the much missed Tasting Room restaurant in early June. Carmellini, whose 300-page cookbook called Urban Italian comes out in November, told Grub Street in July that he was also entertaining offers to open in Las......

When Eater reported on the Elizabeth Street Tasting Room location closing last week and mentioned “a dinner theater event” as a negative prognostic sign, chef-owner Colin Alevras stepped up to the comments section to defend the event and its organizer: “Marlo produced a fantastic event,” wrote Alevras, while confirming the Tasting Room’s closing, “and I hope to be able to work with her again in the future.” Marlo is Eating Their Words creator and director......