At the beginning of March, the Plaza Hotel welcomed the public back after a three-year, $400 million makeover, which transformed part of the 1907 landmark building into private condominiums – where the super-rich tenants are complaining about how lonely and desolate their lives are. (Seriously.) And now reviews are trickling in for the famed Palm Court (pictured) and the new Champagne Bar, both under the auspices of chef Didier Viro. If you’ve got no problem......

PARTY: Perhaps as a nod to Warhol, or simply as a reason to party, PBR has been on an Art Tour. Come check out their 18 PBR-inspired paintings, and more importantly drink free beer from 7 to 8 tonight as the tour hits the Knitting Factory. Music provided by DJ Awesome Derek, Cody Ranaldo, and Rezound. 7pm // Knitting Factory [74 Leonard St] // Free EVENT: The Women's Expressive Theatre storms the Angel Orensanz......

Arthur Emil, the man behind the late Windows on the World and The Rainbow Room, has won the coveted contract to operate the famous Oak Room and Oak Bar (pictured) in the Plaza Hotel, which is near the end of a three-year, $400 million makeover. The 18 story landmark building opened in 1907 and operated as a hotel until 2005, after being sold for $675 million. After delays blamed on “red tape”, the Plaza......

The 2006 Zagat guide to New York City restaurants comes out today. First, the stats: Over 30,000 people surveyed 2,003 restaurants. The average meal cost in New York is $37.61, making it the most expensive in the U.S. The most popular restaurant list looks quite a bit like last year's: Gramercy Tavern, Union Square Cafe, and Babbo knocking Daniel out of it's previous number three slot. Top food rankings go to Le Bernadin, Daniel, and......

April 27th: Celebrate the Joy of Cooking at City Opera Thrift Shop Okay, so it's not really a food event, but it's food related, and where else can you get kitchen items and vintage cookbooks while being a benefactor of the arts? 222 East 23rd Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. April 27th: Sherry & Soup Tasting Women for WineSense, a nonprofit wine educational organization, presents a sherry and soup tasting......

Following up last summer's news about the Plaza Hotel's sale to a developer to be converted to condos, it turns out that New York Region > Condos and Stores Planned for Plaza" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/nyregion/26plaza.html">retail stores and a small hotel will be included in the plan. Gothamist is relieved that the Oak Room will be reopened; the Palm Court will reopen as well, since it's a landmark. The developer, Elad Properties, says that their goal is to......