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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is in charge of construction on the new 1 World Trade Center – AKA the Freedom Tower – is now seeking developers to design, build and operate a 34,000-square-foot restaurant on the 100th and 101st floors; whoever wins the bid may also win rights to operate the observation deck planned for the 102nd floor. The Authority is gazing into its crystal construction ball and seeing a Grand Opening in 2013.

This week in the Times, Bruni three stars Fiamma and rates it a top pick. Says that the restaurant is not, by any means, classically Italian, but “when a restaurant turns out this many dishes that make you stop mid-chew, nudge a companion and nod your head vigorously—because you’re excited; because you need to start working off the calories any way you can—it needn’t worry about fitting into a tidy box.” Also in the Times,...

Bruni doubles up on steakhouses this week, reviewing both Porter House and STK. Porter House gets one star: to Bruni, it amounts to "a generically sophisticated upgrade of the kind of chain establishment found in lesser malls." His direct comparison is, in fact, to Outback. As for STK, he can't tell if it wants to be a restaurant or a nightclub, and with the dark lighting and throbbing music, says "it's two kinds of meat market in one." Hee. No stars there. Eater was on the money on STK and off by a star (having predicted two) on Porter House.

Bruni two-stars spanish Boqueria, calls it happy and peppy, and says it has “the virtues of stylishness without the vanity, luring relatively young, good-looking diners who turn out for the eating more than the posing.” Named for the food market in Barcelona, about two-thirds of the menu at Boqueria features tapas. And the boys at Eater are on the money again, putting the action on two stars.

Bruni one-stars Da Silvano, downgrading it from the two stars Ruth Reichl awarded the restaurant in 1998. He doesn’t quite understand its allure, though he sees occassional glimpses: “Perhaps more than any New York restaurant I know, Da Silvano illustrates... the mind-boggling inconsistency that can exist across the breadth of a menu and a series of visits.” Celebrities love the place, though, he tells us. He even called a few to ask why. Madonna didn't get back to him, but Sarah Jessica Parker did, and she favors the linguini with clams. Why the food critic for the New York Times needs a celebrity to weigh in on merits of a restaurant, we're not quite sure, but good to know that SJP thinks Frank merits a response and Madonna doesn't.