• Protestors, counterprotestors, a wildly exaggerated connection to Bruce Willis: the East Village's Bowery Wine Company has it all. [Observer]
  • Gray Kunz's Grayz will go from a lounge/events space to a full-on restaurant. [NY Sun]
  • Michael White's L'Impero is getting a new name (Convivio), a new look (bright colors), and a new culinary focus (southern Italy). [NY Times]
  • Andrew Carmellini has officially served his last plate of homemade pappardelle at A Voce. [NY Times]
  • Tony May's 20-year-old Central Park South staple San Domenico will close today and reopen in a new location off Madison Square Park as SD26 in early 2009. [Eater]
  • $40 beers and other alcoholic anti-bargains for the profilgate. [TONY]