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  • Florent is getting a last-minute reprieve, kinda sorta: Its namesake, Florent Morellet, is still leaving and the name in the window is going to revert back to R&L, but the restaurant's landlord has decided to keep the place open with the same menu and staff. [Eater]
  • Chocolate Bar has completed its move from the West to East Village. [Grub Street]
  • Looking for a new bogus service to waste money on? New York's first "sushi concierge" will show you how to eat toro "correctly" for a fee. [F&W]
  • Peter Glazier's Strip House is going to expand into a neighboring bookshop. [Vanishing New York]
  • $100 baby eels at Le Bernardin and other off-the-menu dishes you can sample if you know what to ask for. [NYP]