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2. EMM Group wows the Community Board 3 with their restaurant pitch for 199 Bowery. EMM met with CB3, revealing plans that involve a bakery up front, Top Chef alum Hung Huynh and Franklin Becker in the kitchen, a live jazz band in the basement and a 4am closing time. Meanwhile, Keith Masco, owner of BAD Burger on Avenue A, demands that the board deny his request for a beer license when said board suggests that he compromise to appease the locals. [Bowery Boogie] [Photo via Forbes]
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