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  • Princetonians forced to share NYC clubhouse with lowly Williams alumni. [Metropolis]
  • NBC cancels 20-year old Law & Order. You will still be unable to escape it in syndication. [NBC]
  • Drag queens and bears reclaim the Meatpacking District. [UrbanBearWeekend]
  • People can't pipe down about Pulino's patrons who can't pipe down. [BoweryBoogie]
  • Speaking of Pulino's, Keith McNally calls a restaurant critic bald and fat. [Eater]
  • Lena Horne gets the sendoff she deserved. [1010]

Despite some less-than-ecstatic reviews, New Yorkers clamor for seats at Keith McNally's two-month old Pulino's. Critics and bloggers still can't shut up about it. Martha Stewart tweets it. McNally's got the Midas touch. Which is why the tireless Brit should start scouting locations for his next cash cow now. More»

EV Grieve notes the opening of Pomodoro pizza on 2nd Avenue today. And while the joint skipped the balloons and American flag banners to denote its grand opening, the unfortunate misspelling of pizzeria wasn't the best alternative. But at least the newcomer sticks out! More»

Yesterday I wrote about restaurants usurping clubs as the ultimate nightlife scene. Now, NY Barfly brings word that Keith McNally's Pulino's--the biggest restaurant of all time--has basically installed a bouncer at its door. More»

[All photos by Hannah Thompson for Vogue] Emma Watson took a break from being a normal college student at Brown and filming her final scenes as Hermione Granger to support her fellow Brits last night at Pulino's. More»

East Village blogs are atwitter with news of a 3-year construction overhaul of East Houston Street.  Locals can expect widened sidewalks, new medians, bike lanes and trees. But will the strip's noisy, dusty beautification hinder its gentrification? More»

My inaugural stint as a food blogger began at Pulino's today as downtown restaurant king Keith McNally's latest blockbuster officially opened to the non-"Friends and Family" masses. How was it? More»

UPDATE: GofG's Billy Gray Live Blogging first lunch at Pulinos! Thank god we have someone around the NYC blogosphere that is willing to do some heavy lifting. While we're happy here in our comfy office chairs, eater.com's Lockhart Steele is stuck in Keith McNally's newest booths over at Pulino's on the Bowery, taste testing its first official breakfast ever. Talk about a rough Monday morning. He even has to TWEET about it. For his job, you know? More»

  • A guide to crashing the Vanity Fair Oscar party. [Gawker]
  • And we thought an 8pm reservation at Minetta Tavern was a New Yorker's Holy Grail: Keith McNally has a rent-controlled apartment. [Grub]
  • Pandora is making Oprah-money. [Mashable]
  • Wanna stay thin, ladies? Hit the bottle! [NYT]
  • One more big deal article about our very own Winklevoss twins, and we might be able to tell them apart. [FT]
  • The campaign to save East Village fixture Ray's Candy Store reaches fever pitch--with thongs! [EVGrieve]
  • New Jersey women sue after butt surgeries go wrong. [NYDN]
  • Lil' Wayne's much-delayed sentencing lands him a year in prison. I smell a concept album in his future. [1010]

When Pulino's opens Tuesday, upscale foodie havens will occupy three of four corners at Bowery and Houston. And while the Bowery revival is old news, the gourmet boom here is notable, since the fourth corner's got a restaurant supply store--the kind of place these newcomers depend on and destroy. More»

  • Kate Gosselin and Shannon Doherty among next season's Dancing with the Stars contestants. [JustJared]
  • Giant, blow up pig representing non-union workers visits Keith McNally's Pulinos. [Eater]
  • ABC threatens cable blackout, striking fear into the heart of every New Yorker. You think I'm kidding? It's Oscar weekend! [NYP]
  • OJ Simpson's court suit to be Smithsonian gift. What, the bloody glove wasn't available? [CNN]
  • NYC subway reality show put on hold. We live it, so why watch it on tv? [Intel]
  • How the Post poached Harold Ford Jr. story from the Times. [Mediaite]