• Burger King lets you eat Mickey Rourke. [IESB]
• 8-month pregnant lady chases down man who mugged her. [NYP]
• R-Rated movies turn teens into drunks. G-Rated Fantasia turns them onto acid. [Pop Watch]
• Seinfeld trial sounds like a bad open mic hour. [NYP]
• NYC has six of the best fifty restaurants in the world. New Yorkers complain about it. [Eater]
• The Wall Street Journal/New York Times catfight heats up. [NYO]

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Last night, Harper's Bazaar and The ONE Group hosted the opening of The Collective restaurant in the old One Little West 12th space. We definitely saw Jill Zarin cuddling with her husband, and we're pretty sure we saw Jaslene canoodling with a globe: More»

Of all the civilized things about Paris, I always thought the height of sophistication in the City of Lights involved its waiters swiping customer credit cards right at the table after a meal. Now, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is introducing Square, a new device that lets you accept all credit card payment right to your cellphone and does away with any excuse for restaurants to let the most dreaded part of a meal survive. More»

Sam Sifton, newish restaurant critic for the Times, has dutifully filed his heavily anticipated reviews each Wednesday, covering Chinese banquet halls in Flushing, sausage joints on the Bowery and French bistros in midtown. But the last three reviews have all complained about corporate-feeling restaurants, making us think the Times should expand Sam's beat even more.    More»

[George Fertitta, chefs. Photos by Sarah St. Lifer] The Shops at Columbus Circle were packed to capacity on Thursday afternoon as NYC and Company celebrated NYC Restaurant Week with the Coca-Cola Great Tastes of Summer event. Guests sampled food from Restaurant Week participants DB Bistro Moderne, Spice Market, Bice Ristorante, Porter House, and Tribeca Grill, while enjoying a live performance from the cast of Hair, who reminded us that, no matter how hard we try to move on, it will always be the Age of Aquarius. I had the pleasure of speaking with Daniel Boulud, restaurateur, TV host, and man about town, whose latest New York restaurant, DBGB, opened to rave reviews last month. More»

[Presenter showcases the wondrous culinary alchemy that turns avocados into guacamole.]

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On Monday, international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger teamed up with over thirty top NYC eateries to host its annual Restaurants Against Hunger benefit. Held at Touch NYC, guests nibbled on guacamole and chips, swigged some cocktails, and listened to a performance by indie artist Clara Lofaro. For the true foodies in the crowd, the opportunity to mingle with acclaimed chef Jacques Pepin outweighed all the other goodies. More»

• 28 new places to eat, drink, and converse opened up this month in NYC despite the recession, down from last month's 39 [Eater NY]

• Just when you thought Brüno (a character played by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen) couldn't get any more ridonkulous -- how can you top sitting on Eminem's lap at the MTV Movies Awards and asking "Is the real Slim Shady about to stand up?" -- Brüno gets more ridonkulous in the July issue of Marie Claire [The Cut] More»

• The long-awaited High Line project is almost here! The first section of the walkway will be open to the public in mid-June. [Time Out New York]

• Kanye West conquers shyness with flyness, illiteracy with books full of nonsensical sayings. [Gawker] More»