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We, The Pizza opened its doors Monday night following a tremendous amount of anticipation and excited  hype for Spike Mendelsohn's second D.C. quick-bite restaurant.  On his heels of Good Stuff Eatery's golden success , Mendelsohn extends his proven recipe of quality ingredients, fast service and affordable take-away to We, The Pizza located next door to Good Stuff on Capitol Hill. More»

Ever struggling for something fun to do on a rainy Hamptons weekday, while you're hungry AND on a budget. We have a new obsession on how to satisfy all three of the above right in your own home. More»

It’s time to figure out where the best parties are tonight. Below are our picks of the city’s top events. And, as always, you can find the full details, as well as more events, on our Calendar Page. More»

It's Tuesday, which means everyone's favorite gourmet food truck is back (and every Tuesday through November!), today with Susan Feniger on board.  Name ring a bell? The culinary pro was recently on Bravo's "Top Chef Masters," and today brings her STREET cuisine to the mobile food service for gourmet boxed lunches. More»

  • New Yorkers find yet another way to complain about smokers. [CityRoom]
  • Even Top Chefs can't cut it in the NYC restaurant gladiator arena. [Eater]
  • M.T.A. unveils new subway map that might not confound tourists. [NYT]
  • Celebrities like Uma Thurman get their very own Bernie Madoff con artistt. [NYP]
  • "Dr. Beach" says Southampton has the best beach in the country. Floridians, Californians roll their eyes. [1010]

Top Chef is moving from Sin City to Spin City as the show's D.C.-based seventh season prepares to debut June 16th. What can we expect besides the exposure the series will give a town whose restaurant scene, let's be honest, has never made big waves? More»

  • Larry King's soon-to-be 8th ex-wife dropped him because he was buying pricey gifts for her sister. [TMZ]
  • Orthodox Jewish boxer Yuri Foreman has a hot boxer wife. Mazel tov on that, Yuri. [NYDN]
  • Jeremy Piven's ex, Ashley Chontos, is suing restaurant manager Daniel Koch of Jour et Nuit for sexual harassment. [Post]
  • There's now a meatball wagon outside of Mia Dona! [Grub Street]
  • Michael Bay is teaming up with Top Chef producers to make a terrifying-sounding reality show. We hope there are robot chefs. [NYMag]
  • Woah. The entire staff of beloved Park Slope coffee joint Gorilla Coffee walked out over the "hostile" and "demeaning" work environment. So if you'd like to be demeaned, they're hiring. [Gothamist]

[All photos by Marc Dimov for PMc]. Yesterday evening, a completely random group of celebrities gathered to celebrate the launch of Jonathan Safran Foer's new book, including Elizabeth Berkley, Greg Lauren, Bobby Flay, Elvis Costello, Sandra Bernhard, Katie Lee, and Liev Schreiber. (Ok, that last one is not so random--Schreiber directed the movie adaptation of Foer's Everything Is Illuminated.) More»

If Marc Jacobs is the A-list show of the season, than it looks like we might have to dubb Jill Stuart the B-list celebrity sh-itshow equivalent. With just about every Bravo show represented front row at this morning's 12pm show at the New York public library, the turn-out had the paprazzi's head spinning at who to snap first. The Real Housewives of New York had a solid showing with Jill Zarin, LuAnn de Lesseps, and Kelly Bensimon, but as an added treat both the Real Housewives of New Jersey and Atlanta were represented

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  • "People of Wallmart" website mocks the out of shape, poorly dressed and otherwise awkward. It's like lunch with the girls! [CNN]
  • Stumptown to finally open on Monday in the Ace Hotel in Madison Square Park. [Eater] More»
  • "Southland" filming delayed. OMG - is Ryan in turmoil over Marissa's death, still? [NYMag]
  • Kate Moss for Topshop fall collection looks. Summer's over, all two weeks of it. [Refinery29] More»