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The good interns over at Bloomberg called up 16 of New York's high end restaurants , including Le Bernardin, Jean Georges, Del Posto, Union Square Cafe, and Blue Hill, and Bar Boulud and Masa were the only spots to have a two top for 8 p.m. tonight. It's not all fried chicken and gourmet pizza anymore, New York.  

Morimoto , Del Posto , and Craftsteak . "The Highline didn't help at all. Everyone is struggling there," Friedman says. "It was just impossible in that tiny space. The landlord tried to get us more space, lower our rent, tried to make us happy. But we just felt we needed to move."  

Red-haired chef Mario Batali recently closed his seafood restaurant, The John Dory , but the bills linger on. The NY Daily News reports that Batali and his business partner Joe Bastianich (son of TV chef Lidia Bastianich) are on the hook for nearly $75,000. A lawsuit says that they owe $45,000 in rent as well as other expenses including $15,000 for chilled water.  

In re the corpse of John Dory I , it should be noted that elements of Del Posto's controversial HVAC—the subject of that ridiculous lease battle between Del Posto and the owners of 85 10th Ave a little while back—is located in the drop ceiling above the Dory dining room. In fact, the ceiling on the right side of the restaurant is as low as it is because of said equipment. Bastianich is a player in both restaurants, of course, and arguably The John Dory was part of Big Bad Basti's solution to the Case of t  

Bruni explains, in even more words than in his review today, why Eleven Madison Park got four stars and the factors that earn a four star review in general . He also explains why Momo Ko didn't get it the first time around (nudging the Sifter to go again) and mentions that Marea or Del Posto could be the next Italian four stars. That confirms suspicions that he's ceding Mikey White's seafood palace to his successor.  

The coolest new place to take in great design, food and wine is MADCrush . This new pop-up bar appears for the first time tonight at NYC's great new Museum of Arts and Design . Restaurant design genius Stephanie Goto created the space largely from recycled wine boxes and crates and it will appear on the museum's seventh floor every Thursday from 5 to 10:30 p.m., until the end of August.