Ken Friedman’s new place will be adjacent to Del Posto at 85 Tenth Avenue. Friedman reiterates his intention not to call it the Spotted Pig though: “Maybe I’ll name it after another animal,” he says. [NYP]
Related: Spotted Pig Owner Sick of Pigs [Grub Street]
The presence of Edison lightbulbs, with their thick, visible incandescent filaments, has become a trope for progressive restaurants that want to show their rootedness in past values. [Gawker]
Gordon Ramsay is unfazed by the beating he’s taken in New York and intends to push ahead with his plans for expansion elsewhere in the U.S.[Bloomberg]
L.A.’s Pizzeria Mozza is more New York than L.A., but the city seems to have proved itself worthy of it, at least to Mario Batali. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
O.J. Simpson is thrown out of a restaurant in Kentucky, and his lawyer is playing the race card, threatening to get the place’s liquor license revoked. [Chicago Sun-Times]
Op-ed: The government will be allowing food-stamp recipients to buy healthy local products at farmer’s markets, but the current setup will only benefit supermarkets and big agriculture. [NYT]
Cooking students and industry types weigh in on the recent Times story about the prohibitive costs of cooking school: “[Cooking] is only cool if you bust your ass 70 hours a week and make a name for yourself. Sometimes not even then.” [Serious Eats]