Dining 2008: The year in blogs

JULY

One less reason to visit the Hamptons: The chef and owner of two popular Hamptons restaurants, Almond and Almondcello, are partnering with Jeffrey Chodorow to revive the cursed Borough Food and Drink space, reports Gael Greene. In a stroke of pure originality, they decide to name the place... Almond.

Die yuppie scum: As punk rockers recoil in horror at every gentrifying renovation on the Bowery, gourmands rejoice at the Eater news that Daniel Boulud will set up shop just a quick hop from there. Seems the aging rockers who once thrilled at CBGB will next encore as diners at DBGB.

R&L a ghost town: Eater conducts spot checks, looking for evening diners at R&L Restaurant every two hours. Sometimes there are none, sometimes one, and once there were four!

10 Downing will open in August: PR rep Steven Hall unsteadily assures Eater that an August opening of 10 Downing is likely.