1. “Not Vegas. Not ever, if I have anything to do with it.”

    - April Bloomfield, chef of The Spotted Pig, The Breslin and now the John Dory Oyster Bar at the Ace Hotel, on the chances of her taking her talents to Las Vegas. Phew.  Vegas is where good chefs go to die.

    Related: if you haven’t read this yet, get on it - fascinating profile of Bloomfield and her business partner Ken Friedman:

    “Burger Queen: April Bloomfield’s Gastropub Revolution” | Lauren Collins, The New Yorker