​Funny, this place doesn't remind me much of my Mexican vacation, he thinks as he stops and peers in the restaurant window.

Los Angeles has lots of Oaxacan food. New York has no Oaxacan food. Which is why I was excited to hear a new restaurant was opening northeast of Grand Central called Oaxaca Mexican Grill.

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Fraunces Tavern

​Fraunces Tavern has been around since 1762. The Chamber of Commerce was formed there, and George Washington was a loyal patron. But almost 250 years of history is apparently no match for a crap economy: This Saturday, the restaurant will shut its doors, possibly for good.

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No Neopolitan-style pizza for you.

​When Nate Appleman finally fires up the ovens at Pulino, he will not be using them to make Neopolitan-style pizza.

​Being New York's most recognizable bald vegan just wasn't enough for Moby, who's now added "anthology editor" to his list of accomplishments. The musician and Teany co-founder has just edited (with Miyun Park) Gristle, a collection of essays about meat.

Avenue B rolls up the welcome mat.

​Back in early January, we reported that a company called Beltrami Foods was planning to open an Italian restaurant in the long-abandoned storefront on the corner of Avenue B and East 2nd Street. Last night, the restaurant's owners appeared before Community Board 3 to apply for a liquor license, and found that the board wasn't in a giving mood.

Burger King wants women to swallow its new party line.

​Just in time for Valentines Day, Burger King has decided it wants to win back the women it so methodically alienated with "seven incher" blow-jobs and almost-naked ladies singing in the shower. According to Advertising Age, the chain is now wooing the fairer sex with ads for lower-calorie "Positive Steps" meals and plans to do a Twilight promotion this summer for its so-called "female superfan."

As good a way as any to determine food journalism's future.

​Last night at the Gabarron Foundation, Culintro hosted a panel discussion about the future of food journalism. The overall message? Food journalism does actually have a future. In a discussion moderated by New School food studies professor Andy Smith, the panelists -- Salon.com's Francis Lam, Time Out's Gabriella Gershenson, Edible magazines publisher Brian Halweil, and Tasting Table's Nick Fauchald -- considered what the death of Gourmet, the rise of the Internet, and the decline of places that actually pay a reasonable word rate to experienced journalists auger for the long-term prospects of the field. It was at once hopeful and bloody depressing.

Eating Animals author Jonathan Safran Foer got a fair shake on The Colbert Report last night, where he discussed infertile turkeys and the proliferation of tainted meat -- that is, until Colbert broke out a plate of bacon and offered his guest a piece. A mildly ruffled Safran Foer took it in stride, however, sniffing the pork product and proclaiming it "not even good bacon."

Freeze your mouth off this Sunday.

​It's probably not what you're craving in this weather, but New Yorkers have a new place to get their Italian ice fix. The city is getting its first Rita's this Valentine's Day, located on the Upper West Side (2486 Broadway). The store is owned by franchisees Joshua and Noah Teitelbaum, brothers who got to know the Pennsylvania-based chain while studying at Penn State.

Last nights' No Reservations: Hudson Valley was not our favorite of Bourdain's adventures--that The Shining hotel interlude with an uncomfortable-looking Michael Ruhlman took up 20 minutes that could have been devoted to food. And what was up with the Dakota Fanning doppelganger? Still, the scene in the old-timers' bar was priceless, and what food there was looked awfully good.

Plus, we saw the new frontier in movable kitchens.