Wednesday PM Linkage: Weekly Food Edition

· Bruni puts Chelsea's cramped Socarrat Paella Bar on the map with a star [NYT]
· Off-the-menu pesto at Village standby Bar Pitti gets 3 stars from RG [NYDN]
· Le Cirque's cozier café room nails it, but where's the meat slicer? [NYP]
· Does Gordon Ramsey's NYC restaurant deserve 2 Michelin stars? Nope. [GQ]
· Porchetta's pork sandwich the best thing to hit the EV since gentrification [NYM]
· ChikaLicious' pudding bar idea bombed, but the cupcakes are going swell [SE]
· Snazzy cocktail lounges and their absinthe-slinging, dragonfruit ways [NYT]
· Perhaps not the best time for a $1,000 paella dish PR stunt [NYDN]
· Surprised? Hawaiian Tropic Zone hit with sexual harassment lawsuit [NYP]
· Top Chef contestant out at Tribeca's Mai House [Eater]For more stories from Curbed, go to curbed.com.