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• California totally copied New York City in banning trans fats from restaurants. [NYT]
• Which is better for the environment: cow's milk or soy milk? [Slate]
• Restaurants can hold lots of memories for their frequent guests, even places as modest as the former Cheyenne Diner. [NYT]
• Andrea Strong gives twenty brunch recommendations, including Morandi, Public, and the Smith. [NYP]
• Oh, dear: “Molecular cocktails” — think watermelon foam on top of your Champagne — are the new trend at some of the city’s best bars. [amNY]
• With the reopening of the Cheyenne Diner in Red Hook, it looks like there will also be a Water Taxi Beach–like space there, as well as a beer garden. [Eater]
• Top Chef’s Hung Huynh wants a spot on team USA for the Bocuse d’Or. [YumSugar]
Related: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Bocuse d’Or Competition But Were Afraid to Ask
• Rachael Ray and Bill Clinton are opening a pop-up restaurant Monday night in the Barbuto space to benefit her Yum-o! organization. [NYDN]
• Pinkberry’s “all natural” frozen yogurt contains a lot of ingredients that aren’t so natural. [NYT]
• Stephen Mancini produces homemade grappa, limoncello, and wine in the cellar of Union Square Café. [NYS]
When the Cheyenne Diner closed two weeks ago, we worried it would be relocated to somewhere like Wyoming, à la Moondance, but now AMNY’s Urbanite assures us it’ll be parked closer to home: Construction worker Mike O’Connell has purchased the former rail car for $5,000 and, with the help of preservationist Michael Perlman, will move it to Red Hook (home of another throwback gem, Sunny’s) and restore it to its forties splendor. We hope O’Connell will serve beer at the new place, because we’d like to buy him one.
Cheyenne saved and moving to Red Hook [AMNY/Urbanite]
• The Cheyenne Diner's days in this town may not be over just yet: There’s a chance it will relocate to Coney Island. [NYDN]
• Brasserie Cognac, the latest venture from the team behind Serafina, will open in midtown on Monday. [Zagat Buzz]
• All hail the death of the [insert gross word here]-tini. [NYT]
• Au revoir, Evian: Restaurants like Gemma and the Waverly Inn — not to mention banks, hotels, and just about everyone else — are banning bottled water. [NYP]
Related: Quenching an Ecofriendly Thirst [NYM]
• Gossip columnist Cindy Adams appeared in court on Friday as a witness in the Patsy’s-vs.-Patsy’s trial to pledge her loyalty to the midtown restaurant. [NYP]
• The Cheyenne Diner closed last night, with some of its most loyal customers sitting down for a nostalgic last meal. [NYDN]
Related: Pour One Out (a Milk Shake, That Is) for the Cheyenne
The Daily News reports that the Cheyenne Diner is closing so that George Papas, owner of the rival Skylight, can build an apartment building on its site. The City That Never Sleeps doesn’t have as many 24-hour eateries as you’d think, and its old-time diner population is dwindling (the Moondance relocated to Wyoming last July; the Munson also closed), so we’re sorry to lose this one — as are Chelsea clubbers, no doubt. Papas says the bottom two stories of the building will likely be a restaurant, but the chances of it having as much charm as the Cheyenne are slim.
West Side's Cheyenne Diner set to close after 68 years in business [NYDN]
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