• Despite community opposition, Bloomberg & Co. are going forward with plans to build a swank eating establishment in the Union Square pavilion. [Metro NY]

• The Great Bouley Shuffle of 2008 is only weeks away, and the chef is going all out for the redesign of his namesake restaurant: “To feel closer to my French roots, I am working to create a rustic country auberge feeling, with antique French beams from the Tours area, 18th-century stone flooring and French furniture. The entrance will again be filled with the smell of freshly picked apples — [it’s an] aroma I remember from my grandparents’ farm in France.” [Feed/TONY]

• Florent won't be moving to Little West 12th Street. But it may end up at the airport. [Villager]

The Red Hook ball field vendors are in a bidding war with two anonymous groups for control of the weekend food market. [Brooklyn Paper]

Dylan Lauren, founder and CEO of Dylan’s Candy Shop, used to have a diet consisting “almost entirely of candy, frozen yogurt and vegetables,” but these days she’s paying hundreds of dollars per hour for personal training sessions that keep her slim. [WSJ]

You only have until the end of the month to snag yourself an invite to the secret makeshift nightclub operating in a boutique on Sullivan Street. [Villager]