Thought the Patsy’s-vs.-Patsy’s lawsuit was absurd? This one is good stuff — Wolfgang Zwiener, the Peter Luger vet who opened a couple of places here and then one in Hollywood, is being sued not by Luger (whose brand he certainly capitalized on) but by Wolfgang Puck, who owns two restaurants, Spago and Cut (the latter a steakhouse), near him in Hollywood. Puck claims Zwiener is violating an agreement to minimize brand confusion if he ever opened a Wolfgang's Steakhouse outside of New York — the minimalist tagline, “by Wolfgang Zwiener,” is apparently insufficient. But why get lawyers involved when tourists can just use a mnemonic device? Zwiener rhymes with wiener — Puck rhymes with…

Wolfgang Puck Lawsuit: Yummy! [Variety]

Given that we have now exported Craft to L.A., it’s about time for L.A. to return the favor. That seems to be on the horizon: Word is that Govind Armstrong, the former Spago prodigy and current toast of South Beach, is planning to open a restaurant here in NYC. (Or so we hear from a source who is close to the Table 8 chef.) Armstrong, who began his career at 13 working for Wolfgang Puck, has told intimates that the space is all picked out and the deal almost done, but he’s not giving a location until the lease is signed, and the restaurant itself is probably nearly a year away. Still, as the chef with the distinction of having prepared the only decent meal we’ve ever eaten in South Beach (not counting Wolfie’s, of course), we have to say that our city will be richer for having him.