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Daniel Boulud keeps threatening to go downscale, and while DBGB Kitchen and Bar might not actually fit that description, it’s the closest he’s come yet: fourteen varieties of sausage, including an all-beef “DB’s dog”; three burgers (sans foie gras); and an ice-cream-sundae cart. The beer list is staggering, the wines affordable, and the décor restaurant-supply-store-inspired (299 Bowery, nr. Houston St.; 212-933-5300).

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