LAS VEGAS— Gordon Ramsay BurGR at Planet Hollywood Resort has a "cool-touch flame-effect wall." 30 feet of flames shoot along the restaurant's outer wall shielded by glass. Oh and the cool-to-touch glass won't burn fingers. [Eater Vegas]
CHICAGO— Time Out Chicago announced last week that Restaurants and Bars editor Julia Kramer is leaving the site and is headed to Bon Appetit to be associate editor. [TOC via Eater Chicago]
NEW YORK CITY— The New Yorker's Matt Buchanan files a lukewarm reviews of two fancy new coffee places in NYC. He writes Intelligentsia "felt more like a steakhouse than a coffee shop" and Stumptown's brew bar had nowhere to sit and "[t]he only iced offering, besides the on-tap cold brew, was an iced Americano." [New Yorker]
AUSTIN— Teen Mom star and adult film actress Farrah Abraham has plans to open a restaurant in Austin, TX.
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