Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Strippers! Bankruptcy! French Porn Stars! Oh, And Also Some Food Stuff Happened

Nuts. Just friggin’ nuts. Sometimes you get a week where, when Friday comes, you look back and wonder how everything that happened could’ve possibly happened all within the last five days. This was one of those weeks, and here’s what you might’ve missed.

NoBL Closes To “Reconceptualize” That’s totally what I said I was doing the last time I bailed on my job and ran off to Mexico for 6 months
Union Trust Closes No reconceptualizing here…
The Butcher and the Brewer Is Closing Which surprises precisely no one
Emmanuelle Announced For NoLibs A new cocktail bar by Tommy Up–and yeah, it’s named after THAT Emmanuelle
Avram Hornik Goes After The Dolphin Tavern We’re just hoping he finds work for all those unemployed strippers
Stephen Starr Opening Le Diplomate In D.C. Like Parc, but with more secret service
40-Course La Panarda Dinner at Le Virtu Seriously. 40 courses.
COOK Masters Series Now Taking Applications 3 months of free cooking school taught by the best chefs in town? Yup, and all you have to do is get your applications in the mail, like, NOW
Turkeys and All The Trimmings, To Go For the lazy procrastinator in all of us
Growler Guide Updated More beer to take with you to your Thanksgiving frolics