Seen and Heard Around the Village 10.12.11: For Food Lovers

Dessert Club Chikalicious welcomes in fall with new sweets (Serious Eats)

Grade A restaurants are back in the East Village (KikaEats)

Take a tour through West Village French restaurant Lyon with Eater’s feature Explain Your Tchotchkes

Ray’s Pizza on 6th Avenue & 11th Street closes (Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York)

Apparently, the Village is a great place to drink beer (Gothamist)

East Village is about to get a little sweeter with Puddin’ (EV Grieve)

Sam Sifton reviews West Village Spanish newbie Tertulia for the NY Times….the Village Voice reviews the Cardinal….and the New Yorker reviews Miss Lily’s

Heartbreak received a Michelin Star….and then closed (Diner’s Journal)

Yom Kip’ Mayhem at Russ & Daughters (Grub Street)

Cooper’s Kraft & Kitchen to open on 2nd Avenue & 5th Street (Eater)

EV Grieve reports on the closings of Cowgirl’s Baking and the Chocolate Library