Al Di La

Governor Spitzer, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and about 30 Assembly members are breaking bread at Al Di La, an Italian Kosher deli restaurant in Rockland County right now, following a funeral for the likeable, late Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, according to a reader.

The talk around the table, according to this person, is all about the late lawmaker. Not the budget.

-- Azi Paybarah

• One can tell critic Martin Fuller doesn't like Tom Wolfe by modest statements like: "From Bauhaus to Our House [is] perhaps the most ill-informed book ever written about architecture." [House + Garden]
• If you fit into the "bonus buyers and moneyed type" category, DUMBO is surely a perfect fit. And a chilly February weekend is surely the perfect time to see the open house of those "once-decrepit warehouses turned luxury lofts." [NY Mag]
• The Mayor has "questions" about Clipper Equities, the new owner of $1.3 billion Starrett City. Why? He tells his listeners out in radio land that Clipper isn't "a reputable landlord." [Real Deal]
• Manhattan Gnudi bars and tapas joints are all the epicurian rage. They'd be even more likeable without names like Degustation and Al Di La. [Gridskipper]
- Max Abelson
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