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By Nate Freeman 5:21pm

Breakups

Blake Lively, single and loving it!

Mad Mama DiCaprio Makes Leo Send Blake Packing

For Leo, Blake was the ultimate rebound from Bar Refaeli. They met over dinner at The Lion in November, with Baz Luhrmann, who had DiCaprio as his Gatsby and toyed with the idea of Ms. Lively as Daisy (the part went to Carey Mulligan). In May, Mr. DiCaprio was, again, single, and it wasn’t long Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 2/16/11 1:19am

The Transom

The Lion’s Catty Boys: The Claws Come Out for Dan and Dave

The cubs are pawing each other over at the Lion. As the West Village spot bids to pick up the mantle of Waverly Inn, several stakeholders are distancing themselves and the restaurant from its two most conspicuous investors, Dan Abrams and Dave Zinczenko. 

Recruited by partners casting about for their requisite media maven-as-restaurateur (a Read More

By Nate Freeman 2/01/11 6:26pm

Complainers

Post Exclusive: New York Diners Don’t Like Waiting For a Table

Trend alert! The New York Post has discovered that at several hot-spot restaurants in Manhattan, you may have to wait for a table–even if you have a reservation.

Well, um, yeah. But the takeaway here isn’t that the Post would run a story as obvious as this one (the headline: “BOOKED AND BURNED”) but Read More

By Dan Duray 7/16/10 9:51pm

Exclusive

The Lion Will Receive a ‘C’ From the City

Hold off on that rib eye for two!

As the New York City Department of Health gears up to release its much heralded restaurant health grades at the end of the month, The Observer decided to check up on The Lion, the restaurant owned by Dave Zinczenko and Dan Abrams. Turns Read More

By Irina Aleksander 6/01/10 1:28pm

Sightings

A-Rod and Diaz Threw a Dinner Party at The Lion

The phrases “secret date” and “a spy reports” are dubious when the celebrities in question are choosing a restaurant like The Lion–which is lobbying to become the next Waverly Inn–to host a dinner party for friends. But then here it is, from Page Six today: Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez hosted Read More

By Felix Gillette 5/12/10 9:16pm

Lion Share

The Lion’s Diet

Modelizing media wingmen Dan Abrams (Mediaite) and David Zinczenko (Men’s Health) have opened a restaurant on West Ninth Street! We already knew that the restaurant was “engineered for table hopping,” but how to square chef John DeLucie’s fare with Mr. Zinczenko’s draconian best-selling diet plan? Below, we offer a humble comparaison Read More

By Felix Gillette 10:37pm

Lion Kings

Urban Daddy: Dan Abrams’ and Dave Zinczenko’s New Restaurant “Engineered for Table-Hopping”

Not long ago, The New York Post reported that media wingmen Dan Abrams and Dave Zinczenko were investing in a new restaurant on West Ninth Street to be called The Lion.

Today, the second-person-loving nightlife newsletter Urban Daddy gave up an early peek into the playas’ den.

From Urban Daddy:

You’ll enter the Read More

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