LES Bites: Levine/Shah Court Clash, Dumpling Festival, New Ludlow Wine Bar

In Lower East Side restaurant and nightlife news:  a high profile partnership gone oh so wrong.

• Grub Street digs into the the $20 million lawsuit Matt Levine filed against his former partners at Sons of Essex.

• The NYC Dumpling Festival returns to Sara D. Roosevelt Park this weekend.

• Saka Mai is hosting a cocktail omakase tonight and tomorrow.

• The Daily Meal is impressed with Amuse, the new wine bar on Ludlow Street.

• And from The Lo-Down Calendar, live jazz at Antibes Bistro tomorrow night.