LES Bites: Wylie Dufresne, Sons of Essex, Bowery Diner

Chef Wylie Dufresne announced today that he's closing wd-50 in five months. Photo by Talia Herman.
Photo credit: Chef Wylie Dufresne (Talia Herman).

Today’s Lower East Side food news:

  • Eater chats with WD-50’s Wylie Dufresne.
  • More opinions about Bowery Diner; “falling way short of expectations,” says nightlife big shot Steve Lewis.
  • Sons of Essex celebrates Chinese New Year tonight and tomorrow; specials include Peking duck empanadas, tea smoked lamb ribs, peanut and black sesame noodles.
  • Serious Eats puts the Italian sub at Pulino’s to the test.