Ex-Top Cheftestapant Ilan Hall is planning to open a NYC location of his LA restaurant the Gorbals. While promoting his new gig hosting the Esquire Network's Knife Fight, Hall (who won season two of Top Chef) reveals that work is underway for a Gorbals in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: "It will be similar, it will have the same soul as here, but it's New York. It's a little scary, to tell you the truth. Los Angeles is a bit more nourishing and is excited about new chefs. New York is much more... I don't know. People are ready to pounce." [Zagat]
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