Charlie Palmer Wire

Perhaps the nicest chef out there, Charlie Palmer, is expanding his New York empire with Crimson & Rye, going in the Lipstick Building on 54th Street and opening July 7. Find shareable small plates including warm corn pancakes with caviar, plus oysters, charcuterie and cheeses as well as carved meat plates, and other more formidable entree items. Also on the docket, three new restaurants in the Knickerbocker Hotel. [~ENY~]