FOXWOODS FARE

Chef and restaurateur David Burkewill open three restaurants at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut next spring. There will be a steak house with a three-level wine tower, a “lobster lounge” serving up seafood and small plates with Asian twists — these two eateries will share a kitchen — and a takeout restaurant similar to Burke in the Box (150 E. 59th St., between Lexington and Third avenues, 212-705-3800) at Bloomingdales.

In an interview, Mr. Burke said the steak house will close its doors around 11 p.m., while the lobster lounge will stay open later — and that patrons will be able to transfer their drinks between the eateries.

Those restaurants will be in Foxwoods’s new MGM tower, while the takeout restaurant will be near a bridge connecting the tower and the main resort, according to Mr. Burke. “We’re playing with designs now,” he said.

A chef has been selected, but Mr. Burke wouldn’t name him, adding, “He hasn’t quit his old job yet.”

FINDING SHELTER

A former chef de cuisine of The Modern (The Museum of Modern Art, 9 W. 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-333-2020), Willis Loughhead, is now in charge of culinary operations at the Sunset Beach hotel on Shelter Island (35 Shore Road, 631-749-2001). Mr. Loughhead recently returned from five months of travel in North Africa and Asia.

GREEK TO ME

Christos Christou, who cut his teeth at such Greek restaurants as Molyvos, Milos, Avra, Trata, and Ammos, is now running the kitchen at Gus’ Place (192 Bleecker St., between Sixth Avenue and Mac-Dougal Street, 212-777-1660), a Greek restaurant that also sells a variety of Greek packaged goods.

SEA CHANGE

Jennifer Malone-Seixas is no longer the sommelier of Fleur de Sel (5 E. 20th St., between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, 212-460-9100.) Her replacement has not been named.

UP ON THE ROOF

Patroon (160 E. 46th St., between Lexington and Third avenues, 212-883-7373) is now serving lunch on its rooftop. The lunch menu includes a three-course, $27 prix-fixe meal that executive chef Bill Peet changes weekly. The restaurant also has a new lounge called the Gibson Room, which is doubling as a postwork drinks spot, and a place for refuge when the weather becomes unsuitable for patrons to dine on the roof.

NAME GAME

Recently opened Côte d’Or (225 Varick St. at Clarkson Street, 212-727-2775) has changed its name to Charolais, following word that the former name might step on the legal toes of a large American food company.

Charolais is a breed of cattle that originated in France and that the restaurant’s owner, Simon Oren, hopes to serve at the restaurant.

TOFU TREATS

Kyotofu (705 Ninth Ave, between 48th and 49th streets, 212-974-6012) is now selling frozen desserts made of tofu and soymilk. Flavors include raspberry-shiso and yuzu-pineapple.

MY KIND OF MENU

Patsy’s Italian Restaurant (236 W. 56th St. at Broadway 212-247-3491), which is probably best known as Frank Sinatra’s favorite place for dinner, has added some lighter summertime entrées to its menu. They include herb-and-garlic-crusted, oven-roasted sea trout on a ragoût of summer vegetables, grilled calamari with a three-bean salad, and pan-roasted shrimp with caramelized fennel and mesclun greens.

CRAVING CATFISH

Believe it or not, August is National Catfish Month. Grand Central Oyster Bar, Grand Central Terminal, 89 E. 42nd St. at Vanderbilt Avenue, 212-490-6650) is celebrating by serving Louisiana catfish blackened (with avocado salsa and Spanish rice), grilled (with cranberry chutney and saffron rice), panfried (with spicy blood orange glaze and basmati rice), and as cornmealcrusted fingers (with chipotle aioli and jalapeño cornbread).

COLD AND SPICY

National ice cream month was in July, but Rosa Mexicano (1063 First Ave. at 58th Street, 212-753-7407, and 61 Columbus Ave. at 62nd Street, 212-977-7700, and 9 East 18th St., between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, 212-533-3350) is having a frozen dessert festival of its own this month. Ice cream flavors include Oaxacan chocolate-burnt rum, avocadohoney, and tamarind with lime and chili. In addition, there’s a five-spice chocolate sorbet. A choice of three featured flavors is $8.50. These specials will be on the menu through August 28.

Mr. Thorn is food editor of Nation’s Restaurant News. He maintains nrnfoodwriter.blogspot.com.