Sampler Platter: Esquire names Bazaar as Restaurant of the Year, McDonald’s to open at the Louvre, Doughboys reveals new exterior

-- The Bazaar by José Andrés is named Restaurant of the Year by Esquire. Rivera makes the magazine’s Best New Restaurants of 2009 list. And RH and West Side Tavern are included on Esquire’s list of Another 15 Places Not to Miss. Eating Las Vegas --McDonald’s to open at the Louvre. Los Angeles Times -- An E. Coli-laced hamburger patty that paralyzed a woman exposes flaws in the food safety system, especially ground beef production. New York Times -- Doughboys reveals its new exterior. Blackburn + Sweetzer -- Echo Park’s Gold Room gets polished up. The Eastsider LA -- More on the Capitol City sports bar, which we peeked into a few weeks ago. Los Angeles Times -- New York City public schools limit bake sales. Gothamist -- Insanity hot sauce fells British columnist. Times Online -- Pasadena, Texas, woman eats ex-hubby’s goldfish after a fight over jewelry. Houston Chronicle -- Man gets 18 months in prison for hot dog theft. Telegram -- Fourty-four tons of rotting kosher bison meat stink up South Dakota town. Yahoo! News -- Curry festival spices up London. CNN