You show up at 7:30 without a reservation...

A lot of the New York-based blogs are twittering over rumors that Jay McInerney might be a candidate to fill the newly open Times restaurant critic's desk. (The article points out, correctly, that his celebrity status would seem at odds with the usual anonymity of writers in that position.)

Anyway, I interviewed the guy years ago, for what that's worth. Actually, I'd heard his wine reviews were supposed to be pretty good, so who knows how he'd be at describing eats?