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So it’s looking like Revel will make it through to 2013. The embattled mega-resort and casino, which admirably opened with the mission of shaking up Atlantic City’s nickel-slots and all-you-can-eat buffet status quo with multiple celebrity chef-driven restaurants (including three from Jose Garces), has been struggling to stay afloat since opening last spring. Today it received a $150 million lifeline from JP Morgan Chase to help cover the costs for operations and pair down mounting debt, NBC Philly reports. This is the second time in the casino and hotel’s nine months of existence that it’s required a cash infusion.

New York critic Adam Platt's Where to Eat 2013, which is on newsstands this week, breaks down some 60 clutch recommendations based on the thousands of restaurant meals Platt has eaten and the emerging trends — like the sudden flourish of small Italian places and resurgence of old-school French — he's noticed along the way. While we look forward to the New Year, we figured it'd be an ideal time to take one good look at how dining changed everywhere else in 2012.

Sofia’s, or at least the forthcoming East Passyunk Avenue restaurant’s “phase one” pop-up preview, will begin seating guests on New Years Eve. We told you last week that New York export, and former Striped Bass chef Christopher Lee is behind the reboot of the once lukewarm neighborhood spot known as Salt + Pepper, and the re-do would come in two parts. First with a pop-up — happening, sort of, now — and then an official opening in late-winter 2013, after interior renovations are complete. For New Years Eve, Lee, his chef de cuisine (and right-hand at Striped Bass) Oris Jeffers, and partner Joe Massara are offering several options for revelers.