Sam Mason Is Headed Back to a Pastry Kitchen

The original wd~50 pastry chef and current Oddfellows flavor guru will handle desserts at chef Franklin Becker’s new restaurant, tentatively named Press Club Grill (49 W. 32nd St., at Broadway), when it opens in midtown’s Martinique hotel in October. Will we see a return of his chocolate gnocchi or black-olive cake? The chef says it’s too early to know for sure but hints that he has had some time away from the grind to think up a whole new set of ideas.