George Majdalani, former Star Canyon/AquaKnox general manager who was most recently director of operations for Restaurant Life (The Mercury, Mercury Grill, Citizen, Paris Vendôme and Chop House), has taken a position as director of food and beverage for the upcoming Hotel ZaZa...Sources at Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: SWRG), "the Tiffany's" of steak houses, confirm that the company is completing the purchase of Humperdink's Chophouse on the Dallas North Tollway to convert it to a Smith & Wollensky steak house. Rumors have been floating for years that S&W has been scouting a location in Dallas--and was even said to have its eye on Dale Wamstad's III Forks.