LURE Fishbar is reopening, nearly four months after fire and flood shuttered the SoHo eatery.

“We are about ready to go live again,” said co-owner John McDonald, who hopes to open tomorrow or Friday.

McDonald and company have also taken the opportunity to hire sushi chef Tanaka Shigenori, formerly of Sushi Yasuda and Jewel Bako, and change the menu to include “a full-blown sushi program and sushi bar in the rear of the restaurant,” he added.

* Sirio Maccioni was among the culinary glitterati at Tuesday night’s book party for Gael Greene – and he was wired for sound with an HBO cameraman in tow. The cameras are there to chronicle the lead-up to the May 18 opening of his restaurant at One Beacon Court. Guests celebrating Greene’s racy tome “Insatiable” included chef Andre Soltner, who said that after reading the book, he “missed something” in his years in the Lutece kitchen. Also there: Daniel Boulud, David Rockwell and Cesare Casella.

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