Edition: U.S. / Global

IN BRIEF; Goodbye to Abby, Hello to Dano

Published: August 23, 1998

''Book 'em, Dano.'' But this time for reservations, not ''murder one.''

Steve McGarrett and his ''Hawaii Five-O'' cast have nothing to do with the restaurant Dano, at 254 Fifth Avenue (between 28th and 29th Streets), but Dan Korbin does. Mr. Korbin, who had been chef and general manager at the restaurant Abby, at the same location, bought the restaurant, changed its name and opened anew in July.

Lunch options are more expensive than dinner. ''Lunch is more corporate; dinner is people spending their own money,'' Mr. Korbin said.

Lunch choices include as an appetizer a goat cheese, tomato and pesto tart over a green salad, and entrees of salads, pastas and grilled chicken, meat or fish.