Goode, drinking iced coffee despite the weather.

He won’t ever admit it publicly, but food writer JJ Goode has what basically amounts to a dream job: As a cookbook writer — … Read more

• The Highliner in Chelsea will offer a lobster roll-cocktail combo for $25 from lunch to close Monday in time for Memorial Day. Dine outside (if the weather allows) on … Read more

More hanging ham for the neighborhood.

If you’ve ever visited the compact storefront of standout Italian importer D. Coluccio & Sons in Bay Ridge — a favorite among chefs like Andrew … Read more

“You missed a spot.”

This week finds the chefs in Barcelona, Spain. Turns out Barcelona is a wellspring of memories for a couple of our friends: Nookie lived as a professional … Read more

This man-candy is totally vegan.

Apologies for the stereotyping, but when somebody has abs like Zachary Koval, a Brooklyn-based actor and PETA’s “Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door,” we don’t really expect much … Read more

• From now until Labor Day, Pampano Botaneria will be hosting Summer Fridays, with $6 sangrias and $5 Mexican-style tapas. And with new specialty tacos every week, the Pampano crew … Read more

Grenier: legume lover.

Last night, actor and co-op proponent Adrian Grenier was at Haven’s Kitchen to launch his latest project: the Mobile Kitchen Classroom. The aim is to capitalize on the … Read more

At least the weather was nice!

The fallout from this weekend’s seemingly disastrous GoogaMooga Festival continues: Jon Mayers from Superfly, the company behind the fest, tells Time Out that the group … Read more

Abandon thy valuables all ye who enter here.

Purse-snatching is still a concern at the Cobble Hill Trader Joe’s, as DNAinfo reports. It’s gotten so bad, police are doing stings now … Read more

Lovely La Vara.

This week, Adam Platt gave Brooklyn’s La Vara and Gwynnett Street two stars each. What did New York’s critic brigade eat this week? Let’s take a look.

Tejal … Read more

• Summertime nightclubgoers will be thrilled to hear that the Bowery’s Bantam is adding a new 1,000-square-foot outdoor lounge just in time for the warm weather. The new addition will … Read more

The cause of so much consternation these days.

Relationships between halal food vendors and an association of Bay Ridge merchants continue to deteriorate. Tony Gentile is the owner of Lone Star … Read more

• Just in time for summer, Momofuku Milk Bar plans to open an all-new sixth location in Montauk with a menu set to include staples like iced coffee, crack pies, … Read more

Lobster rolls make everything better.

We’d love to tell you that this past weekend’s GoogaMooga went off without a hitch — our mother ship, New York Magazine, was a sponsor, after … Read more

La Vara.

In this week’s New York, Adam Platt checks out two Brooklyn newcomers, La Vara and Gwynnett Street. At the former, husband-wife proprietors Alex Raij and Eder Montero (El Quinto … Read more

It’s Lake blue.

Owners of Brooklyn Public House in Fort Greene had an impromptu opening last night for their new venture in Williamsburg. Located at 51 Kent on the corner of … Read more

In the four years since Liza Queen closed her idiosyncratic Greenpoint restaurant, the Queen’s Hideaway, nobody has quite managed to fill her quirky locavore shoes. She brings a similarly rootsy … Read more

Kaminsky, in the center of the “Brooklyn food explosion.”

Peter Kaminsky is a food writer whose job has taken its toll on his body. Between stints at our own New York … Read more

• To celebrate the formation of the New York City Brewers Guild, the nine New York founders will host a tasting evening of rare beers from each brewery. For $75, … Read more

Have fun like Gramps!

Forgive us for just now noticing, but today Cobble Hill Blog points our attention to the exciting-sounding shuffleboard bar opening soon in Gowanus. The 17,000-square-foot drinkery and … Read more

bmmm-chkh-bmmm-chkk-bmmm-chkk.

With almost no fanfare and little advance warning, it sounds as if a new 75,000-square-foot event space called the Brooklyn Terminal Project is set to open along the Red Hook … Read more

Everyone loves Atera.

This week, New York’s Adam Platt gave two stars to NoMad (which he dubs ‘Eleven Madison Light’). What did New York’s crop of professional eaters think about the … Read more

Sloane Crosley’s new hang?

Last time we wrote about the revamped Algonquin, we joked about neo Round Tables. Well, that’s a matter the hotel is serious about, as the Post reports: … Read more

BK bound.

One of the best espresso shots in Queens is crossing Newton Creek to Williamsburg. On Monday, Sweetleaf, the prized Long Island City coffee shop, is opening a new location … Read more

•Courtney Novak, whose own specialty is dandelion coffee, is opening a flea market in Bushwick. The 30-year-old will set up shop May 19 at the 9,000-square-foot lot at 19 Bogart … Read more

Too much rice.

That’s three times the city’s average rate. And it’s actually the least of their problems, says a story in the Daily News documenting the untold hardships of the … Read more

Handsome Dan, in the shop.

It’s rare to catch a glimpse of a snow cone in New York City — except for maybe when the circus is in town. But Daniel … Read more

Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.

“I love seeing how people’s eyes roll to the back of their heads when I tell them that I live in Newark,” says RedFarm’s … Read more

• On Saturday, executive chef Lawrence Knapp ofthe Hurricane Club will host a hands-on cooking class as part of De Gustibus Cooking School’s on-location series. From 9:30 a.m. to … Read more

Beloved.

Beloved, a new bar opening in Greenpoint on Thursday, wants to challenge any notion of cocktail snobbery. “This is just a bar bar,” says co-owner Vivek Sreekumar. “There’s no frilly … Read more