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Friday, 10 June 2011 by IrwanKch

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011

Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com

Openings
First Look at Ode to the Elephants, Now Serving Thai Street Food on the Boardwalk A Thai spot from the surfing town of Rincon, Puerto Rico, comes to the surfing town of Rockaway.
Openings
Grotto Owners Planning Louie & Chan, an Italian Restaurant and ‘Opium Den’ Plus: more big developments downtown as Milk Street Café hits the FiDi.
Beating the Heat
Mario Batali Ices His Wine and Longs for the Ice Cream of His Youth He's not above putting ice in his wine, either.
Openings
Anella’s Owners Planning Two New Restaurants Plus: a new Monday-night dinner series at the Greenpoint eatery.
Foodievents
War and Peas A dinner party that combines "the ingredients & spices of warring nations."
Food Chain
Oleana’s Ana Sortun Finds Txikito’s Txipiron Encebollado ‘Sublime’ "It just knocked my socks off."
Openings
Don’t Worry, White & Church Will Serve Christina Bini’s Wacky Drinks The smoked-salmon martini returns!
Now Delivering
Dial-a-Picnic A new picnic delivery service.
Hell of a Life
Kanye: Burger Baller No More The rapper has pulled out of his deal with the Fatburger chain.
Mediavore
McDonald’s Europe Pledges Sustainable Fish; Cloned Cow Squirts ‘Humanlike’ Milk Plus: too much coffee can cause you to hear things, and more, in our morning news roundup.
The Grub Street Diet
Designer Jonathan Adler Falls Asleep Eating Cookies, Really Wants a Namesake Drink "I have sort of a problematic relationship with food, in that I have zero self-control. Zilch, and I have never met a muffin I don't love."
Neighborhood Watch
Laurent Gras Co-hosts Dinner at Aldea; Zac Young’s Drunken Donuts Party Plus: Bar bites at a video shop, a restaurant that sells soup dumplings and bratwurst, and more, in our daily roundup of neighborhood news.
The James Weird Awards
The James Weird Awards: Grasshoppers in Tacos, Cicadas in Ice Cream, and Pot in Subway Sandwiches Plus: drunk robbers and pancakes for the homeless, all in our weekly roundup of weird restaurant news.
Slideshow
First Look at Thai Rock, Rockaway’s Latest Waterfront Dining Destination Live band karaoke, Thai food, and gorgeous views in Rockaway Beach.
Chef Shuffle
Williamsburg’s Cafe Colette Gets a New Chef and a New Menu Charles Brassard comes from Little Giant.
Bar Shuffles
Milk & Honey Makes Way for Attaboy Sasha Petraske's cocktail bar will relocate uptown.
Two for Eight
Tables Available at Ciano, Hung-Ry; ABC Kitchen, Beauty & Essex Fully Booked It’s 4 p.m. and that means it’s time to play Two for Eight. Today: New & Buzzy
Openings
More Clams for Umberto’s Space With Crudo Vineria Con Cucina The Italian seafood restaurant should debut next week.
Kudos
Gramercy Tavern’s Michael Anthony Named Chef-Partner Pop a bottle of bubbly.