Bourgeois Pig Will Open in Carroll Gardens | Video: Best of New York, Birthday Cake Division

Wednesday, 27 July 2011 by IrwanKch

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011

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

Empire Building
Bourgeois Pig Will Open a Second Location in Carroll Gardens With a "Euro-style" cocktail program highlighting amaros.
Empire Building
RUB Is the Latest Restaurant to Head to Long Island We've identified the newest restaurant hot spot.
Bookshelf
Take Some (Unsanctioned?) Looks at New Cookbooks From Andrew Carmellini and Mario Batali Previews for two fall cookbooks are online now.
Openings
Corner Bistro Will Open a Second Location — in Queens The Manhattan icon is expanding, and, yes, the new location will also be on a corner.
Video Feed
Video: Best of New York, Birthday Cake Division We visit Soutine bakery on the Upper West Side.
Coffee Wire
How About Some ‘Meaty,’ ‘Masculine’ Coffee, Dude? La Colombe's new Pure Black cold brew even has bourbon flavors. Rawk.
Bookshelf
Ben Sargent, a.k.a. Dr. Claw, Gets a Book Deal It will be, you guessed it, a seafood cookbook.
Whole Paycheck
Whole Foods Resignation-Letter Drama Swirls On Past and former Whole Foods employees respond.
The Other Critics
Ryan Sutton Impressed by Brushstroke; Steve Cuozzo Calls Marble Kitchen ‘Credible’ Plus: Sam Sifton on Palm, "Tables for Two" on the Smile, and more, all in our weekly critical roundup.
Food TV
Ottomanelli Enlisted to Help ABC Promote The Chew The old-school butcher shop gets its close-up.
Closings
Pour One Out for the Oak Room, Closing Tonight So long, cutesy cocktails named after Mel Gibson, lawsuits, and pop-up Gaga concerts.
Bookshelf
Gwyneth Encourages Beyoncé to Release a Cookbook Of course the GOOPster would be involved in this.
Mediavore
Bottle of Wine Sells for $123K; Diners Are Oh-So Hip Plus: Mubarak's hunger strike, food cart for dogs hits Miami, and more, in our morning news roundup.
Neighboorhood Watch
Food Curated Premieres Tomorrow With Free Samples; Overseas Taste Closed by DOH Plus: the Richardson's hosting a cookout (this weekend!) featuring a $6 deal of bison-grass cocktails and buffalo burgers, and more neighborhood news.
Openings
A Cupcake Shop Grows in Brooklyn Brooklyn Cupcake debuted over the weekend in Williamsburg.
The Future
LaFrieda Meat Has Some Serious Security Cameras LaFrieda's new cameras can zoom in on the tiniest details.
Truckin'
Now Rolling: Free Ice Pops and Dollar Empanadas We'll just say it: They're deals on wheels.
Temporary Closings
Clinton Hill’s Cochinita Taqueria Damaged by Fire The taqueria and its fixtures have been damaged severely.
The Other Critics
NYT Calls El Bulli Movie ‘Docile,’ ‘Dry,’ and ‘Oppressively Dull’ And it STILL sounds better than 'The Smurfs'!