East Village: Chef-owner Jehangir Mehta's kitchen at Graffiti is 40 square feet. No more excuses for takeout: If he can make it work, so can you. [TONY]
Flatiron: Shake Shack won't close until 11 p.m. for the rest of the summer. [Grub Street]
Lower East Side: Freemans has a new spring menu. [Grub Street]
Midtown East: Aquavit will serve its traditional Sunday smorgasbord on Mother's Day (which is May 11). [Zagat Buzz]
Park Slope: A new restaurant called Eurotrip has opened at 667 Fifth Avenue, near 19th Street, and is serving dumplings, Hungarian flatbread, and sausage platters. The "kind of place [that] was common 50 years ago in Yorkville, on the Upper East Side." [NYT]
Another notable new spot, Barrio, is serving fancy Mexican fare from a former Rosa Mexicano chef and is offering a 15 percent discount during its soft opening, which concludes April 30. [Strong Buzz]
Rockefeller Center: The rink bar opens for the season on Mother's Day. [Grub Street]
Williamsburg: Marlow & Sons has launched lunch service, which is currently being prepared by Pies-N-Thighs partner Carolyn Bane. The special this week is fried chicken. [Brooklyn Based]
West Village: Socialista has reopened its sidewalk café. [Grub Street]