Bedford-Stuyvesant: Peaches , the seasonal restaurant from the owners of the Smoke Joint, doesn’t serve one item over $20. [Clinton Hill Blog]
Corona: El Globo Restaurante, at 42-13 102 Street, is serving chapulín (dried grasshopper) tacos with fresh tortillas. Less adventurous eaters will find their huitlacoche version good too. [Serious Eats]
Lower East Side: BYO standby Chickie Pig's is closed until further notice. [Eater]
Midtown West: A Church's Chicken chain has started selling its fast-food fried chicken on Eighth Avenue between 44th and 45th Streets.
Chain hybrids, like the Lenny's/Yolato storefront opening at 940 Eighth Avenue, are becoming more popular for business owners. [Zagat Buzz]
South Brooklyn: The Salt Marsh Nature Center on Avenue U makes an ideal picnic spot, as do these other recommendations. [Gridskipper]
Tribeca: YourAsian, from the owner of now-closed Jerry's in Soho, may be on its last legs. According to a sign in the window, the restaurant, which had been consistently empty for months, is temporarily closed. [Grub Street]
West Village: Franklin Becker's new Sheridan Square menu, which debuts on the 11th, is 20 percent off as a preview discount from today through August 9. [Grub Street]
Yonkers: Famed New Haven pizzeria Frank Pepe's is opening the first of what will be several branches in Westchester next spring. [Slice via the Weschester County Business Journal]