• The Brooklyn Take Out Taxi, run by local entrepreneur Donna Walrond, is upping the range of delivery choices in Bed-Stuy. [NYT]

• The newest lure for retirement communities? Food and wine classes. [WSJ]

• Beer is the beverage of the recession … according the Brewers Association. [NYO]

• The brand-spanking-new UWS Shake Shack already has quite the comedian contingent, with reports of Tina Fey and Fred Armisen dining in. [Eater]

• Rachel Maddow, America’s Crush, has a fondness for obscure spirit rhum agricole. [Serious Eats]

• Those anxiously awaiting the new and expanded Kefi will have to hold their horses for another two to three weeks. [Eating In Translation]