Bridgehampton: Tom Colicchio, Claudia Fleming, and the Ripper will be among the faces at the Great Chefs Dinner benefit on July 13. [Zagat Buzz]
East Village: Counter is hosting a tasting of organic and earth-friendly spirits and foods on Saturday afternoon to support green companies. [Local Wine Events]
Blue & Gold was robbed Monday, but don't worry — the burglars couldn't get the TVs off the wall. [Down by the Hipster]
Flatiron: Bill Clinton was at Hill Country last night. [Eater]
Long Island City: Mundo's specialty, Red Sonjas, are soft, red-lentil patties "flavored perfectly with parsley, scallions, and a hint of garlic" and served with fresh lettuce wraps. [Joey in Astoria]
Midtown East: Oceana is moving to a larger space next summer when its lease expires, and the new spot will have a raw bar. [NYS]
Midtown West: Dreamy-eyed Quality Meats pastry chef Cory Colton's ice creams are so good (he did study at Ice Cream University) that he's working on a trial run to retail a Quality Meats ice cream. [Restaurant Girl]
The Southside has abruptly closed. It was "no landmark, but Times Square has lost another affordable, independent restaurant. And that's not good." [Lost City]
Murray Hill: "Artisanal is like an uptown (really, midtown) Balthazar, with less noise, less crowding, and, true, much less of a frisson." Now with delicious aged steak. [NYT]
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Quality Meats Testing Its Own Ice-Cream Brand; Wild Bill Clinton Eats at Hill Country
Mister Softee Chases Good Humor Man Away From the Corner
Photo Courtesy of Mister Softee and Good Humor Ice Cream
It’s Still Spring, but the Ice Cream Truck War Revs Up [NYT]
A Cease-Fire in a West Side Ice Cream War [City Room/NYT]
Related: Good Humor Man of Old Returns, Bringing…Good Humor
Good Humor Man of Old Returns, Bringing … Good Humor
Your eyes don't deceive you. He's really here.Photo: Ed Levine Eats
Sugar Rush: The Retro Ice Cream Man Cometh [Ed Levine Eats]
Related: 31. Because We Can Eat Warm Chocolate Bread Pudding With Bacon Crème Anglaise Out of a Truck [NYM]
R.I.P. Irvine Robbins, Founder of Baskin-Robbins
Irvine Robbins, the founder of Baskin-Robbins and the source of endless childhood pleasures for three generations of Americans, has died in California. Robbins was the last of the old-time ice-cream barons, remnants of a pre–Haagen Daaz period. But though he never came up with a foreign-sounding name or broke any butterfat barriers, Irvine was a brilliant marketer, coining the “31 Flavors” slogan while actually creating hundreds, including any number of topical ones. There was “Lunar Cheesecake for the moon landings and Valley Forge Fudge for the 1976 bicentennial,” as his obituary reminds us. (We remember eating Valley Forge Fudge and thinking it was the best flavor ever.) Baskin-Robbins is owned by Dunkin' Donuts today, but that’s no reason not to honor Robbins by raising a cone in his memory; let a drop fall on the ground, like gang members do with their beers, as a sign of love to the departed.
Irvine Robbins, co-founder of ice cream chain, dies at 90 [AP/San Francisco Chronicle]
Scoops for 31 Cents Add to Ice-Cream Madness
Photo: iStockphoto
More Free Ice Cream! As If Ben and Jerry’s Yesterday Wasn’t Enough… [Ironic Mullet]
Free-Cone Mania [Eater]
Seymour Burton’s Old Beast of an Ice-Cream Maker Churns Away in the Basement
Not shown: ping-pong tables, Cheryl Tiegs poster, Jack Daniels tapestry.Photo: Melissa Hom
Related: If It's a Frozen Dessert at P*ong, Blame the Pacojet
Director Arden Wohl Only Eats Fish Twice a Week
Arden Wohl will teach a man to fish, twice a week.Photo: Melissa Hom
The Most Iced-Out Cone You've Ever Seen
Not even platinum grills can handle this.Courtesy Lazare Kaplan International Inc.
U.S. Open Stadium Eats; Red Hook Vendors' Bread and Butter in Jeopardy
Astoria: Get your feet rubbed while eating ice cream at Freeze Peach this Saturday — or maybe just stick to sampling the variety of flavors at this $9 tasting event that will also feature reflexology and tarot-card reading. [Joey in Astoria]
Flushing: New reasons not to fill up before a match: Five serious restaurants including a steakhouse, seafood restaurant, and Cuban café flank the U.S. Open stadium, all under the supervision of Charlie Palmer–trained chef Michael Lockard. [NYDN]
Hell’s Kitchen: Mitchel London Pizza from the owners of Burgers & Cupcakes has been open for a couple of weeks, but they’re still working on good char. [Slice]
Lower East Side: Whole Foods’ beer room, which stocks over 200 international, domestic, and local beers, opened this morning. [Gridskipper]
Meatpacking District: Los Dados from Sueños chef Sue Torres opens Monday. [Eater]
Red Hook: Department of Health inspectors are now turning a critical eye to restaurants associated with the ball-field vendors. Honduras Maya is already closed. [Brooklyn Eagle]
Fancy Food Show Brings Colonial Fruit Drinks and Our Old Friend Kulfi
Prepare to be assimilated.Photo: Zoe Singer
What Is Summer for But Barbecue, Ice Cream, and Vegetables?
Hill Country knew what Adam Platt's rating would be, and made it a design element.Photo: Morini for New York Magazine
Shopsin's Arrives At Last in Its New Lower East Side Berth
Chelsea: Richie Akiva and Scott Sartiano will not utilize the old Plaid space for their next club; 1OAK (One of a Kind) is now set for 17th between Ninth and Tenth. [Down by the Hipster] Klee Brasserie will give out its new peach sangria for free this Sunday to mark Gay Pride Day. [NYS]
Lower East Side: Shopsin's finally open in the Essex Street Market. [Eater]
Midwood: DiFara open tomorrow? No, but “maybe Friday.” [Lost City]
Upper East Side: Owners of recently departed Jovia will give the townhouse space a more casual feel with a name and menu reminiscent of the owners’ Soho restaurant, Zoë. [NYT]
West Village: Jefferson Market has the single-origin-chocolate ice creams from Choctál newly imported from California. [NYT]
La Marqueta Fights City Hall and Wins; Josh DeChellis Out at Sumile
Brooklyn’s La Marqueta, facing the same kid of pressure as the Red Hook vendors, wins another year and postpones getting the heave-ho from the 70-year-old market. [NYDN]
Josh DeChellis has left Sumile Sushi to do a tempura restaurant at 50 Carmine Street. [NYT]
Related: Josh DeChellis Dodges a Bullet, and Hits a Bullseye [Grub Street]
This is a golden age of meatballs we’re living in. [NYT]
Related: Men and Their Meatballs [NYM]
Hear the Pinkberry Jingle, Attempt to Get it Out of Your Head
We went to the Pinkberry site to see how the bi-coastal yogurt slinger is dealing with a lawsuit claiming its star product comes from some sort of dry-powder mix. And now we can’t concentrate, on this or anything else, because of the Pinkberry song. "Sorry, ice cream," raps a petulant, girlie voice, "but I'm thinking of a different dessert." And off we go: "Succulent mango! Tangy kiwi! It’s an obsession! Simple and delightful! And guilt-free! Yummy!" The lyrics, which sound translated from Japanese or Martian, ride a kind of reggae-lite beat that wouldn’t be out of place on a Lily Allen number (the singer is actually, and awesomely, the Lady Tigra, of L'Trimm fame). About as far from a focus-grouped jingle as you can get, the thing sounds like it was tossed together in two minutes during a bout of Pinkberry-induced brain freeze. Ad hoc remixes are already popping up on Web boards. Frozen yogurt? Milk powder? Who gives a crap, we’ve got a hit on our hands!
Pinkberry song [Pinkberry.com]
Matzo-Bus Rabbi Granted Reprieve
Bloomberg signs bill establishing safety guidelines for delivery guys but stops short of limiting packets of ketchup. [NYT]
Rabbi ordered to stop baking matzo out of his school bus granted reprieve. [NYT]
Urban agriculture not limited to NYU kids growing weed in closet; New Yorkers also making wine on rooftops. [NPR]
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