Carroll Gardens: The Jake Walk has so many good elements it's best to call it "a gastro wine-cocktail lounge and charcuterium," rather than a bar. The recipe for the house cocktail, included here, also has a lot of components, including white rum, tequila, and elderflower liqueur. [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]
East Village: The Ukrainian Festival this weekend on 7th Street between Second and Third will sell pierogi, blintzes, and shashlyk, a type of kebob. [Zagat Buzz]
Midtown East: An outpost of Joe coffee is opening in Grand Central on May 28. [Grub Street]
Midtown West: Gallagher's Steak House is hosting its Belmont Steaks lunch benefit and horse-race-handicapping seminar, featuring a number of racing pundits, on June 3. [Grub Street]
Williamsburg: Action Burger has pissed off comic-book fans who tried to eat there after the convention and found the place closed. [Eater]
West Village: Bar Blanc launches lunch service this weekend with dishes like steamed hen egg over polenta and a ploughman’s lunch of cured meats and cheeses. [Grub Street]
Lelabar has $1 oysters on Wednesdays and Saturdays. [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]

Bay Ridge: Symphonia Restaurant opens today at 6762 Fourth Avenue, with gyros! [Bay Ridge Blog]
Carroll Gardens: Jake Walk is already buzzing with drinkers, and "wine, cheese, and little snacks are keeping the yuppies happy," in a good way. [A Brooklyn Life]
Chelsea: Soul Fixin's Restaurant is open on West 28th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, whether or not you appreciate the apostrophe in its name. [East Village Idiot]
Long Island City: Hunter's Point Wines & Spirits is hosting an organic- and biodynamic-wine tasting tonight from 6 to 8, but you should RSVP. [Joey in Astoria]
Midtown East: Benjamin Steakhouse in Grand Central is open for late lunch from 3 to 6. [Grub Street]
Midtown West: Fred Dexheimer has been appointed national wine and beverage director for the BLT group. [Grub Street]
Soho: On April 1, Sanctuary T will start a monthly series on the origins and harvesting of tea. A $10 suggested donation goes to City Harvest. [Zagat Buzz]
West Village: True, this mint cookie from Milk and Cookies looks awesome, but better than a Thin Mint, blogger? Thin ice. [NewYorkology]
Williamsburg: Are Anytime's tots safe from Realtors?! [I'm not saying, I'm just saying]

Astoria: Ovelia’s another stellar, cheap brunch option with a mix of Greek and American cooking: “Think French toast stuffed with Greek yogurt and honey or pancakes paired with homemade sausage — made from a family recipe.” [Foodista]
Brooklyn: Domino's has started a marketing campaign that "offers speech lessons to Brooklynites who want to rid themselves of ‘annoying, fake’ accents" meant to appeal to "male college students across the country," and the borough is pissed. [NYDN]
Carroll Gardens: The owners of Smith & Vine and Stinky Brooklyn are opening a bar-cum-café called the Jake Walk at 282 Smith Street this Friday. [NYS]
East Village: Terroir opens tonight. [NYT]
West Village: Mama’s Mudsliders’ beignets filled with chocolate cream "are light, ungreasy, deep-fried dough balls of delight." [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]