Astoria: There's an $85, three-hour Greenmarket class at Sai Organics on Saturday, with $10 benefiting the Coalition Against Hunger. [Joey in Astoria]
Long Island: Bobby Flay on the Crunch burger at his new Burger Palace, which opened in Lake Grove on Tuesday: "It's like when you order a cheeseburger with the fries on the side and they get caught in the melted cheese and give the burger some crunch. The crisp potato chips with the melted cheese works like that." [Hamburger Today]
Midtown East: Not only will beloved Japanese quick-eats stop and bakery Cafe Zaiya, open a slightly classier location called Cafe Zest on 47th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues Tuesday (with a 50 percent–off promotion), but the owners have also purchased the space upstairs and will turn it into an organic Japanese restaurant called Nonoca, by August. (For now you can try some of Nonoca's meals to go at Zest.) [Midtown Lunch]
Williamsburg: Williamsburger should be open on South 2nd Street and Wythe Avenue in two weeks' time. [Eater]
West Village: Chef Kunio Tokuoka from Kitcho in Kyoto will cook an umami-centric dinner at the James Beard House on July 29. [Zagat]
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The Beard Foundation, in the spotlight as Monday’s awards approach, is still on shaky ground financially, and questions still linger about the way it spends its money. [NYT]
Restaurants are lobbying customers to vote for them in the Zagat survey, a trend nobody likes, but which few in the business can stop or resist. [NYP]
The days of the fat chef seem to have been passed, leaving mostly whippet-slim cooks to inherit the world’s kitchens. [Waitrose via Serious Eats]
Restaurant I.D.-Theft Ring Exposed; Ted Nugent–Influenced Cuisine
Waiters in 40 restaurants formed a huge identity-theft ring, recording credit-card numbers and making $3 million in purchases. [Fox NY]
Donald Trump gets a sweetheart deal from the state to build Trump on the Ocean, a huge restaurant and banquet hall, on Jones Beach. [Newsday]
Chef J.J. Rachou is still feeling the sting from his Department of Health closure and can't bring himself to reopen Brasserie LCB yet. “If you lift every can, you find a cockroach,” he says. [NYT]
Yep, 66 Going Soba; Trans Fats on the Run in Long Island
66 will become Matsu Gen in “late spring” and specialize in soba noodles. [NYT]
Related: Vongerichten May Deep-Six 66, Serve Sushi and Soba Instead [Grub Street]
Landmarc, in the Time Warner Center, is wildly inexpensive relative to its location and the restaurants around it, and Steve Cuozzo is predicting boffo business. [NYP]
Related: Will Landmarc's Downtown Cool Play Alongside Its Ritzy New Neighbors? [Grub Street]
Think you'll get your lard fix in Long Island? Not so fast: Nassau County is planning a trans-fat ban. [Newsday]
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Ah, to Quaff Eggnog Fireside in Long Island
For an entire year, this thread on Mouthfuls has been tracking the best of the Upper West Side. It's all wrapped up in this year-end post. [Mouthfuls]
A quick roundup of new West Chelsea eateries. [NYT]
Hankering for a meal by a roaring fireplace? [NYP]
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If you do wind up sitting by a fire, you're going to want some eggnog. [NYDN]
New cookbooks that make fine gifts. [NYDN]
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