Red Hook Food Vendors' Meeting With the City Postponed Until Tomorrow

Bridgehampton: Almond restaurant has just added more local labels to its wine list. [Hamptons] East Village: New vegan restaurant Health Conscious Express, on First Avenue and 3rd Street, impresses with its wide range of patties, but the Rasta vibes are totally intense. [Super Vegan] Red Hook: A meeting between the representative for ball fields’ food vendors and the Parks Department has been postponed until tomorrow afternoon. [The Gowanus Lounge] West Village: Only a couple seats left for Murray’s class on local cheeses, tonight at 6:30 p.m. [Murray’s Cheese] Williamsburg: Brick Oven Gallery has reopened after its Department of Health–enforced hiatus. [Eater]

Posted 06/14/07 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: almond, brick oven gallery, bridgehampton, east village, food classes, health conscious express, murray's cheese shop, neighborhood watch, red hook, red hook vendors, west village, williamsburg

Chelsea Mourns the Loss of Chinese Vegetable Burritos

strong>Bronx: Ditri Coffee Shop has sold coffee and work boots for 28 years; it’s amazing this business model doesn’t seem to have been duplicated. [Lost City] Chelsea: There’s a makeshift memorial set outside Bright Food Shop, which has closed along with sister-restaurant Kitchen/Market thanks to high rents. [Crazy Fingers by way of Blog Chelsea] Tasty Korean takeout near FIT. [Gothamist] Clinton Hill: A bake sale gets frisky with a Middle Eastern dance performance this Sunday at 289 Grand Avenue. [Clinton Hill Blog] Dumbo: Chestnut, Olea, and Sweet Melissa Patisserie are all participating in Tuesday’s tasting event at powerHouse Arena to benefit the American Cancer Society. [Dumbo NYC] East Village: Bowery Whole Foods unveils plans to start serving brunch. [Down by the Hipster] West Village: Murray’s Cheese is hosting a sparkling-wine course that includes cheese pairings on June 5th at 6:30 p.m. [Gothamist]

Posted 06/01/07 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: bowery whole foods, bright food shop, bronx, chelsea, chestnut, clinton hill, ditri coffee shop, dumbo, east village, eat drink and be hopeful, kitchen market, murray's cheese shop, neighborhood watch, olea, sweet melissa patisserie, west village

World’s Biggest Cheese in Town Today

To say that we felt only excited at the prospect of seeing the world’s biggest cheese today would be an understatement. It was more like awe. Six-feet wide and weighing over 1,300 pounds, the Gouda-style cheese is the star of a special exhibit co-sponsored by Murray’s Cheese and the Beemster company of Holland. A bothersome case of gout will be keeping us from the cheese’s press conference, which we are told is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. But we’ve thought of some ways the milk monument might be put to use.

Posted 05/16/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed

Tags: cheese, grand central station, murray's cheese shop, newsfeed