Elaine's Will Close Next Week | Indian Street-Food Trend Heats Up

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2011

Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com

El Gordo
Oh, Gordon Ramsay Ate a Beating Snake Heart, That’s All Animal-rights activists are, of course, outraged.
Openings
With Masala Wala, the Indian Street-Food Trend Heats Up The LES eatery is slated for July.
Closings
Manhattan’s Most Important Restaurant Will Close You guessed it: Jekyll & Hyde.
Frippery
Capturing the Moment It's Almost My Time to Order: A new blog that stays true to its name.
The Great Outdoors
Babycakes, Blue Bottle Will Join Rockaway Taco and Friends on the Boardwalk More details on the boardwalk bonanza!
Empire Building
Shake Shack Opens in D.C., Will Come to Battery Park City Next Month And the downtown Brooklyn location is coming in the fall.
Scary Things
Are Potatoes a Many-Eyed Threat to America’s Children? Spuds: dangerous starch bombs or healthy "gateway" vegetables?
Closings
Elaine’s Will Close Next Week New owner Diane Becker gives up the ghost.
Temporary Closings
Ray’s Candy Store Gets Shut Down (Again!) Inspectors hit Ray Alvarez with $2,000 more in fines.
Empire Building
Daniel Humm, Will Guidara of EMP to Head Up NoMad Hotel Restaurants The hotel is from the same developer who brought the Ace to the hood.
Openings
Mason Dixon Space Is Looking Good for Matt Levine Community Board 3's licensing committee gives him the green light.
Mediavore
Zagat’s ‘30 Under 30’; Panera Pay-What-You-Want Café Actually Working Plus: Foodily adds calorie comparisons to its search, craft distilleries on the rise, and more, in our morning news roundup.
Neighborhood Watch
3rd Ward and Radish Celebrate Birthdays in Williamsburg; Carnegie Deli Hosts Annual Pickle-Eating Contest Plus: four restaurant birthday celebrations, and more, in our daily roundup of neighborhood food news.
Closings
Fifty-Year-Old Joe’s Superette Is Closing The Carroll Gardens institution is taking its fried prosciutto balls with it.
Slideshow
First Look at 900 Degrees, Now Serving Neapolitan, Roman, and NYC Pizzas The folks behind San Francisco's popular Tony's Pizza Napoletana open in the West Village.
Booze News
Sweet Action Indeed! Sixpoint Is Now Available at Your Local Bodega Brooklyn's draft-only beer hits the shelves.
Nightlife
As Mason Dixon Closes, Increased Vigilance for Underage Boozers on LES Bouncers at Max Fish are now equipped with I.D. scanners.
Now Delivering
Introducing Savory, a Delivery-Only Restaurant Where the Caviar Couriers Wear Ties "Our food couriers are really nice, friendly good guys who come to your door with a smile," says a co-founder.