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A Steamier Hawaiian Tropic Zone; Beer and Lederhosen in Queens

Calorie counts coming to NYC menus. [NYDN]

Pour out a pint for Häagen-Dazs’s co-creator, the Polish woman responsible for the fake Danish name. [NYT]

Beer and lederhosen come to a Queens shopping center. [Gayot]

Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine seeks another Manhattan location. [Restaurant News Resource]

Hawaiian Tropic Zone will be the next NYC restaurant to tackle Vegas: “Misters to cool patrons during the steamy daytime desert temperatures.” [PR News]
Related: Hawaiian Tropic Zone’s Tina Marino Probably Won’t Be Sharing Her Life With You

While we wait for that follow-up on Zak Pelaccio’s plans for American expansion, Eater tips us off to a high-concept eatery that will practice the “art of the urban sandwich.” [Eater]

A Steamier Hawaiian Tropic Zone; Beer and Lederhosen in Queens