Neighborhood Watch

Vue Now Serving Brunch; S’Mac Now Pouring Beer

Astoria: Il Bambino has unveiled an outdoor patio. [Joey in Astoria]
East Village: S’MAC started serving beer and wine this week. Check out the menu here. [Grub Street]
Park Slope: Hotel Le Bleu’s restaurant Vue, which has a menu by Chris Cheung, has started serving weekend brunch. [Grub Street]
Upper West Side: Not surprisingly, the focus at the East Dumpling House now open at 248 West 106th Street is “dumplings, noodles, buns, and scallion pancakes.” [Eater]
West Village: Boom owner Marcello Assante will open a mostly organic Italian restaurant called Organika at 89 Seventh Avenue South near Bleecker Street tomorrow that serves — surprise — Neapolitan pizzas. [Grub Street]

Vue Now Serving Brunch; S’Mac Now Pouring Beer