• Pop Burger co-owner Sasha Tcherevkoff is launching a social search engine. [NYP]
• The USDA will spend $65 million to connect small farmers with consumers who want local food. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• Despite allegedly just being closed for the summer, Tailor is still shuttered. [Eater]
• Almost everything that could go wrong did at Tavern on the Green, leading to the restaurant’s bankruptcy. [NYT]
• Portland, Maine’s food scene is better than ever before. [NYT]
• America’s supply of juicy chicken feet may squash China’s threat to cut off imports of American poultry. [NYT]