Neighborhood Watch

Secret Garden Grows Food in Bushwick; Opera Dinner at Fabio Piccolo Fiore

Bushwick: The Secret Garden is a hidden community garden that grows “fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs, including strawberries, bush beans, carrots, thyme, okra, beets, squash, eggplant, cucumbers, collard greens, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, parsley, and grapes.” [Brooklyn the Borough]
Midtown East: The restaurant Fabio Piccolo Fiore at 230 East 44th Street, near Third Avenue, hosts a Tribute to Mario Lanza Opera Dinner on Friday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Italian tenor Luciano Lamonarca will perform. [Grub Street]
Murray Hill: Country now has a three-course Sunday supper for $20.09. [Grub Street]
Union Square: People’s Pops isn’t the only artisanal popsicle-maker in town; the Greenmarket’s Twee Fountain Herb Farm sells flavors like Lemon-Verbena-Thyme and and Sage-Lemon for $2 on Saturdays. [Serious Eats]

Secret Garden Grows Food in Bushwick; Opera Dinner at Fabio Piccolo Fiore