Neighborhood Watch

Alice Waters Signs Cookbooks in Cobble Hill; a Tequila Tasting at Zengo in Midtown

Cobble Hill: Alice Waters signs copies of her new cookbook, In the Green Kitchen, tonight at 7 p.m. at Book Court. [Fork in the Road/VV]
East Village: Black Market has opened their allegedly permanently closed roll-down gate, advertising house specialties (oysters, cocktails, and burgers) in the window. [EV Grieve]
Flatiron: Shaffer City has expanded its service hours. The restaurant now offers lunch and dinner daily, with brunch available on weekends. [Grub Street]
Lower East Side: Le Cubain, the watering hole at 81 Ludlow Street, recently painted over its dark green marquee and will soon feature a new name: Sebastian LC. [Bowery Boogie]

Midtown East: Tuesday, April 13 marks the inaugural Tuesday Tequila Tasting at La Biblioteca, the downstairs lounge at Zengo. The cost is $15 per guest and reservations are recommended; call 212-808-8110. [Grub Street]
A 15,000-square-foot food court with at least ten different vendors is coming soon to Koreatown. Construction will take about three to five months, with the new food destination scheduled to open by September or October. [Midtown Lunch]
Upper West Side: Tuscan wine icon Lamberto Frescobaldi is hosting a dinner featuring his Luce della Vite wines paired with Chef Missy Robbins’s modern Italian cuisine at A Voce Columbus. The dinner, $250, takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. on May 3, with tickets available through Circle of Taste. [Grub Street]

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