Neighborhood Watch

Toasties Seized by NYU; Cider Pairing Event at the Queens Kickshaw

Astoria: Bring Cider Week to a close with a three-course dinner and cider pairings event at the Queens Kickshaw. Frisée salad, potpie, and bread pudding will be paired with ciders from the Finger Lakes region’s Bellwether Cidery. An earlier seating has sold out, but tickets ($45) are still available for the 9:30 p.m. seating at brownpapertickets.com. [Grub Street]
Coney Island: The seven doomed Coney Island businesses, including Ruby’s and Paul’s Daughter, have been offered yet another reprieve after the restaurant group that was meant to replace them backed out. Faced with the possibility of empty storefronts during the 2012 season, landlord Zamperla USA started negotiations to bring the old haunts back to the boardwalk for eight-year leases — provided they commit to $100,000 worth of modernizations and renovations. [Eater NY]
Financial District: The Baoguette on Maiden Lane has officially shuttered, but worry not: Their new location on Nassau Street is open for business. [Eater NY]

Midtown: The Times Square Alliance–approved Snack Box kiosk at 47th Street, right off the pedestrian mall, seems to be in construction for a Monday opening. [Midtown Lunch]
Soho: Jim Wrigley, brand ambassador for Ron Santa Teresa rum, will join Brian Miller behind the bar at Lani Kai’s Tiki Night to mix up unique cocktails. The weekly event takes place in the downstairs bar, located at 525 Broome Street, from 6 p.m. to midnight. [Grub Street]
Union Square: Popular deli Toasties has been seized and closed by landlord NYU after an eight-month buildup of unpaid rent totaling roughly $200,000. [EV Grieve]
West Village: Eighty Four on Seventh is launching a late-night menu, and to celebrate they’re offering a free bottle of beer to customers who order off the new menu this weekend (Friday and Saturday). [Grub Street]

Toasties Seized by NYU; Cider Pairing Event at the Queens Kickshaw