Charcuterie Continues to Wow on the UWS; Beer, Cheese, and Chocolate Go TogetherChelsea: Cain’s Website is already “pimping” a London opening. [Down by the Hipster]
East Village: Jimmy’s No. 43 is hosting a cheese, beer, and chocolate pairing on January 22. Luckily, cheese before beer, you’re in the clear. [Gridskipper] Danal on 10th Street has given up the ghost. [Zagat]
Hell’s Kitchen: Tasting World is hosting its first Wine Essentials course of 2008 on January 17. [Tasting World]
Midwood: The Amateur Gourmet’s “Best Place I Should’ve Been To Already and Where I Should’ve Already Gone Back To” for 2007: Di Fara Pizza. There are surely too many out there who can relate.
Upper West Side: Ed Levine is as wowed by Sylvain Gasdon’s charcuterie at Bar Boulud as we were. [Ed Levine’s New York Eats via Eater]
West Village: David Page and Barbara Shinn have left Home to focus on their North Fork winery and have taken the wine-sensitive heart of the restaurant with them. [Eater]
Neighborhood Watch
Still Waiting on ’beca Restaurant; New French Place at Radisson MartiniqueChelsea: Order your Gallete des Rois, the traditional Epiphany cake, now from Gavroche. [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]
Midtown West: Stavros Aktipis will open a new French restaurant in the Radisson Martinique hotel called Martinique Bistro. [NYS]
Park Slope: Online buzz builds for Pepe’s Pizza and Panini, and now it’s getting the message-board treatment. [Brooklynian via Brownstoner]
Tribeca: The Duane Street Hotel is open, but the ’beca Restaurant’s doors will be closed for at least the next couple of weeks. [NewYorkology/Grub Street]