Neighborhood Watch

Winter at the Shake Shack; Champagne and Dogs at Bark

East Village: Order a $25 bottle of DKNY Twenty Year Cuvée (usually $50) at Dirt Candy on December 8 and the proceeds will benefit City Harvest. [Dirt Candy]


Numero 28 Pizzeria is opening a second location at 176 Second Avenue on December 10. [Grub Street]


Flatiron: Through February, Shake Shack will take phone orders for takeout from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and will close at 9 p.m. You can sit under the heat lamps, too. [Grub Street]


Energy Kitchen opened a location at 18 West 23rd Street today. [Grub Street]


Midtown West: Restaurateur Sasha Muniak filed for bankruptcy for Centro Vinoteca last month and did the same this week for the West 57th Street location of his chain Mangia. [Crain’s NY]

Tribeca: A company called Cocktail Despirito applied for a liquor license for the former Grace space at 114 Franklin Street. [Tribeca Citizen]


Park Slope: Bark Hot Dogs hosts a $30 wine-pairing dinner on December 15 at 7 p.m. called “Champagne Wishes, and Hot Dog Dreams.” [Zagat Buzz]


West Village: En Japanese Brasserie now opens for lunch. [Grub Street]

Winter at the Shake Shack; Champagne and Dogs at Bark