Neighborhood Watch

Fatty Crab Hosts Memorial Day Pig Roast; Mercadito’s World Cup Taco Specials

Bedford-Stuyvesant: Butternut Market’s opening has been pushed back a few weeks, after a fire that tore through the top floor of the building last week. [Brownstoner]


Brooklyn Heights: Danny’s, a diner and takeout deli at 119 Court Street, is open. [Bococa Land]


East Village: Beginning June 11, Mercadito will show World Cup games daily, opening as early as 10 a.m. for certain games. Throughout the tournament, the restaurant will offer all-you-can-eat taco specials. [Grub Street]


Lower East Side: A new restaurant, possibly called SRO, is moving into part of the Sunshine Hotel annex at 245 Bowery. Architect Richard H. Lewis, who also designed Pulino’s and Minetta Tavern, is in charge of renovating the space. [Eater NY]

Park Slope: New signage at 355 Fifth Avenue indicates that Café Martin, owned by former Café Regular co-owner Martin O’Connell, will open in the former Pink Pussycat space. [Brownstoner]


The storefront on Flatbush Avenue previously occupied by Dunkin’ Donuts will be transformed into a sushi restaurant. [Brownstoner]


Upper East Side: Southern Hospitality is hosting a five-bourbon tasting on May 26. It costs $30, and tickets can be purchased online. [Southern Hospitality/Twitter]


Upper West Side: Fatty Crab will host a pig roast at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day. The $29 cost gets you unlimited beer, raw-bar items, roasted pig, and live music. [Grub Street]


Mixologist David Wondrick and Momofuku Ssäm Bar’s Don Lee will host a discussion on polar cocktails at the American Museum of Natural History’s Linder Theater on June 8. Tickets are $25 and include tastings during the event. For more information, visit the museum’s website. [Grub Street]

Fatty Crab Hosts Memorial Day Pig Roast; Mercadito’s World Cup Taco