• Sunday, October 13 is neighborhood appreciation day for Crown Heights Neapolitan pizza spot Barboncino, where they will be offering free pies to anyone who stops by from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. [Serious Eats]
• Lotus Blue, one of New York’s only Yunnan Chinese restaurants, is hosting a ten-course banquet in celebration of the Chinese Moon Festival this Sunday, September 30. Tickets are $88, $68 for a separate vegetarian menu, and $30 for wine pairings; call 212-267-3777 to reserve. [Grub Street]
• Free Nutella, from a truck: There’s a food truck roving Manhattan and northern New Jersey handing out the spreadable goodness for five days, starting Saturday, September 29, at the Sixth Avenue Fair. [Gothamist]
• Former longtime New York Magazine food critic Gael Greene will be reading from her books of erotica and sex advice alongside a four-course, aphrodisiac-themed dinner at City Grit on Thursday, October 18. Tickets are $65 through City Grit. [Grub Street]
• Carroll Gardens cocktail spot Clover Club will unveil mixologist-owner Julie Reiner’s fall lineup on Tuesday, October 9; one selection, the Crystal Fall, inspired by Waterford’s new Mixology Collection, will be served in the house of crystal’s luxe tumblers. [Grub Street]
