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  1. Menu Changes
    Doughnut Plant Helps FAO Schwarz Shoppers CopeSome deep-fried salvation for Barbie hunters.
  2. Beef
    Grimaldi’s Staff: Not Really Good About Staying On-Message“I don’t have any of the details … Yeah supposedly there might be a countersuit or whatever … honestly, I don’t really care.”
  3. Coffee Talk
    Mediocre Muffins ‘Hurt’ The Atlantic’s Corby KummerThe food writer wonders why cafés with great coffee don’t have equally great baked goods.
  4. Construction
    Brooklyn Commune Not an Actual Commune, But Coming Along NicelyThe café-market hybrid will open soon.
  5. The Food Chain
    Loteria Chef Jimmy Shaw Says Porter House’s Truffled Mashed Potatoes Are“It’s really like whipping the potatoes again, so it’s almost like a truffled whipped potato.”
  6. Foodievents
    Dream Team Cooking Events: Not Cheap!All-star chefs are joining forces for some seriously expensive events.
  7. Truckin’
    Food Trucks in Danger of Becoming Even More Played Out Than They Already AreTreats Truck or, um, Tasti D-Lite truck?
  8. Openings
    Moroccan to Join Rumored Mexican on Smith Street?That’s the rumor.
  9. Empire Building
    Will Fonda Be the Next Brooklyn Restaurant to Make a Manhattan Transfer?Roberto Santibañez has expansion plans.
  10. Openings
    Steve Hanson Does Not Know Where Brooklyn IsSo he probably won’t be opening a place there.
  11. Meltdowns
    César Ramirez Calls Food Blogger’s AccusationsThe chef says he didn’t get upset when a writer violated the restaurant’s no note-taking policy.
  12. Funny Business
    Eric Ripert Will Not Google You; Julian Niccolini Will If You Run a Ponzi SchemeNot every nice restaurant is cyber-stalking its diners.
  13. Trends
    Who Owns the Bar?Has it gotten to the point where you can’t just have a drink at the bar?
  14. Food Politics
    So Now We Have to Worry About Chicken Gas, Too?Is it inhumane to think that gassing chickens before killing them is a little gross?
  15. Funny Business
    Stupid Restaurant Tricks: Googling Diners and Rewarding Wine PushersTricks of the trade revealed!
  16. Crime Scenes
    Neighburrito Says ‘No Pot Burritos for You’The owner swears he didn’t know about a secret pot farm in the basement.
  17. Trends
    Ramen Trend Not Going AwayWhere to eat everybody’s favorite winter soup.
  18. Truckin’
    Taïm and Korean Ramen Trucks Will Rev Up SoonKorilla BBQ gets some competition in the sphere of mobile Korean tacos.
  19. Studies
    Loud Noise Does Not Pair Well With FoodNew studies say white noise can mess with your meal.
  20. Ted & Honey
    Ted & Honey Has Liquor License, Designs on Former Chicory SpaceParents will be able to start escaping their spawn right around Halloween.
  21. Ruth Bourdain
    Is Ruth Bourdain Going to Crash Ruth Reichl’s Gourmet ReunionWill the Twitter star show up?
  22. FYI
    Brooklyn Farmacy Determined to Keep You Eating Ice Cream, Lobsters Through FallThey aren’t just for summer anymore.
  23. Coffee
    Not Every Coffee Bar Is Kicking Out WritersSure it’s in Queens, but they’ve got Joan Jett on vinyl.
  24. David Wondrich
    Stalking Wondrich in BrooklynDid Frank Bruni really just “accidentally” bump into the cocktail historian?
  25. The Chain Gang
    Wal-Mart Moves Toward LocavorismBut what does “local” mean to the country’s largest grocer?
  26. Lunch
    Breuckelen Introduces Cobble Hill to the $16 Lunch BurgerA look at an Eleven Madison Park alum’s new lunch menu.
  27. Closings
    Angelo Sosa’s Xie Xie Goes Bye-ByeWill the ‘Top Chef’ contestant’s sandwich shop make a move downtown?
  28. Openings
    Brooklyn Bridge Park Vendors Prepare for July OpeningGet a legal drink at Brooklyn Bridge Wine Bar or an ice-cream cone from Blue Marble.
  29. Openings
    Tonkotsu Ramen Joint Hidechan Opens FridayGet dinner now; lunch service begins July 1.
  30. Openings
    Pequeña Opens Prospect Heights LocationThe menu will be similar to the Fort Greene original, for now.
  31. We All Scream
    Fact-checking the Ice-Cream TruckNo one takes home $900 a day selling Mister Softee, says Miss Softee.
  32. Pizza Pizza
    Grimaldi’s Customers Undaunted by Conflicting SignIgnazio’s tries to lure pizza tourists away form the Dumbo landmark.
  33. Empire Building
    East Village CB Wards Off New Italian RestaurantThe full board denied Frank Prisinzano’s plan to open a “fast-food Italian” spot on 2nd Street and Avenue A.
  34. Empire Building
    EV Neighbors Protest New Restaurant From Owner of Supper“Our immediate neighborhood has become saturated with places that serve alcohol.”
  35. Sweet News
    Jacques Torres Sells Crêpes to Undersweetened BrooklynitesOrder your crêpes with ice cream or simply butter and sugar.
  36. Temporary Closings
    Manhattan Loses Two Japanese Restaurants, But Gains a Ramen JointYakitori Torys will reopen as a Totto Ramen offshoot.
  37. Nightlife
    Ted & Honey to Serve Adult Beverages in JulyThe stroller set can have a beer in the Cobble Hill café.