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Banish The Heat With These Frozen Treats

Chill out with our favorites icy treats this summer.

Brad's BBQ

Snack Attack!

Party For A Good Cause At Burger Joint On 8/21

Join Tasting Table and Host Committee for burgers, beers, fries and milkshakes, all for a good cause. Proceeeds go to the NYC Rescue Mission.

Local Host Gifts From Letherbee, Halfwit Coffee, Spices Of Lezzet And Glazed And Infused

Local Host Gifts from Letherbee, Halfwit Coffee, Spices of Lezzet and Glazed and Infused.

How To Make Melon-Basil Soup | Tasting Table Recipe

A cold soup for hot days.

Bromberg Bros. Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken

Last night was the soft opening for this Lower East Side fried-chicken joint from the mighty Blue Ribbon clan. Expect that famous honey-drizzled chicken, along with sandwiches, spicy fries, fried okra, and carrot-habanero ice cream.

Drumbar

Alex Renshaw, a veteran of Sable who was recently named one of the "Top 10 Bartenders to Watch" at Tales of the Cocktail, is the new beverage director at this cocktail bar and lounge on the 18th floor of the Raffaello Hotel.

Wine Lands And Fig & Thistle: Where To Taste Indie Wine

Most of you are going to Outside Lands for the music. We're going to drink. But if you don't have day passes, here's where you can find the same wines.

Lady M Confections

Famous in NYC for its many-layered Mille Crêpe cake, this boutique bakery has landed on West 3rd St., offering pastries, croissants and tea sandwiches.

HeartBeet Juicery

The cult Brooklyn juice-cleanse boutique opened a new storefront, complete with a takeout window, on the Lower East Side this week. Stop by for seasonal favorites, like pineapple-jalapeño and watermelon-mint juices.

Goldenrod

Town Hall Seafood Boil

On 8/22, Town Hall is rolling out the butcher paper and serving a seafood boil exclusively for Tasting Table readers! Get your tickets now , then invest in a stain-resistant shirt.

Desco

Donato Scotti (of Donato Enoteca in Redwood City) opened an Italian restaurant in Old Oakland earlier this week.

Juice Shop

This local chain of, well, juice shops starts making appearances at the Hayes Valley Proxy Project today. Check its Twitter feed for times.

What To Eat Now: August Grilling Edition

Get grilling with our August edition of What to Eat Now.

The Bentley Tavern

This ambitious neighborhood restaurant opens today in Lakeview with chef Ian Flowers, formerly of Lokal and Prost, at the helm. ?Serious Eats? has a peek at the menu .

Tasting Table On The Cooking Channel

50 Eggs

Ebanos Crossing

This new Rio Grande-inspired speakeasy in Downtown has soft-opened, serving mezcal-based cocktails and Mexican-American small plates.

Urban Oxy

Who says nothing good ever happens on Washington Ave.? The Downtown café has opened a branch on that very stretch in South Beach. This one serves into the wee late-night hours on weekends.

Tasting Table's End-Of-Summer Feast

Hirohisa

Blue Barn Gourmet

This sandwich-and-salad shop opened its third location on Polk St. on 8/6.

Quality Italian

This sprawling, bi-level Midtown restaurant sports a ground-floor bar and shop and is a sibling to Quality Meats. Expect updated red-sauce classics, such as grilled octopus saltimbocca and a roasted veal shank for two. See the menu.

Marc Vetri Of Philadelphia Comes To Tasting Table

Marc Vetri comes to Tasting Table's Test Kitchen and Dining Room. 

Burke & Wills

Along with The Musket Room and Bluestone Lane , this Upper West Side restaurant (and its kangaroo burgers with tomato jam, shaved onions and triple-fried chips) joins the Down Under invasion of New York. See the menu.