New York Restaurants

AIRPORT DINING — A branch of Bobby Van's Steakhouse just opened in American Airlines Terminal 8 at JFK. It will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with takeout and sandwiches as well as a porterhouses, filet mignons, and a full bar. [EaterWire] EAST VILLAGE — Kasadela, which closed in the wake of Hurricane Sandy but was a vendor at this year's Great GoogaMooga fest, is hosting a pop-up tonight to try to sell off all the Tebasaki they have left over from Sunday's washout. They'll be at Vol De Nuit from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. tonight working their way through all those leftover chicken wings. [EaterWire] EXPANSIONS — Kuma Snow Cream, a shaved ice/ice cream mashup based in Los Angeles is looking to expand to Manhattan soon. The owner, Jet Tila, is already set to open a branch of the restaurant in Las Vegas this week, and says that NYC is high on his list of places to go next. [EaterLA] PARK SLOPE — Fort Reno BBQ will have live bluegrass music and $2 beers this Sunday, May 26. The bluegrass will last from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and the $2 pints will last all day. [EaterWire]

Double-breaking super-hot lobster deal alert: In addition to the cheap-o lobster rolls the truck was selling today, the team at Red Hook Lobster Pound is selling Maine lobster salad at half price, so $25 a pound instead of $50. The deal's available from the truck, the Madison Square Eats stand, and the Red Hook brick-and-mortar. [EaterWire]

• On Saturday, May 25, Hester Street Fair will feature a brand-new vendor, Ducks Eatery. There will also be a ping-pong tournament — with prizes! [Grub Street] • The Windsor is providing another reason to stay in town this Memorial Day. The West Village gastropub will be open on Monday, May 27, serving peach barbecue chicken wings and other specials. [Grub Street] • In honor of the Bluth Family’s triumphant return, Three Letters is serving up an Arrested Development tasting menu, appropriately titled the Final Countdown. On Sunday, May 26, there will be a $45 per person dinner with cornballs, Ika and Tina Tuna, and frozen bananas, of course. [Grub Street] • Brooklyn Label is hosting Bourbon & Belly, an event on May 23 that will showcase sliced pancetta, braised cured belly, and smoked flank bacon. Tickets are $30, and you'll get a flight of cocktails and beer, too. [Grub Street] • Starting May 31, DGBG is celebrating those employees blessed with Summer Fridays. From 1 to 6 p.m., guests can pick from a selection of seafood plateaus that each come with two pints of draft beer on the house. [Grub Street] • Over 50 restaurants are coming out for the eighth annual Taste of LIC. The Chocolate Factory will host food and drink by the likes of Alobar, Brooklyn Grange, and M. Wells Dinette. Grab your tickets here. [Grub Street] • On Thursday, May 23, Elastic City will host a benefit featuring the crowd-sourced creation of signature cocktails, to be mixed by Dave Nurmi (The JakeWalk) and Brad Farran (Death and Company). Tickets are $40 for the open bar. [Grub Street] • The EMM Group is teaming up with Common Ground to raise money for the homeless. A portion of proceeds from the cereal-encrusted doughnuts at the General will go toward the charity. [Grub Street] Filed Under: leftovers, arrested development, brooklyn label, dbgb, elastic city, emm group, hester street fair, taste of lic, the general, the windsor, three letters

Apologize to your crab and praise the universe, then get on with it.

[Krieger] Pete Wells had one good meal and several bad ones at Graydon Carter's The Beatrice Inn. The good dinner was cooked by Brian Nasworthy, who left the restaurant in January. Now the menu is full of clunkers: There was nothing to say about a stack of carrots that came with a braised and roasted veal breast except that it shouldn't be possible for vegetables to be both charred and raw. Apparently it is, though, because a steak turned up in the company of blackened and crunchy hen-of-the-woods mushrooms. The desperately undercooked sunchokes with sautéed trout were something of a relief. They were awful, but they were not even a little bit burned.Wells gives the restaurant a zero star "satisfactory" rating. And in case you're wondering, Brian Nasworthy is now at Picholine. · The View From West 12th [NYT] · All Coverage of The Beatrice Inn [~ENY~]

Apparently, Pete Wells is a master of disguise. From fellow critic Ryan Sutton: "Sat near @nytdining critic @pete_wells recently. Was totally unaware of his presence until he let me know a few days later. Dude blends in." [Twitter]

This week, a parade of treats for summer, outdoor markets, a set of frosty blue glasses and more.

February 5, 2014. Get ready. Good news: There will still be a designated day during which you have an excuse to eat an obscene amount of Nutella, wear sexy Nutella clothing, and sing love songs about the spread. After threatening super-fan Sara Rosso, the creator of World Nutella Day, with a cease-and-desist letter, Ferrero has had a change of heart. The company sent a statement to Bloomberg Businessweek announcing that it will stop its attempt to shut down Rosso's website, NutellaDay.com: "The case arose from a routine brand defense procedure that was activated as a result of some misuse of the Nutella brand on the fan page. Ferrero is pleased to announce that today, after contacting Sara Rosso and finding together the appropriate solutions, it immediately stopped the previous action." Rosso writes that Ferrero employees were "very gracious and supportive," but it's not a real victory unless she receives an unlimited supply of free Nutella. Girl deserves it. [Earlier, Bloomberg Businessweek] Read more posts by Sierra TishgartFiled Under: world peace, nutella, world nutella day

On the pervasiveness of gin as an ingredient in pop-music lyrics.

Animal New York found out that political "activist and karate expert" Jimmy McMillan was coming out swinging in support of the brand-new Papaya King on St. Marks Place and was going to get a namesake hot dog, so the site filmed the event for posterity. While the world waits to see whether or not McMillan will go for the White House in 2016, here's a spoiler alert: The "Rent Is Too Damn High" guy's "signature dog" amounts to relish, mustard, and sauerkraut. Jimmy McMillan Nabs Coveted Papaya King Endorsement [Animal NY] Read more posts by Hugh MerwinFiled Under: video feed, hot dogs, jimmy mcmillan, new york, new york restaurants, papaya king