Flava Buzz

Openings

SoCo, a new sister restaurant to the infamous Negril Village has opened in Brooklyn, New York. Unlike Negril, they will be specializing in Southern Fused Cuisine.  SoCo serves as a restaurant, cocktail bar, and live music venue. 509 Myrtle Ave. Bk, NY 11205 718.783.1936

Lair Restaurant and Lounge has opened in Soho, downtown Manhattan. They will be serving dim sum dishes created by the renowned chef formally of Nobu, Ruby Foos and Monkey bar, Chris Cheung. The restaurant has the appearance of a Paris train station. 201 Lafayette St. New, N.Y 10012 212.334.5247

Pan Latin restaurant, Calle Ocho has reopened.  Their infamous sangria filled Brunch will resume on August 6^th, 2011.  45 W. 81^st St. N.Y, N.Y 10024 212.873.5025

Parm stand will be opening at Yankee Stadium in August. The stand will feature much-loved parm sandwiches and turkey parm sandwiches. The chef’s behind this stand are originally from Torrisi Italian Specialties.

The Meatball shop opened a new location in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  They will continue to serve up their succulent meatballs until 4am. 170 Bedford ave Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211 718.551.0520

Mexicue food truck is famous for their spicy Mexican cuisine, and barbecue wholesomeness.  Mexicue has opened on 7^th avenue and 29^th St.

Birreria’s Italian beer garden has opened on top of the Eataly on 5^th avenue and 23^rd St.

Umami Burger is very well known on the west coast for their mouthwatering freshly ground burgers. They are finally coming to the east coast in 2012.

Food Report

100% Tropicana Orange Juice is STILL artificial. The once fresh orange juice goes through a long gruesome process to suck any natural parts of it out. Once the juice is stored and squeezed, oxygen is then removed which allows the juice to stay “fresh” for a year.  The natural flavors are removed and infused with artificial orange flavors.

McDonalds plans to open a new restaurant every day for the next 4 years in China. Apparently, the fast food competition has been at an all time high overseas.

Hot dogs seem to be just as bad as cigarettes. A hot dog once a day results in a 22% increase in your chances of obtaining colorectal cancer.

Hard liquor in a box? Maybe. We will keep you posted.

Festivals

August 2^nd Brittney Spears and Nicki Minaj (on going)

August 2^nd Summerstage: The Sugarhill Gang @7pm

August 4^th-6^th  Summerstage: Salute to Hip Hop featuring Rakim/Epmd/Funkmaster Flex @3pm

August 28^th Summerstage: Jagged Edge/Avant/Melanie Fiona @3pm

NY restaurant week Now-September 5^th

DC restaurant week August 15^th -21^st

Alexandria, Virginia restaurant week August 19^th -28^th

Truckeroo food truck festival in DC August 12^th

Dekalb Market Brooklyn, N.Y 7 days a week

Sources: Negril Mailer, Huffington Post etc.
By Celeste