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The new beer hall a few blocks from work will finally open on Friday, according to Gothamist.

I’m not afraid to use my Jumping to Conclusions mat and Radegast‘s opening is no exception: I’ll need to update my map Saturday.

From the field: Mags calls in to report that MTA employees posted outside the subway stations are even more helpful than usual, advising the crowds to “walk up to Atlantic and see if you can get anything.” The unspoken follow-up advice is to “play the lottery and see if you win.”

Nothing brings back the memories of the Kenwood Elementary cafeteria like today’s lunch. I keep looking over my shoulder, waiting for my mom embarrass me by stopping by and asking how my day is going in front of all my friends.

Also: ask me about my plan to completely eliminate litter in NYC by establishing an above-equilibrium price floor on 25 cent bags of chips!

Has a meal ever stayed with you for days after the fact (setting aside for the moment the Italian sausage sandwich at the 1/2 Mile Bar and Grill)? The Red Hook ball fields provided us with just that sort of feeling last weekend. Fresh, spicy, filling, and cheap Mexican/Central American street food. Everyone should go—if a chance to see the underside of the BQE isn’t reason enough to visit Red Hook, then surely this is, uh, another good reason to visit Red Hook.

And now the bastards want to take it away:

The city, eager as ever for the fat stacks that only a bidding war by commercial concessions can offer, has given the vendors notice that their Temporary Use Agreement, the permit given to them by the Department of Parks and Recreation, won’t be renewed. The city wants to open the parks up for concession bids, which will almost certainly mean an end to the makeshift food stalls that have been operating there for over ten years.

Save Soccer Tacos has info for NYCers to voice their displeasure. Thanks to Iain for the links.

Chorizo huarache with everything

I finally worked up the nerve to post a missed connection on Craigslist.