the weekend buzz

The weekend buzz gives you a short and sweet weekend plan of attack – a place for dinner, a spot for brunch, and a cool joint to have a cocktail or two. We've put the weekend buzz on hold for now, but check out some of our previous favorite weekend haunts below

“Cocktail Classes at Rouge Tomate, Benefit for the Mario Batali Children's Foundation, Greenmarket Tour, Feed Yer Family at Hill Country”
Saturday: Cocktail Classes at Rouge Tomate, 10 East 60th Street, 646-237-8977Balmy weather and sunshine brings out the desire to sit outside and sip cocktails all afternoon long (who needs to go to work!); bu ...
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Posted: May 5, 2009

“Katy Sparks at Rose Water, Brooklyn Food Conference, Ayurveda at Devi, Peru at Onda, and the Ultimate Derby Party at Eleven Madison Park”
Thursday: Spring Dinner with Katy Sparks at Rose Water, 787 Union St. (at Sixth Ave.) in Park Slope, 718-783-3800, www.rosewaterrestaurant.com. Chef Katy Sparks ( ...
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Posted: April 30, 2009

“Rose Tastings, Shinn Estate Wine Dinner, Beer Flights and Sommelier Free Sundays”
Saturday: Rosé Dinner at Benoit, 60 West 55th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), 646-943-7373On Saturday get ready to welcome spring with “A Taste of Vine and Rose” at Alain Ducasse’s bi ...
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Posted: April 22, 2009

“Wine Benefit for L'Aquila Earthquake Relief Fund, Late Night at Macao, Brunch at Sorella”
Friday: 
A Wine Benefit for the L'Aquila Earthquake Relief Fund 
at Italian Wine Merchants, 108 East 16th Street, b/w Union Square and Irving Place, 212-473-2323Join Italian Wine Merchants Fri ...
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Posted: April 16, 2009

“Your Guide to Easter Sunday”
Benefit Dinner for Italy’s Earthquake Victims at Bar Stuzzichini, 928 Broadway between 21st and 22nd Streets, (212) 750-8100.The folks at Bar Stuzzichini will be donating ten percent of the proceeds fro ...
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Posted: April 9, 2009

“Passover Cooking Mexican Style, Whole Hog Night at Get Fresh Table, and Samuelsson Cooking Demo”
Saturday: Dos Caminos Mexican Passover Cooking Class at Dos Caminos Park, 373 Park Avenue South at 27th StreetIf you’re tired of gefilte fish and roast chicken, take your Passover Seder in a new direction thi ...
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Posted: April 1, 2009

“Fat Hippo Brunch, Burlesque Saturdays at Cercle Rouge, Port and Cheese at ICE, Passover Cooking at Zabar's”
Saturday/Sunday: Brunch at Fat Hippo, 71 Clinton Street (at Rivington Street), (212) 228-0994. Beginning this weekend, the guys at the Lower East Side’s newest comfort station, Fat Hippo, are serving a ...
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Posted: March 26, 2009

“Chowder and Beer, Dinner and Dancing, Paella and Wine, and Cooking for a Cause”
Saturday: First Annual NYC Chowder Slam at Jimmy's 43, 43 East 7th Street, 212-982-3006.Artisanal New England beers and steamy hot bowls of chowdah are on tap for the First Annual NYC Chowder Slam at Jimm ...
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Posted: March 19, 2009

“Wine Series at Le Bernardin, Brunch at Apiary, Queens Farm Benefit, and Cooking with C-CAP at Zabar's”
Saturday: Wine Series with Aldo Sohm at Le Bernardin, 155 West 51st Street, (b/t Sixth and Seventh Avenues), 212-554-1515.  If you’re going to learn about wine, why not do it with the Michael Phelps ...
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Posted: March 12, 2009

“Murray's Wine and Cheese, Brunch at Macao, and English Roasts at Double Crown ”
Saturday: Murray’s Cheese at Metrazur at Grand Central StationWhether you’re a hard-core caseophile (a fancy name for a cheese aficionado), or just love the idea of eating cheese and drinking wine ...
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Posted: March 4, 2009