Townline BBQ Beefing Up Hamptons DiningChelsea: Amy Sacco plans to dump West 27th Street and redo Bungalow 8 downtown, leaving B&T crowds free rein in clubland. [Down by the Hipster]
Dumbo: The Smack Mellon arts organization hosts a neighborhood party tonight from 5 to 8 p.m.; brave the rain for Almondine treats and Kelso beer. [Dumbo NYC]
Hamptons: The owners of Nick & Toni’s will have their new venture, Townline BBQ, up and running in Sagaponack this summer. [Eater]
Harlem: A coffee tasting tonight at East Harlem Café includes free desserts. [Uptown Flavor]
Park Slope: D’Agostino definitely out, Bank of America in. [Gowanus Lounge]
Prospect-Lefferts-Gardens: Rundown Western Beef could use some feedback to prompt a renovation. [across the park]
Williamsburg: 25 Broadway apparently getting a teahouse in the front and Pilates in the rear; fate of a nearby space less certain. [Brooklyn Record]
Neighborhood Watch
Coney Island War Escalates; Ice Cream Ruined in Tragic MeltingBoerum Hill: One Girl Cookies will show you how to bake bread, then have you eat it with cheese. It’s all part of a two-part course slated for March 26 and 27. [eating for brooklyn]
Coney Island: The corn-dogs-versus-condos battle escalates as a new opposition group unites against Thor Equities in Coney Island. [Gowanus Lounge]
Harlem: Tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m. East Harlem Cafe will host a Central and South American coffee tasting. The tippling’s free if you show up on a burro (or show up at all). [UPTOWN flavor]
Midtown East: French-Moroccan restaurant-lounge Azza opens tomorrow in the space that formerly held Fizz, a club so private it went out of business. [NYT]
Soho: A former sous-chef for Pearl Oyster Bar will open Ed’s Lobster Bar Friday. And yes, his name is in fact Ed. [NYT]
West Village: Eater boys “live-blog” Jody Williams whipping up her first lunch at Morandi. [Eater]
Williamsburg: Isn’t it ironic … A fire damaged a garage full of Koolman ice-cream trucks last night. [i’m not sayin, i’m just sayin]