It’s been a big week in restaurant and bar news on the LES. In addition to our stories about APL earlier today and Melt Bakery coming up later, here’s a roundup of other food happenings:
- Late last night as we passed by with our camera, pizza maestro Hakki Akdeniz and a colleague were hard at work in Hakki’s new shop at 123 Essex Street, getting ready for today’s opening.
- Babycakes bakery maven Erin McKenna joins the founders of other local success stories (Jon Snyder of Il Laboratorio del Gelato and Luke Holden of Luke’s Lobster) tomorrow for a panel discussion on food entrepreneurship at the James Beard Foundation.
- Hester Street Fair and New Amsterdam Market paleta peddler La Newyorkina has landed a slightly more permanent spot in Cobble Hill, in a partnership with the Van Horn Sandwich Shop.
- The Jewish Daily Forward’s blog takes a long view of the Essex Street Market’s future, through the eyes of cheesemonger Anne Saxelby.
