LES Bites: Prima, Xi’an Famous Foods, Pickle Fest

Today’s Lower East Side food headlines:

• Time Out reports: Motorino’s Mathieu Palombino is among a group of neighborhood restaurant-types opening Prima, an all-day cafe on East 1st Street.

• Eater interviews Jason Wang od Xi’an Famous Foods.

• Ben Towill of Fat Radish shares some of his favorite places on the Lower East Side with GQ.

• Shanghai Asian Cuisine – Chinatown’s best soup dumplings?

• LES Pickle Day has competition! November 13th it’s the Peck Slip Pickle Festival at the New Amsterdam Market.

• Chef Michael Citarella pops up at Alias November 7th for a $40 pre fixe dinner.