LES Bites: Checking in with Kossar’s, New Oyster Bar and Wing Spot, Celeb Spotting

Is it the weekend yet? Some Thursday food and drink news to make the rest of the week go by fast.

• Tablet Magazine talks to the owners of Kossar’s Bialy’s in an in-depth piece marking their one-year tenure on Grand Street.

• Bedford + Bowery previews the new oyster bar above Chloe 81 on Ludlow Street, which opened this week.

• Grub Street samples all the varieties of wings at Clinton Street’s new Seoul Chicken.

• Two new neighborhood spots got early visits from celebrities: Judd Hirsch popped into Balvanera on Stanton Street, near the set where he’s filming his new series, and Frank Grillo stopped by Essex Street’s Juicery for a nutritious beverage.

• Rivington Street bar 151 is under new ownership by longtime fans; Eater checks in with Alex Day and David Kaplan about what’s next at the hot nightlife spot.

• The NYT’s Pete Wells gives Bar Primi two stars.

• A Culinary Institute of America alum launches a new pop-up project on Eldridge Street, celebrating locally sourced ingredients–one at a time. Called Project Sara, it debuts on Sunday.