Home to Shakespeare in the Park, Central Park's Delacorte Theater also hosts a seasonal outdoor cafe run by Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group: Public Fare. The outdoor cafe is open for the season, serving hotdogs with crushed barbecue potato chips, scallions and tangy housemade sauce, as well as a range of salads, sandwiches, and sweets. You'll also find white sangria by the glass.

Happy hour on Fridays (4 - 6 p.m.) will feature $3 draft beers, $5 wines by the glass and 20 percent off the entire food menu.

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Newcomer Chelsea restaurant Pounds & Ounces is now open for lunch service. The comfort food joint will serve lunch from noon to 4 p.m. Some menu items: lobster corn dogs, blue crab "nicoise" salad with haricot verts and grape tomatoes, and the "Pounder Burger."

Black Tree Sandwich Shop, located inside the Crown Inn bar on Franklin Avenue, is now open. Co-owners Mac and Sandy rely heavily on local produce to fuel their menu. The menu has an eclectic mix of fusion items like the bulgogi sandwich (Pear-ju braised short rib with spicy pear jam and upstate spinach) and classic American staples like the grilled-cheese sandwich (Mona sheep milk cheese and Prairie View cheddar).

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Danny Bowien's Mission Chinese Food is coming to New York City on Tuesday. Like the San Francisco original, charity is central to the restaurant. According to Diner's Journal: "A donation of 75 cents from each of 19 entrees will be made to the Food Bank fo'r New York City." [Diner's Journal]

Gramercy Hotel's new rooftop cafe has opened with a completely revamped menu. [Tasting Table]

Grey Lady at 77 Delancy soft-opened this weekend with a limited menu. The grand opening won't be until June 1st. [Bowery Boogie]

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East Village bar Bishops & Barons opened last Thursday. It's a cocktail and supper-club spot by the same owner of the spot in Chelsea that was so exclusive it went out of business. According to The Local, the back of the bar "features a small semi-private chamber outfitted like a showgirl's dressing room." Fancy. [The Local]

Yunnan Kitchen, drawing from the inspirations of southwestern China, opened its doors to the public last week. The Times reports that offerings include "chrysanthemum salad, scrambled egg with jasmine flowers, rice cakes with cured ham, fried potato balls and skewered lamb meatballs." [NYTimes]

Noodles Thai Kitchen has opened in the place of previously shuttered B-Bap on Ninth Avenue and 54th Street. Midtown Lunch has the full menu. [Midtown Lunch]

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Reynards, from restaurateur Andrew Tarlow and chef Sean Rembold, opened early last week in the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. The menu is similar to what's being served at Marlow and Diner--the big difference is that there is a wood-fired oven and grill in the kitchen. [Eater NY]

The Korean-inspired Kimchi Taco truck got its brick-and-mortar sibling in Prospect Heights last Thursday. Menu items include tacos, quesadillas, bowls, and burritos. [Tasting Table]

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Situated on top of the classy Hotel Americano in industrial Chelsea, La Piscine is a rooftop bar and grill concept that is now available to the public. Fittingly named "the swimming pool," the space has a four-foot deep pool nestled in a surrounding lounge area.

It's the rooftop's first opening for warm weather since the hotel opened last September. The view is spectacular--you get the Hudson River on one side and the Empire State building on another.

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Bacon bakery Baconery has opened its very first shop inside Books of Wonder on 18th Street. According to its Twitter feed: "May 1st begins world domination with #bacon treats in #NYC .. Let the #bacon party begin.."[Eater NY]

Chelsea's Table, from the founders of Stonyfield Farm, opened at Chelsea Piers last Wednesday. [Tasting Table]

Eataly opened up a new, lunch-only restaurant called Pranzo on April 30. Pranzo will serve a two-course prix fixe for $25. [MadParkNews]

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Bricola, a tiny wine bar created by the people behind Aria Wine Bar in the West Village, has opened in Hell's Kitchen. [Zagat]

Pounds & Ounces, a gastropub outfitted with an in-house DJ, is opening Wednesday in Chelsea. [Grub Street]

Granduca di Sicilia, an Italian restaurant with a Sicilian focus, has opened in Flatiron. [Dining Dispatch]

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Pok Pok NY, a branch of Andy Ricker's Thai chain, opens tomorrow in Brooklyn's Columbia Waterfront district. [Eater]

Blue Ribbon Sushi Izakaya is now open on the Lower East Side. [Bowery Boogie]

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After a hiatus of only a few weeks, the West Village's Doma reopens.

To some, a beloved coffee shop, to others just a pickup joint for thirtysomethings, Doma first appeared a decade ago at the corner of West 4th and Perry streets just off of Seventh Avenue South. Ensconced on the parlor floor of a charming 19th-century townhouse, at first, the place was just a coffee bar with a Slavic flavor. But soon, it began to offer short meals, and about a year ago, it turned into a full-fledged restaurant--at least after 6 p.m.

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