American Flatbread Opens in Tribeca

Vermont’s much-loved American Flatbread has opened at 205 Hudson Street. New Yorkers have had their frozen pizza in local markets for years, now the genuine article can be tried in Tribeca.

Cafe Tallalulah Opens on Upper West Side

Cafe Tallulah opened on the Upper West Side this week. Thrillist snuck in to take some fabulous photos of the chic new spot.

Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Newest Center of Hip

Gowanus is the latest Brooklyn neighborhood to boom with restaurants, having almost a “restaurant row” with Runner & Stone opening last month. DNAinfo.com gives us a tour.

Brooklyn Brewery to Open Overseas

Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Brewery is going to be the first American craft-beer brewer to open overseas. Crain’s has the full report.

Brooklyn Specialty Startups Succeeding

Brooklyn’s explosion of homemade treats shows no signs of stopping. The culinary economy is booming, reports DNAinfo.com.

Simits in New York: Simit & Smith Open on the Upper West Side

Are New Yorkers ready for Simits? This is the question Robert Sietsema asks as he visits Simit & Smith on the Upper West Side.

Starbucks Launches a Reusable Cup

The public clamored for a greener solution, and they answered. Starbucks is rolling out a novel possible solution today: a $1 reusable tumbler.

USA Today reports, the Seattle-based coffee company will start selling the plastic cups, bearing its logo and resembling the paper version, at all its company-owned stores in the USA and Canada in an effort to get customers to kick their disposable habit. It will 10 cent discount for each purchase, so the cup pays for itself after 10 uses.

Iphone as Food Lab

Soon, your iPhone can test food for allergens. Two new mobile apps are launching for Smart Phone peripherals that will allow you to test, as you would in a lab, for a variety of allergens.

Food Trends for 2013

Just out of the gate, food trends to watch for 2013 from the New York Times. As Julia Moskin writes, “our newly omnivorous nation, restaurant trends often have the same viral spread and short life span as boy bands — witness 2011’s crispy pig ears and sea buckthorn berries. Eating around the country on reporting trips in 2012, I saw food lovers everywhere embracing new interpretations of farm-to-table and nose-to-tail as fast as they came along.”

Online Subscription Food Services Gaining Following

A new crop of online food services are offering everything but the chef, reports All Things Digital‘s Lauren Goode.