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You can rightfully call her a soju fangirl: Irene Yoo—the LA-raised, Brooklyn-based chef behind the Korean-American comfort food pop-up turned content channel Yooeating—is basing her brand-new Brooklyn bar around the stuff.
At Orion Bar, which opened at 157 Suydam Street in Bushwick this past weekend, you can find the Korean rice liquor is many permutations: as a spritz flavored with omija, mugwort and grapefruit; as a Negroni featuring jujube-infused soju with Sonbi gin, Forthave Red Aperitivo, vermouth, ginseng and a rice wash; or as a Melona frozen, made with Tokki Soju Black Label, Makgeolli, Midori, lime and angostura.
If you don’t want the spirit stirred into a martini (deliciously savory with dried kelp, shiitake, rice vermouth and lemon oil), you can have your soju straight-up in five-buck shots (Jinro is Back, Chamisul Fresh or Chamisul Original) or as a $12 flight. And, of course, the soju bomb, that collegiate favorite, is also on the menu, available with samgyetang-infused soju and Bacchus-D energy drink for $8. There are also by-the-bottle options, including Golden Barley ($39), Tokki White ($48) and Tokki Gold ($77). If you need a break from the starring spirit, the beverage menu includes beers (Founders Solid Gold Lager, Ebb’s IPA No. 3), natural wines and non-alcoholic “bevies” like Korean canned coffee, Chilsung cider and citrussy Osulloc Jeju tea.
You can’t have soju without anju, or drinking snacks—among the belly-coating bar food options, you’ll find shareable stuff like shrimp chips and dips with pollock roe and mascarpone, fries seasoned with kimchi and kewpie, and Spam Musubi with American cheese and caramelized kimchi. There are also heartier dishes including kimchi carbonara, a patty melt loaded with kimchi pimento cheese, and Chapagetti ramyeon upgraded with brisket and truffle oil, in case you’ve got a lot of soju sipping in your near future.
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If you’re Broadway enthusiast but don’t necessarily have the budget to check out all the best shows, you’ll enjoy this: Bryant Park is going to play home to some of the most iconic Broadway productions on select days from 12:30pm-1:30pm next month, so you can get a taste of it all.
The performances, an effort organized by 106.7 LITE FM and iHeartRadio Broadway, will kick off on Thursday, July 11 and continue for the subsequent three Thursdays on a stage setup in the park at Sixth Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets.
Dubbed Broadway in Bryant Park, the lineup is stacked with some of the best numbers from some of the most popular musicals.
On Thursday, July 11, you’ll be able to experience numbers by the cast of Back to the Future, Hell’s Kitchen, The Who’s TOMMY, The Wiz and Water for Elephants. Radio host Helen Little will be the master of ceremonies, which will also include a pre-performance by the students of AMDA College of the Performing Arts.
The following Thursday, July 18, will be the ultimate lineup for kids and Disney fans, with performances from the casts of Aladdin, Frozen and The Lion King. Radio personalities Cubby and Christine will be hosting the day.
Because the events are free, it’s recommended that you show up early to secure a good spot. LITE FM will take over the park as early as 11am with live entertainment and MCs.
You can visit Bryant Park’s website for up to date information and earn a chance to win free tickets to a full Broadway show on Lite FM’s website.
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We love New York City, we really do, but when it’s a scorching week like this one, we dream of much milder, greener pastures. And if you, too, want to escape the city this season, we’ve got good news: one of NYC’s most high-profile chefs is heading upstate next month for a cool dinner series.
Just 90 minutes from the city, Wildflower Farms—acountry-chic Auberge Resorts Collection property in Gardiner, New York—has brought back its Maple Lane Chef Series for the summer, featuring “a lineup of visiting chefs renowned for their innovative and seasonal cuisine.” This season has already seen the likes of The Modestos, those Catskills-based masters of Argentine grilling, hold open-fire cooking workshops for guests. And next month will see NYC’s own Chef Flynn McGarry host a family-style dinner party centered on the season’s bounty.
New Yorkers, of course, know McGarry as the food-world wunderkind who worked in Michelin-starred kitchens like Eleven Madison Park and Chicago’s Alinea, had an entire biographical documentary based on him premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and opened his first NYC restaurant, the prix-fixe spot Gem, all before leaving his teen years. (Yes, we, too, feel inadequate.)
Now a culinary veteran at, uh, 25 years old, McGarry will head upstate on Sunday, July 28th for the chef series. First, in the afternoon from 3pm to 4:30pm, you can join the toque for an intimate, roving workshop ($165 per person) that takes you through the property’s garden to master the art of setting the table. You’ll pick fresh flowers and seasonal produce as you stroll on the farm and then, over cocktails, Flynn will share his secrets for artfully transforming that collected produce and flowers into the perfect ambiance for the evening’s dinner party.
Then, at 6:30pm, you’ll sit down for a dreamy dinner yourself, with a family-style spread celebrating vegetables from the idyllic farm as well as locally sourced proteins. The outdoor summer feast (priced at $295 per person) will be paired with summertime cocktails from Great Jones Distilling Co., made to complement the vibrant flavors of each dinner, as well as wines from Provence’s Domaines Ott.
You can reserve your spot for both McGarry’s workshop as well as the Maple Lane Chef Series dinner on the Wildflower Farms website.
