neighborhood watch
Bedford-Stuyvesant: Aicha, a new Senegalese restaurant, has hunkered down at 602 Nostrand Avenue. [Chow]Melt Shop Brings Grilled Cheese to Midtown East; Artist Food Turns Into Art in Williamsburg
East Village: Juice Press is working on its second location, this one on East 10th Street near Avenue A. [EV Grieve]
Lower East Side: An Indian restaurant called Masala Twist will open tomorrow in the old Kung Fu Bing space at 189 East Houston Street. [Bowery Boogie]
CV is leaving its current location, which the Hotel on Rivington will develop into a "restaurant focused on small plates and sharing." There'll be a two-day good-bye party at CV on April 29 and 30. [Eater NY]
Midtown East: Melt Shop, an eatery dedicated to the art of the grilled cheese, opens today at 601 Lexington Avenue. [Grub Street]
To take some of the edge off of Tax Day, BLT restaurants everywhere are cutting the price of alcoholic beverages in half for the rest of today. This includes cocktails, beer, wine by the glass, and wine by the bottle. [Grub Street]
Times Square: Thai restaurant Qi Bangkok Eatery, headed by chef Pichet Ong, will soon arrive to 675 Eighth Avenue. [Diner's Journal/NYT]
Williamsburg: A collection of artists will interpret the things they've eaten in a one-week period as art for an event called "Something I Ate," organized by Skimkim Foods' Sam Kim and On Plate, Still Hungry's Kat Popiel. The evening will end with music, food samples, and cocktail pairings. It'll all go down on April 29, from 7 to 10 p.m., at Rouge 58, an art gallery on 555 Metropolitan Avenue. Tickets are $30 and available at somethingieatny.com. [Grub Street]
