Friday, June 29, 2012 at 4:06PM 
Greenwood Park, Ted Mann's long-awaited, highly-anticipated beer garden, opened to the public last night. The new South Slope digs take up 13,000 square feet on the corner of 7th Ave and 18th in South Slope. DigestNY was there for happy hour today.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 12:23PM 
Flo Fab reports today that Seamus Mullen will be in the kitchen at The Standard Plaza when it opens this Friday at The Standard Hotel. The Plaza is open through September 30th and gives New Yorkers another alfresco option with its outdoor seating.
The menu features dishes like heirloom tomatoes with smoked burrata, watermelon and crisp quinoa ($16) and grilled sweet shrimp with chorizo, zucchini and myer lemon ($15). These "media raciones" are smaller plates meant to be shared and a wood-fired grill will be the cooking element for many of them. Hotel owner André Balazs’s farm upstate will provide some of the produce.
Seamus Mullen isn't trying to reinvent the wheel at The Standard Plaza, he's just making "food that's part of the enjoyment of eating outdoors."
Craig Cavallo
Here's a look at some of the grub being offered at the Standard Plaza.
Monday, June 11, 2012 at 10:59AM 
The Roof Of The Nomad (TROTN) is launching dinner service tonight. Turns out, it's called The Nomad Rooftop and, as of this morning, you can make same day reservations to "sit under the stars and have an ultra-refined meal," as Will Guidara mentions in an interview with Eater.
Operating a restaurant that is exposed to the elements provides an interesting set of circumstances for Daniel Humm (Chef) and Will Guidara (GM), the managing partners in Eleven Madison Park, The Nomad, and now The Nomad Rooftop. "It's weather dependent," Mr. Humm says, "you have to prep in advance, even if you end up not opening. It's a headache in many ways."
The alfresco dinner comes in the form of a six-course tasting for $125. "We're starting off with a menu that has a dish of tomatoes, some bread with tomatoes. We will serve a tomato soda with it that comes in a custom-made soda bottle that the guest will have to open."
The Rooftop experience is stamped with the Guidara Guarantee: "We know that the way to get a reservation here is a pain in the ass, and I'm sorry to the dining public for that. But we couldn't think of a better way to do it, and we will work to make it so it is worth your while"
There is a cupola on The Nomad Rooftop that will "ultimately become a private dining room." It seats ten and can be booked like any other table. It's also enclosed, so it'll be open year round.
For reservations, call 347.472.5660.
Monday, May 21, 2012 at 3:37PM 
The Gramercy Terrace reopened last Friday on top of the Gramercy Park Hotel, 17 stories above Lexington Ave between 21st and 22nd. The newly refurbished kitchen is twice the size of the old one and is operated by Jeff Seizer.
Their website points out that, "Gramercy Terrace combines all the charm of London's private gentlemen's clubs and the Bohemian bustle of a Viennese coffee house."
"Striking a balance between after-hours chic and the classic style of private membership clubs, the Gramercy Terrace is nothing less than a country club in the city."
The terrace opens at a busy time for nearby rooftop destinations. TROTN (The Roof of The Nomad) starts serving their $125 five-course tasting next month, Birreria has got the hinges on their retractable roof well greased and ready for summer, and Tavern 29 is serving craft beers and pub food on the roof of a three story brownstone at 47 East 29th Street.