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September 10, 2019, 10:54.54 pm ET
Photo: Black Tap All-American Burger
Cheeseburger Giveaway
Black Tap Burgers and Beer is going BIG this National Cheeseburger Day (September 18) and offering FREE cheeseburgers! The first 100 customers to order Black Tap’s famous All-American will get their burger for free. This offer is available at all of Black Tap’s New York locations (SoHo, Midtown, Herald Square) as well as Las Vegas and select international locations.
Wine on Wheels
Friday, September 20 – Join Wine on Wheels, a community of wine aficionados and somms, for an exclusive evening of sought-after wines in support of charity, Wheeling Forward. Guests will have the unique opportunity to purchase Agern’s most prestigious bottles, which normally cost hundreds of dollars, but offer them at wholesale prices. Guests can add as they wish to this price, with all the extra donations fully benefitting Wheeling Forward. The dinner will be hosted by former Agern Beverage Director, Chad Walsh, and Wine on Wheels co-founder, Yannick Benjamin.
Legends of Gage & Tollner
Gage & Tollner is asking past visitors to come down to 372 Fulton St. so they can shoot your portrait and record your stories about the original restaurant: your favorite meal, most memorable experience, anecdotes about former staff. Participants will get a look inside the restaurant as it is being built plus a $20 gift card to use at the restaurant as soon as it’s open.
Harlem on My Mind
Julia Breanetta Simpson will take the stage in her dynamic one woman show “Harlem On My Mind” on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 7:30 PM in the Studio Theatre at Theatre Row. Experience the poetry of Langston Hughes, the larger than life personalities of Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters and Josephine Baker while celebrating the music of “Duke” Ellington, Thomas “Fats” Waller, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin and more.
Sushi Pop-Up
September 24-28, Sushi on Jones (210 W 10th St.) is excited to welcome back trailblazing Chef Yuki Chidui, the chef/owner of Japan’s first women-run sushi restaurant, Nadeshico Sushi, for a pop-up lunch and dinner series. Chef Yuki will offer a 12-course omakase lunch menu (30 minutes) and a 20-course omakase dinner menu (45 minutes), both specially created for this series.
Beyond Meat
Oath Pizza is teaming up with Beyond Meat to launching three new menu items, including: Beyond™ Pizza (Oath Pizza’s avocado oil seared thin crust is topped with roasted cherry tomatoes, baby spinach, mushrooms, white beans, fresh basil and Beyond Meatballs™), Beyond™ Meatballs (Baked in Oath Pizza’s house-made tomato sauce, the meatballs are topped with fresh basil), and Cheesy Beyond™ Meatballs (Baked in Oath Pizza’s house-made tomato sauce, the meatballs are topped with mozzarella, Grana Padano aged cheese and fresh basil).
Sweet September
Through September - Craving a chocolate chip cookie? In need of a slice of cake or a tasty churro? Stop by participating restaurants, bakeries and sweets shops during the month of September and order select menu items. Every time you do, a portion of proceeds will go to preparing and delivering meals for your homebound elderly neighbors via Citymeals on Wheels. Participants listed here
Compiled by Thomas Rafael
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