Le Taste of France on Pier 54, at West Street and 13th Street, celebrates French gastronomy and culture Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Chefs will prepare special dishes paired with French wines and liquors. A French flea market, live music, wine tastings, games and a French bulldog show are part of the schedule. On Saturday from 6:30 to 11 p.m., Le Soiree turns the event into a big dinner party where guests can meet chefs. Tickets for the day session are $30 in advance, available online or $40 at the door. The Sunday evening program is $149 a person.
Oktoberfest celebrations are still going strong this weekend. On Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., the bar 230 Fifth throws its Sky High Oktoberfest Fete with five German beers along with food. The rooftop event also features live music and entertainment
More than a dozen local restaurants will be providing wings for the New York City Wingfest on Saturday at Center 548, 548 West 22nd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues), in Chelsea. For three hours, it?s all-you-can-eat wings with an open bar. Tickets, $55 a person, are available for the noon to 3 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. sessions.
The annual Oyster Frenzy takes over the Grand Central Oyster Bar, 89 East 42nd Street (Park Avenue), on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. Besides copious amounts of oysters, there will be wine pairings, a shucking contest, chef demos and music. Admission is free.
The Global Festival, a free charity concert to benefit organizations that fight poverty, takes place Saturday on the Great Lawn in Central Park. For the event, the mixologist Nick O?Connor of Apotheke has crafted the Starr Fair Trade Punch (a mix of light African rum, blueberries, agave nectar and ginger) as the featured cocktail, which will help raise money for the cause.
Bondi Road, 153 Rivington Street (between Suffolk and Clinton Streets), on the Lower East Side, is offering extended happy hours until it closes for good on Sunday. There will be $2 beer, $3 mixed drinks and $4 plates of food. The all-day brunch Saturday and Sunday includes a D.J. party.
The Pie Social at Bubby?s, 1 Main Street (Water Street), on Sunday in Dumbo, Brooklyn, will include a baking contest and tastings. Amateur bakers, whom must arrive by 11:30 a.m. with their pies, can enter by paying $11.54 to benefit Public School 150 in TriBeCa and the High School for Food and Finance. From noon to 3 p.m., the public can taste the pies for $27.37.
A Taste of the Seaport, which benefits programs at P.S. 397, will be Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., along Front Street from Fulton to Beekman Streets. It will include tastings from restaurants in the South Street Seaport area. Tickets good for five tastes are $32.04, or $104.49 for 20 tastes, in advance, or $35 for five tastes at the event.
The first annual East River Moon Festival takes place Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the New Amsterdam Market, at South Street between Beekman Street and Peck Slip. This harvest festival, which is celebrated by many Asian cultures, includes a traditional lion dance, vendors selling Asian-inspired fare, a dumpling demo and paper lantern making for children. Starting at 6 p.m. there will be a lantern lighting and free refreshments.
Two new brunches debut this weekend. At Black Market, 110 Avenue A (near East Seventh Street), in the East Village, brunch is Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with seasonal cocktails, oysters and assorted brunch staples. A D.J. will be spinning from noon to 4 p.m. The recently opened Isola Trattoria & Crudo Bar at the Mondrian SoHo starts serving brunch, with an Italian spin, this Saturday, with a live performance at 1 p.m. from the indie and rock guitar duo City of the Sun. Brunch is 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends. Reservations can be made by calling (212) 389-0000.
Source: http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/weekend-fare-111/
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