Food & Dining

Comptroller Mark Levine's investigation of the Dining Out NYC program found only 28.6% of applications approved by mid-June. DOT says it now has no backlog awaiting its review.

The sourdough star's first New York project opened Oct. 29 at 184 N. 8th St., with bread and pastry made in view of the counter, an upstairs cafe and, eventually, its own stone mill.

The 150-seat restaurant in a restored 1910 building cooks prime steaks over charcoal, carves trompo tacos and makes only 12 barbacoa French dips a night.

The family-run restaurant, known for chole bhature and Punjabi sweets, is now at 259-11 Hillside Ave. in Glen Oaks, near 268th Street, after a grand opening that drew more than 1,000 people.

The eight-bowl, udon-only menu from Cambridge, Mass., is now at 271 Fifth Ave. near 30th Street, with two floors, a glass-enclosed terrace and late hours on weekends.

The Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Theater District staples are set to change hands Oct. 30. Brooklyn Diner, Paris Bar and the rest of the Fireman group go to a co-bidder, and all are expected to stay open.

Kate Kadet's bakery, known for twisted buns and stone-milled flours, opened at 31-05 35th Ave. on Tuesday, with lunch sandwiches and weekend tea on the way.

The Williamsburg outpost of the Bushwick pizza institution appears to have shut with a rent notice on the door. Here's where you still have time for one more meal.

Founder Aldo Bozzi, 86, decided against a new 10-year lease and a costly kitchen overhaul at 1295 Third Avenue. Regulars have one more week to get a table.

The bakery at Fifth Avenue and Carroll Street opened Thursday; a full Georgian restaurant with a wine cellar follows later. It is the second Georgian spot on the strip this year.

The fast-casual restaurant at 32 Spring Street builds bowls around grilled Peruvian skewers, with ceviche, arroz chaufa and pisco sours. It opens Wednesday and plans to serve daily from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Cocktails, frozen drinks, Spam musubi and bacon-wrapped 'danger dogs' a block from the Franklin Avenue subway, with karaoke planned once the full liquor license comes through.

NoMad tops the list at $19.50 a cocktail and Bayside is cheapest at $12, according to a review of 109,975 menu prices. Here is where beer, margaritas and happy hour deals land.

One lot of Family Farmstead Raw Mild Cheddar, best-by July 22, 2027, may carry two strains of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. No illnesses have been reported. Don't eat it: throw it out or return it for a refund.

The Eleven Madison Park chef's a la carte restaurant opened Oct. 10 in the former En Japanese Brasserie, with wood-fired cooking, no red meat and a roving martini cart.