Melba’s at Wollman Rink
Later this year, Melba Wilson, Harlem’s chef and restaurateur, will be serving many of her specialties at Wollman Rink in Central Park. Her restaurant in Overlook, the second floor of the rink’s food franchise, is run by the Bronx-based catering company. Great performance. Last winter, Ms. Wilson had a few dishes like jerk chicken in the Wollman Cafe. Now, she offers a full menu of crispy fish strips with chipotle sauce, one chicken and waffle, two types of fries, one macaroni and cheese with three cheeses, and avocado ice cream brownies and egg bread. Drinks include Harlem Sweet Tea and tea blends, and Lowcountry Lemonade spikes with Maker’s Mark for a Melba’s Palmer. (Sunday)
Wollman Rink, Central Park at South Central Park and 5th Avenue, wollmanrinknyc.com.
Beer Talea
This Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based brewery, and especially women-owned, is opening a second boardroom. The new space is bright and airy with a skylight and features a bar full of wines, ciders and spirits in addition to the company’s private labels on draft. Biteable foods such as olives, cheeses and cold cuts. (Thursday)
61 Bergen Street (Smith Street), Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, taleabeer.com.
Delta Terminal C
The restaurant team, operated by OTG Management in the newly renovated Delta terminal at La Guardia Airport including four Starbucks locations, is expected, but also includes some newcomers to the airport dining scene, including Bubby’s, a popular diner-style restaurant known for its pies; Sunday dinner for Italian home cooking; Essex Burger from the Lower East Side, becomes Eggy Weggy for breakfast; and Chuko Ramen from Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, which becomes Poppy’s Bagels in the morning.
Terminal C, Delta Air Lines, La Guardia Airport, delta.com.
Look forward
The Bazaar by José Andres
ThinkFoodGroup, Mr. Andrés’ company, will open one of his Bazaar restaurants at the Old Post Office in Washington, DC, the 1899 building that became the city’s general post office in 1914. It was recently opened. converted into a Trump Hotel, then took over Hilton’s Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, in partnership with CGI Merchant Group. Bazaar restaurants, Spanish themed but not strictly Spanish, are found in Las Vegas, Miami Beach, Chicago and, soon, at The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad. (Mr. Andrés has operations in Washington.) The restaurant will open later this year in the BLT Prime space.
Waldorf Astoria Washington, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue (12 Northwest Street), Washington, DC
