Exclusive Eater Field Team video from last night's opening of the Hawaiian Tropic Zone in Times Square. For more video carnage from the scene, watch the follow-up exit interview.
More of this week's goodness from Curbed/SLNY restaurant blog Eater...
1) What's it like to have Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni circling your restaurant? Freemans owner William Tigertt bears his soul.
2) A takeout orderer is charged more than the online menu suggested he would be, some emails trade hands, and you have the beginnings of MenuGate, surely the next great scandal of our day.
3) Ssäm Bar: Where to get your late-night hamachi on.
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