Best Weekend Ever 9.27.07

This weekend, you’re falling for Spicy Duck Burger. Read on…



SPANISH FLY
You love salsa and Spanish food (welcome to the club) and that’s why you’ll be visiting Lucy of Gramercy (formerly Lucy Latin Kitchen). There you will enjoy the highly acclaimed cuisine (go rice & beans!) of Puerto Rican chef Carmen Gonzalez.

Lucy of Gramercy at ABC Carpet & Home, 35 East 18th Street (near Broadway), (212) 475-5829, lucylatinkitchen.com

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There are sake tasting events and then there is the sake tasting event of the year: Hit Joy of Sake tonight for more than 300 sakes and 18 complementary appetizers. Kanpai.

The Joy of Sake, The Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street (East Houston & Prince), joyofsake.com

BRUNCH TIME
What’s better than a hot, new brunch spot? How about two of them:

Getting up before noon this Sunday might actually be worth it for Zoe Townhouse’s Roasted Pineapple Belgium Waffle with toasted pecans, grilled pineapple and Tahitian vanilla syrup. An extra 15% off brunch (view the menu here) the next two weekends might make you do it twice.

Zoe Townhouse, 135 East 62nd Street (Park & Lexington), (212) 752-6000, zoerestaurant.com

Nurse your inevitable hangover with Cinnamon Challah French Toast with Rum Raisin Maple Syrup or a Spicy Duck Burger paired with Jack Cheese, Avocado Puree and Tater Tots at Perilla. Looks like Chef Harold Dieterle’s (Top Chef winner) new brunch menu is a winner, too.

Perilla, 9 Jones Street (Bleecker & West 4th), (212) 929-6868, perillanyc.com

THE MISSING LINKS
Sausages, sausages, and more sausages headline Tour de France Restaurant Group’s First Annual Sausage Festival. During the month of October, each Tour de France restaurant (Café D’Alsace, French Roast Café, L’Express, Le Monde, Maison, Marseille, Nice Matin, and Pigalle) will offer savory sausages (insert mandatory sausage joke here) à la carte or as a platter with sauerkraut and potatoes.

For more info on Tour de France Restaurant Group’s restaurants, click here.