GREENWICH VILLAGE— Back in September, Minetta Tavern added a note on their website that brunch was coming soon. Today, Thrillist tweets a little update: "Minetta's starting up brunch, including slow baked ham in hay, black pudding clafoutis, oysters & pork sausage, and 45 day Creekstone prime." It's still unclear when the brunch will start (we haven't been able to get through to the restaurant), but this is a good sign, [Twitter]
MIDTOWN— Top Chef Vegas contestant Eli Kirshtein follows in the footsteps of fellow contestant Hung Huynh and starts his guest chef stint at Solo this Sunday night. [EaterWire]
HELPING HAITI—Union Square Cafe and Gramercy Tavern have signed on to Philippe Massoud's Haiti initiative and will donate 10 percent of the proceeds on Jan. 24 to the relief efforts. Meanwhile, The Feed reports that Bespoke Chocolate will donate 100 percent of sales this Sunday to Americares’s Haiti relief fund. See more here. [EaterWire; The Feed]