New Operators for Olana Space; The Brooklyneer Explained

UPPER WEST SIDE—Shake Shack Upper West Side is offering a Pork & Pepper Sausage special this weekend: Usinger’s Griddled Garlic Pork Sausage topped with a Shack-made Spicy Bacon-Cherry Pepper Relish and shaved Cheddar from NYCheese. $5.25. [EaterWire]

FLATIRON—Mad Park News reports that a new operator is applying for a liquor license at the old Olana space. [Mad Park News]

SOHO WEST— The owners of The Brooklyneer, a Manhattan restaurant that will offer all things Brooklyn for people too lazy to cross the river explain to Grub Street, "...we feel like we’re self-appointed ambassadors. We love Brooklyn so much that we want to share it with other people...We’re not trying to reduce this to Brooklyn in a bottle by any means — it’s sheer admiration for where we all live that we want to share it with other people." [GS]

NOHO— There are still tickets left for the opening party of the Alchemy of Taste and Smell summit tonight. Cocktails from Dave Arnold and Audrey Saunders and hors d’oeuvres from David Chang and Nils Noren. [EaterWire]