GREENPOINT—McCarren Park restaurant Five Leaves has appointed Colby Spikes as their head chef. He worked at Giorgio's in Portland and Irving Mill under Ryan Skeen before joining Five Leaves as a sous chef last year. [EaterWire]
QUEENS—Flo Fab reports that Don Pintabona, the chef for many years at Tribeca Grill, is opening Valentino's on the Green in the old Valentino and Fiorello La Guardia home out in Bayside, Queens this September. [Diner's Journal]
DUMBO—The Brooklyn Bridge Wine Bar now has its liquor license. Let the Broklyn Bridge Park boozing begin! [NYP]
WILLIAMSBURG—Loreley Williamsburg on Frost St. will start serving brunch this weekend. [EaterWire]
DUMBO—Take a look inside ReRun, the newly opened movie theater from the owners of ReBar in Dumbo. [TONY]