Boulud Heads to Japan; Niko Gets its Signage On

SOHO—Oh, look: Japanese restaurant and sushi den Niko got a sign, just five months after it opened. At least he didn't cover it with newspaper. [EaterWire]

JAPAN—Daniel Boulud and eight other NYC chefs will cook in Tohoku Japan over the upcoming Independence Day weekend. Team DB explains: "They will first spend two days in Tokyo preparing the menu to be made entirely with Japanese ingredients and accompanied by the wine of Fukishima (2008 vintage!). They will then travel north to the town of Kamaichi to serve the meal to 1,000 displaced persons in a refugee center in one of the areas hardest hit by the recent tsunami and earthquakes. The lunch is not a fund raiser of any kind, but simply a culinary gesture of comforting and support for these still suffering and now mostly forgotten people of Northern Japan." [EaterWire]

EAST VILLAGE—New East Village restaurant The Beagle is launching a blue plate special every Sunday night. It's $40 for two people, there will be a new dish every week, and this week they launch with Salt-Roasted Whole Fluke with a Radish and Grapefruit Salsa and Mint. [EaterWire]

NEWARK—A branch of sandwich chain Earl of Sandwich recently launched at the Newark Airport. [EaterWire]

WILLIAMSBURG—Fatty 'Cue is newly obsessed with fermentation. So they're serving fermented ribs, fish, and pork. According to a release, "it's freakin' DELICIOUS." [EaterWire]

GOVERNOR'S ISLAND—The founder of Mama O's Premium Kimchi is hosting a Kimchipalooza event on July 10 on Governors Island as part of Cook Out NYC. Find out more details here. [EaterWire]