Pork Slope Sandy Party; Elbow Room's New Location

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Here's a picture of Elbow Room, the new fancy mac and cheese restaurant in Barclays Center. Another location is opening in Prospect Heights very soon, and a Newark location opened last month. The restaurant offers over 20 kinds of mac and cheese, including buffalo chicken and Cajun crawfish varieties. [EaterWire]

PARK SLOPE — Pork Slope is hosting an event to benefit the Brooklyn Recovery Fund on December 18 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Commedian Wyatt Cenac and his friends will tend bar with John Bush and Phil McNamara, with all tips and some of the proceeds from a special drink going to aid Hurricane Sandy relief. Also, DJs will be spinning all night and Questlove will DJ a special late night set. Plus: The event will feature a raffle, with proceeds going to the Brooklyn Recovery Fund as well. [EaterWire]

NEW ZEALAND —The Green Dragon Inn, a fictional restaurant in the Hobbit, was recently brought to life at Hobbiton, a 10-year-old film-set-turned-tourist-attraction Hobbit village located in Matamata, NZ. The menu includes Girdle Fine Ale, Sackville Cider, Oak Barton Ale and Southfarthing Ginger Ale. Head over to Eater National for pictures of this actual, 80-seat pub for nerds. [Eater National]