Lin Dog at Queens Comfort; Meatball Slapdown Returns

WILLIAMSBURG — On March 2, The Brooklyn Grange and The Brooklyn Kitchen will host the third annual Meatball Slapdown, with dishes from Riverpark, Roberta's, The Meatball Shop, and others. Proceeds from the event will go to benefit Brooklyn Kitchen's Classrooms in the Kitchen program, and Brooklyn Grange's City Growers program. Tickets are $50, and include food and beer or wine. [EaterWire]

BOERUM HILL — As of tonight, Rucola is now serving pies from Four and Twenty Blackbirds. The selection will change frequently, but expect the salty caramel and cranberry sage variations on the menu sometime soon. [EaterWire]

MIAMI — Over the weekend, Andrew Carmellini tweeted: "Happy Presidents Day......@TheDutchMiami," along with this photo. [Twitter]

LINSANITY — Queens Comfort just introduced the "Lin Dog," which is a pork hot dog topped with kung pao chicken, scallions, peanuts, and mirin mayo. [Twitter]

MIDTOWN — Tonight, Alfama will be serving malasadas, the Portuguese donuts that are traditionally enjoyed on Fat Tuesday. [EaterWire]