Sunshine Co. Opens; Ramsay Wins Spotted Pig Trademark

PROSPECT HEIGHTS ? Sabrina Godfrey and Alexander Hall of the Milk Bar and Blue Bird coffee shops have opened Sunshine Co., their first full-service restaurant. Consultants Natasha David, of Maison Premiere and Vandaag, and Jeremy Oertel, of Donna and Dram, consulted on the bar menu, and the chef is Julian Calcott, a Corton alum. [EaterWire]

WILLIAMSBURG ? Ligaya Mishan heads to Parish Hall for this week's Hungry City review: "For the most part, Parish Hall lives up to its name: it is a kind of fashionable, post-hip gathering place for Williamsburg, where you can make a reservation (fancy that), bring your hard-of-hearing parents, and perhaps even experience that nearly extinct species of event, the date, should you ever stumble into a romance that transcends texting." [NYT]

SPOTTED PIG GATE ? Gordon Ramsay has won the UK copyright to The Spotted Pig. Though because he took a ton of criticism for applying for it, Ramsay's holding group is passing the trademark to its rightful owners, April Bloomfield and the team from the actual Spotted Pig. [Eater National, previously]

CHELSEA ? The Moonstruck Diner is the latest restaurant to feel the wrath of lawyer/thorn in the industry's side Maimon Kirschenbaum, who's filed a class-action lawsuit (warning: pdf) alleging the diner failed to pay employees minimum wagor overtime. [EaterWire]
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