Happy Hour at JBird; Ramen Burgers at Smorgasburg

UPPER EAST SIDE — JBird Cocktails is launching a happy hour on Monday, with $8 cocktails, $6 glasses of wine, and a menu of bar snacks like Korean fried chicken and nacho tater tots. Happy hour is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, but on Sunday it runs all the way until 12:30 a.m. [EaterWire]

WILLIAMSBURG — The Sun Noodle stand at Smorgasburg will be selling ramen burgers tomorrow. That's a thick, grilled beef patty hugged by buns made of fried ramen noodles. Gothamist has all the details. [Gothamist]

CHEF SHUFFLES — Brandon Kida, formerly the chef at Asiate, will be taking the helm at the new restaurant going into the Peninsula hotel this fall. The new place will be called Clement, and will serve contemporary, seasonal American food. [EaterWire]

FOOD TV — Here's a preview of MasterChef Junior, a new version of the TV cooking competition MasterChef that's just like the original, only with small children. In it, eight and ten-year-olds cook their hearts out for judges Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, and Graham Elliot, and at least one little blonde girl finds the occasion to scream out things like "Whip it! Whip it like a man!" [~EN~]