New Birdbath Bakery; Molecular Cooking on Portlandia

GREENWICH VILLAGE — A location of Birdbath Bakery is replacing Nicky's magazine shop (former site of Nikos), on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 11th Street. As Jeremiah Moss recently noted, this will be the ninth location of the chain. [EaterWire]

MIDTOWN — Former Veritas chef Sam Hazen will open a new restaurant on the third floor of the Park Hyatt in Midtown this summer. Hazen will bring the wine collection from Veritas to this new, as-yet-unnamed restaurant. [WSJ via Grub Street]

VIDEO INTERLUDE — On last night's season premiere of Portlandia, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein went to a molecular gastronomy restaurant. In the clip, they eat some strange food and trade remarks like, "We should have a molecular Thanksgiving." Eater National has the clip. [~EN~]