Crab Boils at Back Forty; Telepan Local's Happy Hour

EAST VILLAGE — Back Forty is bringing back its annual summer crab boils on June 3. Then, and on every Tuesday until Labor Day, both Back Forty and Back Forty West will serve communal feast of crabs, cornbread, corn on the cob, potatoes, string beans, and fruit cobbler to groups of ticket holders. Tickets are $50 per person, and are on sale now for all June boils. [EaterWire]

TRIBECA — Telepan Local is launching happy hours this weekend. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. it's offering $5 draught beers, $6 glasses of wine, and $10 featured cocktails. Happy hours will run all this weekend, and then every weekday after that. [EaterWire]

WEST VILLAGE — This weekend the Spotted Pig will become the first ever restaurant to serve "House of Good" espresso, the Blue Bottle roast created by LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy. Murphy is, according to the restaurant, a "friend and regular" of the Spotted Pig. [EaterWire]

GIMMICKS — 7-Eleven is trying its hardest to pander to the hipster crowd by selling mustache straws and plastic mason jars for Slurpees. It's $2.99 extra for the jar and $.99 for the straw, and the "on-trend Slurpee accessories" are already a hit with the young people. [~EN~]
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