Acclaimed Nordic Chef Starts Cooking Again in Williamsburg Tonight

Famed Nordic chef starts a Williamsburg pop-up today

Chef Mads Refslund — the former Acme chef who helped launch the Nordic food craze in New York — is cooking in Williamsburg ahead of the opening of his new restaurant. He’s taking over fellow Nordic chef Claus Meyer’s bakery Meyers Bageri, located at 667 Driggs Avenue, for three nights a week. The pop-up restaurant, called Knightshift, has an a la carte menu divided into three sections: “on ice,” “baked,” and “sweets.” Potential dishes include raw chestnut and uni, baked apple with smoked bone marrow, and frozen pumpkin with yogurt and honey. Knightshift will be open on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 5:30 p.m. until the end of the year.

Hundreds of people apply to be new NYC “nightlife mayor”

The search is underway for the executive director of the newly created Office of Nightlife, a city agency intended to support bars, music venues, and restaurants. Hundreds have already applied to take the reigns, including artists, people from community boards, and business owners. The former director of operations at Webster Hall, ’90s rapper (and Donald Trump supporter) Kid Panic, and a former bartender from The Modern have all applied.

Critic pleased by the new Eleven Madison Park digs

Steve Cuozzo at the Post pays a visit to the newly renovated Eleven Madison Park, and he’s pleased with both the changes in the space and in the menu, changes that “weave a tapestry of pleasures more seamless than before — well worth the $295-a-head (including tip) minimum tab for those fortunate enough to afford it.” In the 12-course meal, Cuozzo enjoys a mushroom butter-poached lobster with a potato and mushroom tart and a honey- and lavender-glazed duck.

Austin-style breakfast tacos will come to Wall Street

Local catering company and Brooklyn food cart King David Tacos will soon have a second cart in the Financial District. The new cart from Austin native Liz Solomon Dwyer will land at the corner of Wall and Water Streets in early November, serving breakfast tacos made from a central kitchen for grab-and-go diners. Options include a bacon, potato, egg, and cheese taco; a refried bean, potato, egg, and cheese taco; and a Mexican chorizo, potato, egg, and cheese one.

Cava Grill opens its third location Nolita

Popular D.C.-based Mediterranean chain Cava has opened its newest location at 50 Spring Street, between Mulberry Street and Cleveland Place. The space has 35 seats and a furnished backyard. The bowl-based restaurant allows people to custom choose their grain bowls, pitas, and dips, with options such as spicy lamb meatballs and falafel. The company’s on an expansion kick: It’s raised more than $60 million in venture capital funding for growth.

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