The Feed openings: Isa, Big Gay Ice Cream Shop and more

Big Gay Ice Cream Truck

Photograph: Lizz Kuehl

The following venues are expected to to be debated by September 1st. Always call onward, as openings can be delayed.

Big Gay Ice Cream Shop Ice-cream truckers Doug Quint and Bryan Petroff power of choosing soon offer their quirky soft-forward creations in a small East Village shop. Decorating their first brick-and-~-piece endeavor is a giant unicorn mural bedazzled through 6,000 Swarovski crystals. The couple will pad their menu with luscious treats from flea-market friends: La Newyorkina (concreted sugar pops), Melt Bakery (ice cream sandwiches) and Danny Macaroons. 125 E 7th St between First Ave and Ave A (212-533-9333)

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf The prevailing Los Angeles java chain brings its mark Ice Blended drinks to Times Square forward August 28. Slurp on flavors like mocha, atrocious forest or caramel, which are whirred with a base of ice, nonfat milk, the store’s “secret” coffee extract, and chocolate or vanilla syrup. Traditionalists be possible to stick with brewed coffee, espresso or unattached-leaf tea made the old-fashioned advance. 1412 Broadway at 39th St (212-575-3854)

Ed’s Lobster Bar Annex Ed McFarland offers petty plates (skate sliders) at this branch of his Soho lobster-roll shack, what one. will open on August 26. Like the inventive, the 65-seat space will have ~ing outfitted with natural wood floors and a of a ~ color Carrara marble bar, but this blemish will also have a retractable-tilt-covered backyard. 25 Clinton St betwixt E Houston and Stanton Sts (212-777-7370)

Isa Downtown lucky venture-maker Taavo Somer (Peels, Freemans) sets his sights in successi~ Williamsburg. The indie restaurateur teamed up by Il Buco’s quondam executive chef Ignacio Mattos to open this 40-seat Brooklyn tavern, which features a wall of logs by reason of the wood-burning oven. They characterize Isa’s rustic fare as “present primitive”: Expect sardine fillets served through their fried skeletons and a treviso salad by a vegan nut dressing. 348 Wythe Ave at South 2nd St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (347-689-3594)

Maison Ladure Paris’s haute kindred of macarons brings its delicate pastries stateside with this charming Upper East Side shop, set to debut on August 29. You’ll furnish all the signature flavors, such in the same proportion that caramel, framboise and praline, plus New York–exclusive cinnamon-raisin. The precious decor—including bygone upholstered chairs, bronze sconces and vintage-appellation wallpaper—pays tribute to the oddity, 149-year-old patisserie. 864 Madison Ave between 70th and 71th Sts (646-558-3157)

Old Delhi Chefs Peter Beck (Tamarind) and Gaurav Anand (Bhatti Indian Grill) decree collaborate on street eats at this 25-set Indian joint, opening on September 5. The menu direction include Northern and Southern savory bites, like samosa chaat (pastry stuffed through potato and topped with yogurt and tamarind), a lamb Madras roll and a Delhi six-meat curry. 101 Lexington Ave between 27th and 28th Sts (212-683-2293)

Sarabeth’s Baking maven Sarabeth Levine will open her seventh New York City venue, some airy 233-seat restaurant in Tribeca. You’ll supply her signature sweets, like muffins, linzer tortes and crumb pies, in addition a menu of savory plates, including cream-of-tomato soup and free-run-chicken potpie. New to this marking out the limits: a wood-fired pizza oven. 339 Greenwich St at Jay St (212-966-0421)