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 bountiful by September 1st. Always call ahead, as openings can be delayed.

Big Gay Ice Cream Shop Ice-choice part truckers Doug Quint and Bryan Petroff elect soon offer their quirky soft-be in subjection creations in a small East Village work~. Decorating their first brick-and-mortar endeavor is a giant unicorn mural bedazzled with 6,000 Swarovski crystals. The brace will pad their menu with wholesome treats from flea-market friends: La Newyorkina (icing 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 of the people Los Angeles java chain brings its stamp Ice Blended drinks to Times Square attached August 28. Slurp on flavors like mocha, dusky forest or caramel, which are whirred through 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 incompact-leaf tea made the old-fashioned practice. 1412 Broadway at 39th St (212-575-3854)

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

Isa Downtown apt expression-maker Taavo Somer (Peels, Freemans) sets his sights without interrupti~ Williamsburg. The indie restaurateur teamed up with Il Buco’s forgoing executive chef Ignacio Mattos to show this 40-seat Brooklyn tavern, what one. features a wall of logs on this account that the wood-burning oven. They mark out Isa’s rustic fare as “novel primitive”: Expect sardine fillets served by their fried skeletons and a treviso salad through a vegan nut dressing. 348 Wythe Ave at South 2nd St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (347-689-3594)

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

Old Delhi Chefs Peter Beck (Tamarind) and Gaurav Anand (Bhatti Indian Grill) disposition collaborate on street eats at this 25-situate Indian joint, opening on September 5. The menu command 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-sustenance curry. 101 Lexington Ave between 27th and 28th Sts (212-683-2293)

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