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 commence by September 1st. Always call against us, as openings can be delayed.

Big Gay Ice Cream Shop Ice-cream truckers Doug Quint and Bryan Petroff wish soon offer their quirky soft-answer creations in a small East Village store. Decorating their first brick-and-~-piece endeavor is a giant unicorn mural bedazzled with 6,000 Swarovski crystals. The couple will pad their menu with wholesome 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 accredited Los Angeles java chain brings its sign Ice Blended drinks to Times Square in c~tinuance August 28. Slurp on flavors like mocha, ~ey forest or caramel, which are whirred with a base of ice, nonfat milk, the work~’s “secret” coffee extract, and chocolate or vanilla syrup. Traditionalists be able to stick with brewed coffee, espresso or unfasten-leaf tea made the old-fashioned march. 1412 Broadway at 39th St (212-575-3854)

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

Isa Downtown gain-maker Taavo Somer (Peels, Freemans) sets his sights forward Williamsburg. The indie restaurateur teamed up by Il Buco’s quondam executive chef Ignacio Mattos to bring to knowledge this 40-seat Brooklyn tavern, which features a wall of logs in favor of the wood-burning oven. They set forth the character of Isa’s rustic fare as “present 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 race of macarons brings its delicate pastries stateside with this charming Upper East Side store, set to debut on August 29. You’ll gain arrive at all the signature flavors, such as caramel, framboise and praline, plus New York–special cinnamon-raisin. The precious decor—including bygone upholstered chairs, bronze sconces and vintage-gnomon wallpaper—pays tribute to the primeval, 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) pleasure collaborate on street eats at this 25-seat Indian joint, oepning on September 5. The menu determine include Northern and Southern savory bites, like samosa chaat (pastry stuffed through potato and topped with yogurt and tamarind), a young sheep Madras roll and a Delhi six-subsistence curry. 101 Lexington Ave between 27th and 28th Sts (212-683-2293)

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