The "real" Oktoberfest in Munich has actually been raging since the 17th of September, and the last dregs will be drained on Monday. Fortunately, we live in America, where real beer fans put the K in Oktober all month long. But tonight (Saturday) you can celebrate the German way at the classic Williamsburg beer mecca Radegast Hall & Biergarten, which is throwing a big bash featuring a "mug holding contest." more ›

Lesser coffee shops looking to sell snacks would pave a fleet of cupcakes with a demure cream cheese frosting and adorn the space around the register with a silent army of gluten. The new “Frankies” establishment, Cafe Pedlar, follows no such bake sale aesthetic. Bundt seems to be the word of the day: lemony olive oil cakes ($3) are mini bundt-doughnuts, and banana spelt bread slices are cut from a bundt crown. Coffee and cappuccino, from Stumptown, take time, and even more if you distract the baristas working a digital timer and a tamper. As mentioned previously, “the Franks” have refashioned the old tessellated Margaret Palca Bakes space into some kind of Viennese coffee shop. The coffee is not rushed, and if one of the 10 or so seats is available, take it, and take your time. The symmetrical steamed milk designs that grace the top of your drink are the new inkblots, and the coffee is good. more ›

It was a modern Father's Day for some of Kate Hudson's past and present beaus. Yesterday Hudson, her current boyfriend Lance Armstrong, his three children, Hudson's ex-husband Chris Robinson, and their son Ryder all attended a two-hour brunch in Brooklyn together in honor of Father's Day. more ›