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Talk about joy -- over 300 sakes will be poured at the largest sake tasting in the United States, coming our way tonight. Over 100 of them are generally not available outside Japan and about 150 are silver and gold award winners in the National Sake Appraisal that takes place each year. Never fear, there will be appetizers to soak it all up, from the likes of Bao Noodles, Bond St, EN Japanese Brasserie, 15 East, Megu, Sakagura, Tocqueville, Woo Lae Oak, wd-50, and more. There's also a sake info desk where an expert will be able to answer all of your burning sake questions. 6 - 9 p.m., the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette between East Houston and Prince Streets. Tickets are $75 in advance and $90 at the door. For more info or to make reservations, call 212-799-7243, or visit joyofsake.com.

Last week Racked reported that there's word of an Apple store opening in Brooklyn. The question is, which neighborhood will iNvite them in. Dumbo NYC reports that Two Trees has reached out to Apple in the past, but they "weren’t ready". If they're ready now, their options in Dumbo would include the 6600 sq.ft space at 70 Washington Street and the 6700 sq.ft space across the street at Washington and Front Street.

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At around 11pm we got a text message from a friend at the Shepard Fairey opening in DUMBO, saying that the "Splasher got caught at the show tonight". So far the information we're hearing is that two guys attempted to set off a stink bomb at the show, but were stopped by security. It remains to be seen if the stink-bombers are the same guys who set off a stink bomb at the Faile show last week (and then called 911 reporting a gas leak, which got the show shut down), or if they were indeed the ones splashing streetart pieces all over town a few months back.

We always thought that to drink right under the Brooklyn Bridge you had to either go low and sip homemade concoctions discreetly through straws in constant fear of the cops, or plop down large sums to cover a bill for two at the River Cafe. While nothing is particularly wrong with either, we were happy to find another option.

Nelson Blue -- billing itself as New York's first New Zealand pub, their menu features everything from New Zealand lamb and in skewer, chop, and curry formats, to Tasman Bay Paddle Crabcakes, to something known as Gado Gado Salad. Opens today. 233-235 Front Street, at Peck Slip. 212-346-9090.

Rebar resides upstairs in Retreat, a Dumbo “gathering space” that advertises its “5,000 square feet” as more of a dare than a boast. What to do with all this space in a city not known for having much of it? What they ended up with was Rebar, a new bar that tries a little of everything.

Visually speaking, it's time to stop singin', and start swingin'. Or at least pause to take stock of the larger picture in this district in which, over the next few months, builders will complete work on at least five new or newly converted residential condominium buildings. The local construction boom that began in the late 1990s represents the first significant building activity on this section of the waterfront since Robert Gair dragged a massive corrugated box empire from the river mud in the early 20th century. Viewed as a class, the newest buildings evoke a pack of brash adolescents swaggering around a yard of surly and sober old-timers. These young hotshots have alternately teetered on the brink of stardom, depression, infamy and crime.

Remember yesterday's story about the DUMBO man whose car was ticketed and towed on a street where a "No Parking" sign magically appeared? And the Department of Transportation said that parking was allowed on that stretch of Front Street, so they would help David Bourgeois get his ticket dismissed? Well, now the DOT tells the Daily News that the agency DID put up the sign and therefore, Bourgeois will have to pay the ticket and tow fee - a total of $265! Apparently Front Street between Washington and Main Street used to have a "No Parking" sign, but it disappaered a few months ago. And it seems like NYC drivers, being NYC drivers, took advantage of this and parked to their heart's content. Then the sign came back, and boom - the law stepped in.

allowed there. David Bourgeois told the Daily News he paid $205 to get his Mini Cooper out of the pound and was issued a $60 parking ticket: "It's just outrageous. I'm definitely going to fight this." The DOT says they would help with getting the ticket dismissed, and the NYPD said they were "looking into waiving" the tow fee.

After the Belle & Sebastian show at Battery Park on Tuesday we stumbled, sunburnt and parched to the South Street Seaport. Near the sleek Bin No. 220 on Front Street, Jeremy's Ale House, or Safe House, as one banner reads, will never be mistaken for a wine bar. Or even a bar with wine glasses.

May 6th through June 10th // Photographic Gallery [252 Front Street]

According to A Voce, (pictured) spring comes this week when the 100-seat expansion opens and we can sip near beautiful (and fragrant) lemon trees. Though the place has gotten mixed reviews, we're not casting our vote until we have a glass of wine in the back. Clearly, we're pro-spring.

Here’s a heartwarming tale of two developers in Brooklyn who are demonstrating just how cutthroat real estate can be.

Starting tonight at the Wessel + O'Connor Gallery, Wouter Deruytter will exhibit a series of his large black & white photographs. For the past four years Deruytter has repetitively photographed the omnipresent billboards watching over New York's streets and pedestrians like Dr. Eckleburg's eyes. Documenting the visual substance of the billboards and our reactions to them, as well as the overabundance of commercial advertising. We're hoping they aren't all of those Calvin Klein ads that hover over Houston.

The menu was equally disjointed, running the gamut from a ceviche of big-eye red tuna in a spicy cilantro, jalapeno salsa, purple pickled onions and plantain chips ($14) to spicy tuna maki ($8), and grilled skirt steak with chimchurri salsa, avocado, tomatoes and wild mushroom tapenade ($28)to sea urchin sashimi ($5/piece). It all sounds a little too odd for us - but the proof is in the pudding. Or in this case, the ceviche and sushi. We hope that Toro's food, drink and service will win us over, beyond our initial responses to the restaurant's concept.

Gothamist doesn't smoke. And yet, we can't help but feel compassion for the puffing masses that huddle outside of New York's bars to get their hit of nicotine before they shuffle back indoors for a hit of alcohol. And so, it seems the outdoor bar has been lifted to the status of tavern treasure within the whole five boroughs. The East Village seems rife with options in this category - from DBA to The Boxcar Lounge. But where, oh where, is the smoking barfly to go in the glorious borough of Brooklyn?

, a Lomographic competition and exhibition.