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The chef Daniel Boulud unveiled his newest space, called DBGB Kitchen and Bar, to the media this past weekend. Located on the Bowery, the 194-seat “sausage and beer” restaurant (including a 14-seat private dining room and 40 more in the more casual bar area) has a projected opening date of the first week in June and is still very much under construction: On Saturday, chairs were wrapped up in paper and buckets of Spackle were stacked behind the bar. The chef nonetheless took the unusual move of laying his plywood bare and sharing some bites from the restaurant’s opening menu.

[Update Below] Sixpoint Craft Ales' most popular limited-edition brew, the "Hop Obama," dropped out of existence last month, with the last known kegs tapped on Inauguration Day. Most beer barons assumed that the Red Hook brewery had stopped producing it because it was always planned for a limited run, and while that is correct, today Brownstoner reveals there was a bit more to the story: The Federal Government actually came to Red Hook and ordered Sixpoint owners not produce anymore "Hop Obama."

First devastating weather patterns and destroyed coral reefs, then lousy harvests and global food shortages, now this: soaring beer prices. In an increasingly warmer world, precious, life-sustaining beer is becoming a luxury item. The past year has seen a drought in Australia, flooding in Germany, hailstorms in the Pacific Northwest, and lower crop yields throughout Europe – all resulting in a dramatic spike in the cost of grains and hops.