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T.B.D. Garden: True, we told you about the massive new courtyard garden at Greenpoint's T.B.D. in last week's big roundup of al fresco drinking options, but what we didn't know then is that they're also going to be barbecuing back there every weekend and on select weeknights. Cook Min Chen, who knows T.B.D. co-owner Allen Welch from when they ran Long Island City's Lounge 47, tells us she's working on an expanded menu that promises to push beyond the standard BBQ fare. To that end, last weekend's menu featured seitan pulled "pork" and house-made potato veggie burgers, in addition to the regular burgers and potato salad you'd expect to find. Still under the radar and open just a few weeks now, this is a sweet space to spread out and read the paper while drinking a hard lemonade or five, and on weekends there's usually an old-timey jazz band or slot car racing.

THE MERCURY DIME: Sasha Petraske, whose elegantly exclusive cocktail den Milk & Honey sparked the city’s current fancy-drink fetish, quixotically tried to get a liquor license for his new East Village venture The Mercury Dime. But the local community board shot him down like pretty much everyone else, so now he’s running it as an upscale coffee shop where sober gentleman and ladies can sip fine espresso in Petraske’s signature refined ambience, replete with fireplace and free Wi-Fi. The house specialty is an Ethiopian coffee called Chichu, which Urban Daddy claims is only available in the U.S. at the Mercury Dime. There are also teas, sandwiches and pastries. 246 East 5th Street, (212) 533-3295.

Any Greenpoint residents still speculating about renovations to the cavernous space on the corner of Franklin and Green – the one with the big silver garage door and the new lights along the northern wall – now have their answer: A bar called t.b.d. Co-owner Diane Foley explains that she finally gave up trying to come up with a name and just went with what she was using for all the paperwork.