BBQ: Close out Popfest (and the long weekend) today with a BBQ at Union Pool. Served up with your burgers and beer are some bands, of course: The Orange Peels, Finish School, the Gazetteers, the Lil Hopsital, Surefire Broadcast and Titans of Filth. 1pm // Union Pool [484 Union Ave, Williamsburg] // $10 COMEDY: We're not afraid to admit that Over The Top may just be our favorite Sylvester Stallone movie. Well now that movie......

The Coupon Clipper scours the specials for the best deals in New York's big grocery stores. We try not to write about prepackaged items for the Coupon Clipper for various reasons, but mostly because we try not to eat that much of it. But there are a few pantry stuffers that are fundamental to any good kitchen, and guaranteed to be good at any grocery store no matter what your underlying impressions of the institution......

- In case you missed the awesome tip: New Jersey is closed. - An 18-year-old parking attendent in Chelsea died after crashing a bike he was parking yesterday. - Oh, to be a helicopter cop. - First Manhattan got Joey Ramone Place and now Brooklkyn has Bob Marley Boulevard. - The Times has a great story on how Manhattan's grid almost didn't happen. - Four town houses on 56th may go the way of......

The Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center's observations decks, opens today after being closed for 19 years, and it will soon become something anyone visiting New York for the first time or someone who has lived here for ages will want to do. We've been excited about this since reading the NY Times article in March, and Gothamist was able to head up there before today's opening and we weren't disappointed. It truly is......

she loves ny breaks its sushi issue. Raw fish fanatics can get the scoop on "New and of Note," The Top Top," "Top Sashimi," "Top Dives," and "Who's Who Of Maki Rolls" plus the resy low-down. slny says "The Top Top" "however should be had on expense accounts only," Gothamist offers, "should be had on dates with sugar daddies or sugar mommies...or with real mommies and daddies." At any rate, Gothamist loves she loves ny...glslny.......

With the city council approving a measure to bring twenty new public bathrooms to the city, Newsday looks at the places that need public bathrooms: 10. The Brooklyn Promenade 9. Museum Mile 8. Upper East Side jogging trail 7. 125 St. & Lenox Ave. 6. St. Patrick's Cathedral 5. The Top of the Brooklyn Bridge 4. At the TKTS booth in Times Square 3. In Battery Park near the Liberty Island boat 2. On Canal......