Eat Cetera: Aquavit Herring Festival, Peak Organic Beer Dinner, What Happens When's Prohibition-Era Party

<strong>AQUAVIT HERRING FESTIVAL: </strong>Those with a hankering for herring need not plan a trip to Scandinavia. The "prolific fish" has found its way here. Though we mourn the end of the <a href="http://gothamist.com/2010/06/01/eat_cetera_10.php#photo-1">Holland Herring Festival</a>, it's early summer, which means <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/06/08/new_catch_holland_herring_have_arri.php">the fish are biting</a> and we'll be biting back at Aquavit's annual Herring Festival, held from June 13-17 and continuing through June 20-24th. <br/><br/>Executive Chef Marcus Jenmark will be plating herring preparations you never even thought could exist: everything from Rhubarb-Chervil Herring to Black Currant Herring and Pickled Ramp Herring to more recognizable Matjes Herring preparations. All of this to venerate Midsommer (probably Midsummer in English), a holiday to celebrate the longest day of the year, enjoy the outdoors with friends and family, and put all this <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/02/02/why_this_ice_storm_is_not_shatterin.php">nasty winter business</a> behind us (for now). And what a summer it will be once infused with a little brined and cured herring. <br/><br/>Still, for the less herring-obsessed, there will be traditional Swedish bistro fare like Swedish Meatballs, Scandinavian Cheeses and Breads, Gravlax, and a dish titled Janssons Temptation (oh yes). The whole smorgasbord will be paired with aquavit and a good ol' brewsky for $28 per person for lunch and $38 per person for dinner. <br/><br/><em>66 East 55th Street; (212) 307-7311</em>