BBQ in the Boros contest is back! Submit Now!

Get your grill on! Send your best BBQ recipe—including recipe name, prep time, cooking time, ingredients and ammounts, instructions, serving amount, and photo of completed dish—to fairwaybbq@nydailynews.com and you’ll be entered in the BBQ in the BOROS contest.
The top 25 BBQ recipes (5 from each borough) will appear in the June 19th BBQ in the BOROS Recipe Section and will be invited to a cook-off at the Harlem Fairway on June 26th to grill up the goodness. Cook-off contestants will receive a $100 Fairway gift card to buy all of their ingredients morning of the event and can use plates, pots, and certain electronics brought from home.
Judges will award one winner per borough as their borough's Grill Master.

From those five contestants a GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be decided.
One winner per borough to be named the Boro's Best Grill Master. Each of these top picks will win a $500 Fairway gift card and a $100 P.C. Richard & Son gift card.

Out of these top five, there will be one grand prize winner: NEW YORK’S GRILL MASTER. The grand prize winner will receive a $1,000 Fairway gift card, a $250 P.C. Richard & Son gift card, as well as a Weber gas grill valued at $1,000, courtesy of P.C. Richard & Son.
The recipe must include: recipe name, prep time, cooking time, ingredients & amounts, instructions, serving amount and photo of completed dish.
Email your recipe to fairwaybbq@nydailynews.com or complete the official entry form and submit it with the original recipe to BBQ in the Boroughs, Daily News, Attn: Ric Flattes, 4 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/services/bbq-boros-contest-back-article-1.1789400#ixzz33Dny3zoq

Rita's Italian Ice Ribbon Cutting Event

Pre Summer Celebration At Pure Spa & Salon

Celebrate the start of summer with FREE giveaways & mini makeovers with the Staff of Pure Spa & Salon.

 When: Thursday 29th May 2014

 Time: 6.00pm - 9.00 pm

 Join us for complimentary champagne and hors d’oeuvres and learn how you can glow this summer with tips from our experts within the beauty industry.

 Please RSVP to info@purespanyc.com or telephone us at 718 7846400

 We are looking forward to seeing you on the night.


 Best

 The Staff and Management of Pure Spa & Salon
 Pure Spa Website

Veteran Business Outreach Day sponsored by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Army Week Education Series: Veteran Business Outreach Day
Seminar and Resource Fair
Learn About the Agencies & Services to Help Your Business Grow.

The Army Week Veteran Business Outreach Day provides veteran small business owners with a specialized day of education and outreach to assist with helping to make your business grow. Attendees will be able to meet with successful businesses, and other community stakeholders.

Who Should Attend?

Veteran Business Owners, Service-Connected Veteran Business Owners, Veterans who want to start their own business, Veterans, Active Duty Military, Veteran Service Organizations and Community Stakeholders.

Army Week is presented by Army Week Association, in partnership with United War Veterans Council. Army Week Veteran Business Outreach day is sponsored by Investors Bank and Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. Coffee registration compliments of AUSA New York Statue of Liberty Chapter. For more about Army Week events visit: www.armyweek.org

Austin's Ale House to Officially Re-Open Patio

Queens Hot Spot Officially Opens Al Fresco Space, With a Nod from Queens Constituents

Kew Gardens, Queens, New York (May 19, 2014)-  Austin’s Ale House  announces the expansion of their existing outdoor dining space, and will officially open on May 29th , 2014. Guest speakers will feature Boro President Melinda Katz, Queens Chamber of Commerce President, Jack Friedman and Senator Joseph Addabbo. The al fresco patio features an expanded dining area and a pergola-covered communal seating space. The Owners, Mark Boccia, John Ryan and Tony Truzzolino are local Queens entrepreneurs, who collaborated with Community Board 9 and the MTA, are dedicated to beautifying the neighborhood and maintaining the existing green landscaping.  The expansion offers a unique setting that is best in class for al fresco dining and catering entertaining in the Western Queens perimeter.

The opening event will take place on the newly expanded patio, featuring a special beer tasting from their neighboring boro beer maven, Brooklyn Brewery, and an array of pub bites like Brooklyn Beer Braised Short Rib Sliders and a Mini Pulled Pork Mac & Cheese, created by new appointed Chef Matt Cookson.

Co-Owner, Mark Boccia:

"This expansion is a culmination of many years of discussion and planning with the community board, the Long Island Railroad and the MTA, that has resulted in an outdoor patio expansion and improvement that will serve Kew Gardens and the Queens community for years to come. Upon full completion, it will be an outdoor oasis like no other and we are very proud and excited to provide this space for all to enjoy"


About Austin’s Ale House:  Established in 1991, Austin's has been serving trendy pub-styled comfort food along with a fine selection of spirits and one of the largest selection of domestic and imported beers Queens has to offer.

In addition to their abundant dining, spirits and beer choices, Austin’s also offers private dining for special occasions and business meetings.


Boasting one of the largest beer selections throughout Queens:  Austin’s Ale House currently offers twenty draught, and another forty bottled beers on their current beer menu.  They also offer both domestic and international flights.


With a fancy mix of popular local and USA Craft Beers like Finback (brewed in nearby Maspeth, Queens) Brooklyn Lagers, Red Rocket, Dogfish Head and Southampton, as well as high end imported brews from around the world including Wiehenstephaner Hefeweiss, Smithwicks, Duvel Golden Ale, Chimay, Magners and Kopperberg.  Austin's philosophy is simply to provide you with the widest selection of beers, ales and ciders to meet the most discerning beer palates.


Austin's Ale House Website

Fontbonne Hall Academy Campaigns to #bringbackourgirls

Fontbonne Hall Academy, located at 9901 Shore Road in Brooklyn has launched a campaign to heighten awareness of the girls kidnapped by Nigerian militants. To show your support stop by the school and tie your red ribbon along with those of the school

Fontbonne Hall Academy is a college preparatory school for young women, inspired by the philosophy and charism of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Fontbonne offers a superior educational program to form and to empower young women with confidence and compassion. For more information on the school and its causes call 718-748-2244

Fontbonne Hall Academy Website

BKLYN DESIGNS is Nearly Here!

Now in its 11th year, BKLYN DESIGNS is a juried exhibition of contemporary furnishings, lighting and home accessories. With thousands of visitors expected to attend over the three day weekend, this is one of the biggest design shows in New York City. Principally held at St. Ann’s Warehouse and Mark Jupiter’s in DUMBO, this year’s exhibition will expand to four additional locations in the neighborhood. 

 
"Design is a major piece of Brooklyn’s economy, and BKLYN DESIGNS is the place for our designers to showcase their products to an international audience," said Scissura. "This year we have upped the ante- featuring sixty designers in six venues, a speaker series, workshops and activities for the whole family." 
 
"I would like to congratulate our 60 designers on being selected for BKLYN DESIGNS, one of the Chamber’s signature events,"said Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Denise Arbesu. "Brooklyn’s design community is world-renown, and I cannot wait to see what the borough’s best will have to offer when the doors open on May 9."
 
This year’s Speakers’ Series will feature a conversation with WIRED Magazine’s Cliff Kuang, and a panel discussion moderated by NY Magazine’s Wendy Goodman. Traditionally held on Mother’s Day weekend, BKLYN DESIGNS will also feature activities including community yoga, Double Dutch, tours of Brooklyn Bridge Park, and outdoor kid-friendly activities.

The lead sponsors for this year’s event include are Pratt and Toll Brothers. Local sponsors include West Elm, TerraCRG, aptsandlofts.com, Yasuta, GMDC and the Media Center. Media Sponsors are New York Magazine, Architects Newspaper, inhabitat and blankslate. For more event details, check out the redesigned website that includes a full list of exhibitors at www.BKLYNDESIGNS.com.