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Bon Chon now has free sample wings.  

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Adrian Grenier

Fans of the male equivalent of Sex and The City: Entourage, will be tickled to know that the shows star is a member of the Park Slope Food Co-op.  For those who dont know the Coop's whole shtick is that it gives members discount food in exchange for them working a weekly shift for the market.  Reportedly Grenier was seen helping to unload produce from a truck.  Why the star of a hit TV show needs discount food I have no idea, but its funny to think that maybe Vinne handled your fruit.   

Trendsetting since day one

Below is a link to an interesting ny times article about how food blogs have begun to pay more attention to fast foods as the recession deepens, something ODB has done since day one.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/weekinreview/19bruni.html?emc=eta1

joie de vivre for cheap

In celebration of Bastille day, which I know Im late for, ODR brings to you a few of its favorite French eats that wont break your wallet.  

Bacchus:  Loctaed in the Boreum hill area of Brooklyn, or for pre gentrification types Gowanus, Bacchus is a refreshing addition to an increasingly crowded field of Brooklyn bistros.  The Atmosphere is comfortable and relaxed, but still retains a degree of formality (jeans are fine at Bacchus, but preferably ones you can find at barney's).  Theres a nice backyard are where you can dine on a selection of French staples such as hanger steaks and escargots, or something a little more contemporary such as a pear and goat cheese pastry.  Overall this place works because it serves good French food in an unpretentious setting.  Price wise a three course dinner will cost you around 25$, a steal for good French.

Bouchon Bakery:  Located on Columbus circle in the Time Warner building, and directly below New York's most expensive French restaurant Per Se, Bouchon provides a moderately priced lunch option with boulangerie style dishes.  Bouchon deals in quality sandwiches on fresh baguettes  and pastries prepared by Per Se pastry master Sebastien Rouxel.  Also the only place you  will find a French take on a Nutter Butter.  Cheap for French, but expensive for lunch, treat yourself one day if your ever uptown.  

Le Pere Pinard:  Im a little reluctant to put this place up because I've only eaten one meal there and it gets some bad flak on foodie websites, but its practically the only French restaurant in the Lower East Side, and at 16$ for a three course dinner its a good deal too.  A safe bet for a decent meal.          

MLE

This fourth of July thousands of people turned out to Brooklyn's friendliest slum Coney Island to watch the Nathan's hotdog eating contest.  The competitive eating league (yes MLE stands for Major League Eating, its a real thing), is dominated by one small Japanese man named Takeru Kobyashi, who unhinges his jaw and inhales food like some sort of Asian boa constrictor eating a mouse.  I like to savor and enjoy my food not stuff it down my throat, but the culture and scene surrounding MLE is frankly hilarious and entertaining so I pay attention to it.  This year, I guess driven by some weird patriotism, onlookers booed Kobyashi and instead cheered on native southerner Joey Chestnut to win the contest by 3.5 dogs.  In total Chestnut ate a ridiculous 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes which is 6.8 hotdogs a minute.  All in all a good time was had by all and we whooped the Japanese like it was 1945.

 Enjoy this link to a nice slide show of the show http://deadspin.com/5307965/the-nathans-4th-of-july-hot-dog-eating-contest-is-america/gallery/       

PS: also in MLE news Elephants beat humans in a hotdog eating contest the day before, 505 dogs to 143, they still cant make guns or cars.   

Rules of Bumming Vol 7: Sunshine Bumtime

Well its summer and the youth of America is coming of age in the world and venturing out to get their first jobs as interns, waiters, busboys etc.  The numbers show that a sizable portion of these jobs will come from the food industry.  Chances are you know someone somewhere who is working in some sort of food related establishment.  Cash in on your friends budding enterprise and cop some free grub!  A lot of the time low level workers can use their discount to buy you cheap goods, weather they work at somewhere as common as Starbucks or a high end ice cream place on the Brooklyn promenade (ask to use Calum's tab).  Of course all things in moderation, you wouldn't want your friend to get fired over giving out too much discounted ice cream (once again thats CALUM's tab).        

July 7th

Brooklyn Bowl will be opening on this day, grab your tight jeans and hop on your fixies were going to williamsburg 

Brooklyn Bowl to open this week

Some of you may remember a while back I mentioned a bowling/ dining joint opening in Williamsburg.  The ally, whose food is provided by fried chicken masters Blue Ribbon, is set to open sometime this week although the exact date is unannounced, ill keep you posted on this.