A New Bar and Music Venue on 7th?
“According to a couple of sources, 7th street between 2nd and 3rd aves will soon be home to a new musical venue run by the good folks at Union Hall. Given the problems that I’ve heard about with their current location – i.e. noise complaints, it makes sense to open something in a location where noise is not an issue.” [Food of the Future]

Luger’s Mystery Room Opening Soon
178 Broadway, Williamsburg; (718) 387-7400
“Upon walking into Lugers in Brooklyn tonight I had noticed a big plaid curtain to the right of the bar. Looks as though the mystery room which I have inquired about many times before on the site is set to open by weeks end. The manager Tom has told me the it will open by the end of the week but he still has to see it to believe it himself, the project has been ongoing for over 5 years and has been held back numerous times due to environmental issues. Right now the room is filled with tables and chairs and is completely lit with lights.” [Eater]

Tanoreen Will Relocate Within Bay Ridge
7704 Third Ave., nr. 77th St., Bay Ridge; 718-748-5600
“Tanoreen has decided to expand to accommodate all its new admirers, acquiring the lease on a nearby space twice its size. ‘We’re really tight on the weekend, and our lease is up. So now is the time to make the step,’ chef-owner Rawia Bishara tells us. ‘It will be four to five months, but we won’t be closing; we’re going to move right from the one location to the other one in late spring.’” [Grub Street]

The best jelly doughnuts ever, a new wine shop in Windsor Terrace, and a mysterious new development in the Slope…

Save the Jelly Doughnuts at Trois Pomme
260 Fifth Ave., nr. Garfield Place, Park Slope; (718) 230-3119
“I stopped into Trois Pommes on fifth ave and bought a jelly doughnut, which they were making for Chanukah–OH MY GOD. It was so incredible–it wasn’t even a typical jelly doughnut, more like two plain small doughnuts with jam in the middle, like a doughnut-jam sandwich. The doughnuts tasted so fresh and delicious (they weren’t even hot out of the oven, and were still amazing), with a delicate vanilla frosting, a MILLION times better than Doughnut Plant or any other I’ve ever had…. If anyone else has had them and liked them also, can you please ask them to keep making them even though Chanukah is over? I’m hoping that if enough of us ask, they’ll make them regularly.” [Chowhound]

A New Wine Shop in Lower Windsor Terrace?
1289 Prospect Ave., Windsor Terrace
“So we have no real info (and it is technically WT) but noticed the small commercial space behind the old laundry mat had lots and lots of boxes of wine, a wine ‘cooler’ and a large bottle of champagne in the window. Could lower WT be getting a new store or is this space just being used as a storage? Anyone out there got the info?” [Kensignton (Brooklyn)]

New Development in the Slope
“Can you tap your sources to find out what the deal is with the new development on President Street just below 5th Avenue (towards 4th Ave)? You’ll spot the rotating “Delicious in the Slope” sign… Is it a restaurant, a bubble tea place, or WHAT?” [OTBKB]