Open and Shut

Midwood
Yesterday Eater announced that the owners of Di Fara were planning on opening an offshoot of their pizza joint just a few doors away from the original location. A small takeout spot will be serving up pasta, heros, salad and more by mid-April. Photo by Aaron Landry.

North Brooklyn
Eater rounds up a lot of Williamsburg food news: Radish is closed on Bedford Avenue, Fatty ‘Cue should reopen after a year of being closed in two to four weeks, a huge new bar and restaurant called Shelter is in the works for North 7th between Wythe and Kent streets, and Kumar’s Classic Artisanal Chutney is setting up shop on the corner of North 3rd and Kent. Gothamist tours the second outpost of East Village ceviche bar Desnuda, now open at 221 South 1st Street. There’s a bar area serving up cocktails and a separate dining area. Bushwick’s Wreck Room was shuttered by the Department of Health due to rodent activity. And in Greenpoint, the No Name Bar at 597 Manhattan Avenue is now serving up Korean food and has expanded with additional seating downstairs.

Elsewhere
In Park Slope, the Manhattan-based wine bar Pierre Loti will open its fourth outpost at the old Canaille Bistro space on 5th between St. Marks and Warren. The bar will also serve cocktails and Mediterranean tapas. Shanghai Spa opened over the weekend at 241 Fifth Avenue at Carroll Street. In Carroll Gardens, Pardon Me For Asking laments the closing of Good Food, an Italian superette at 431 Court Street. It’s been in the neighborhood for 85 years. In Crown Heights, a provisions and cheese shop called Wedge is opening in May right next to Little Zelda on Franklin Avenue. And on Coney Island, Shoot the Freak, evicted by Zamperla in 2010, has been reborn as Shoot the Clown.