Eating & Drinking: Monday Edition
• Kogi, the Korean taco truck that LA residents have been buzzing about for months, opened in midtown today for an hour with Top Chef contestant Lee Anne Wong dishing out the food. Don't feel too bad if you missed out. New York should get a Kogi truck of its own by the end of the summer. [ML, GS, ML]
• A roundup of restaurants scheduled to open this week. [Eater]
• The UWS branch of Fatty Crab will start serving lunch next Monday. [GS]
• Adam Platt gives one star to Table 8 in this week's issue of New York. [NYM]
• Citysearch's guide to the best barbecue joints in NYC is online. [Citysearch]
• Have you heard about the 14-year-old chef from East Hampton who opened a catering company at 11? You will! The kid's getting a reality show. [THR]
• A peek inside Civetta in Nolita, which opens sometime next week. [Eater]
• McDonald's reports that sales jumped 5.1% in May. Whether that's due to the recession or its new "McCafe espresso-based coffee" line is up to you. [AP]
• Dylan Lauren on how she got into the candy business and her plans to branch out to London and Tokyo in the future. [NYT]
• Following in the footsteps of Padma Lakshmi and Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge of MTV's The Hills is the latest star to shill for Carl's Jr. [NYDN]