Nathan's Famous and KaBOOM! brought a piece of Coney Island to the students of Washington Elementary School and surrounding community this week. The world famous hot dog company and the national non-profit dedicated to giving kids the play they need to thrive honored the school by bringing their Ready. Set. PLAY. program to the Harvey, Ill., area. With the program, which was created earlier this year, Nathan's Famous and KaBOOM! have been able to celebrate active play and honor the "playmakers" who are making play possible in communities around the country.

Chicagoland's hottest new dining destination El Tapeo is proud to announce the launch of The Sound Factory, a weekly lineup of live entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Lobster lovers will enjoy delicious Luke's Lobster Rolls with all the trimmings and unlimited beer while cruising the harbor. Manhattan by Sail has two more twilight excursions scheduled aboard their Tall Clipper Ship on Tuesday, September 16th and Tuesday October 7th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Inspired by the world famous annual tradition that takes place in Pamplona, Spain, 100 Montaditos, the celebrated restaurant chain from Spain, will inaugurate New York City's First Annual Running of the Bulls on Thursday Sept. 18 to celebrate the opening of its second location in the city and to raise money for the Food Bank For New York City. Participants will gather at 100 Montaditos' original Bleecker Street location (176 Bleecker Street), where they will be issued red t-shirts in honor of the red kerchiefs worn in by those running with the bulls in Pamplona every year. Led by a bull-rigged Harley Davidson and several other faux bulls, they will run, walk or stroll a mile to the new 100 Montaditos, 177 Ludlow Street. At the 100 Montaditos Ludlow Street finish line, their efforts will be rewarded with a two-hour party featuring the restaurant's signature namesake montaditos, tapas-sized rolls filled with mouthwatering ingredients from Spain, and open bar.

Eat It Up: Food Talks! will be staging the third talk in its Chef Series at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre with acclaimed chef Evan Hennessey of Stages at One Washington and Flavor Concepts Catering on Monday, September 29th at 7:30pm. The goal of the series is to provide the Seacoast community with educational, entertaining talks on local and national food culture with a focus on sustainability, artistry, and innovation. Eat It Up! works to provide an avenue by which food enthusiasts and food professionals can talk with some of the drivers of our local food culture.

This autumn, Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino will celebrate the annual Chinese holiday Golden Week Monday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Oct. 12. To mark Golden Week, the restaurant will feature a limited edition chef's menu. In addition, guests who dine on the specialty menu will receive an exclusive takeaway gift in celebration of the holiday.

Play is located at the Museum of Sex on East 27th Street in New York City. Their creative drink menu, tasty food choices and sleek, seductive atmosphere makes this a great bar and lounge destination.

Stylish and comfortable, Brinkley's Station on East 60th Street is a perfect addition to the neighborhood. Enjoy excellent food and drink with friendly welcoming service.

Roots Handmade Pizza (1924 W Chicago Ave) will host a 'Let's Drink Beer & Eat Pizza: The Ten' event featuring 10 keg tappings from Three Floyds and Pipeworks, Roots Quad Cities malt crust pizza specials, and more starting at 6pm tonight, September 9. 'The Ten' event at Roots is the first time ever Three Floyds and Pipeworks have done an event together.

Alert your taste buds! Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (Red Robin) is two weeks away from bringing more craveable gourmet burgers to New York State. Located in Horseheads, N.Y. on the south side of Southern Tier Crossing, off I-86 and County Road 64, the newest Red Robin restaurant will open on Sept. 22 at 11 a.m. To help celebrate the grand opening of the new restaurant, Red Robin will donate all sales of its signature Freckled Lemonade from Sept. 22 to Sept. 28, to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding cures for all kids with cancer.

Calling all pasta lovers: Olive Garden is celebrating the return of its most popular promotion Never Ending Pasta Bowl with the introduction of the first-ever Never Ending Pasta Pass. Beginning today, pasta fanatics can purchase one of the 1,000 Pasta Passes to unlock unlimited pasta and Coca-Cola soft drinks from Sept. 22 through Nov. 9.

Donohue's Steakhouse located at Lexington and 63rd Street in New York City. The restaurant has been run by the Donohue family for three generations. Their hearty fare will always be in style.

Officially opening its doors today, Tuesday, Sept. 2, just in time for the Toronto International Film Festival, Thoroughbred Food & Drink (TBTO) is the city's newest bar and restaurant providing a dynamic, nostalgic dining experience.

We choose Cuba Lounge at Victor's Cuban Cafe for our 'Bar of the Week.' A warm, intimate atmosphere and delicious food and drink make it a great spot in Midtown.

Starting Tuesday, September 2, 2014, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf invites customers to sip on nostalgic fall dessert flavors with three new limited edition beverages: Butter Pecan Latte, Butter Pecan Ice Blended drink,and Pumpkin Chai Ice Blended drink. The new lineup joinsreturning fan favorites, Pumpkin Latte and Ice Blended drink. The five seasonal fall beverages from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf are available at participating locations through Nov. 2.

As Dunkin' Donuts continues its national, westward expansion, the brand is making one of its boldest additions ever to its coffee lineup, unveiling a new Rainforest Alliance Certified Dark Roast Coffee. The new Dark Roast, developed by Dunkin' Donuts' Coffee Excellence team over the past several years, uses a unique roasting process to bring out key characteristics of different beans, creating a bold flavor and the smooth finish associated with Dunkin' Donuts' famous Original Blend, but without the bitterness typically associated with most dark roast coffees.

Starting Monday, September 1 st, Red Lobster'sEndless Shrimp, the number one guest-requested promotion, is back for a limited time. This year, guests can satisfy their shrimp cravings through one of the most excitingflavor selectionsin Endless Shrimp history. The promotion features six delicious shrimp varieties, including new Sriracha Grilled Shrimp that's paired with a creamy Sriracha aioli, classic guest favorites and the back by popular demand flavor, Parmesan Shrimp Scampi.

City Winery at the Historic Napa Valley Opera House will resume full operation starting today with the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience in the theater (6 PM Doors, 8 PM Show), a very special Vintner Vinyl in the Restaurant and Tap Bar featuring Sequoia Grove Winery (6:30 PM), and a visit from the Do Napa Culinary Crawl celebrating that Downtown Napa is open and ready for business.

Pernod Ricard USA, the premium spirits and wine company in the U.S., has appointed Ketchum Sports & Entertainment (KSE), a division of leading global communications firm Ketchum, as the company's entertainment marketing agency of record for its vast portfolio of brands.

Pinnacle Vodka, a leading imported premium vodka brand, has announced the launch of its redesigned website: www.pinnaclevodka.com.

Original Vincent's, one of the oldest family-owned Italian Restaurants in New York City, will celebrate its 110th Anniversary on Thursday, September 4, 2014, with a reception from 6 to 10 PM. at the restaurant at 119 Mott Street, corner of Mott and Hester Streets.

The Tea Spot introduces today a new line of premium Tea Samplers featuring their full leaf tea sachets. The four samplers each contain four mini tea tins with four biodegradable pyramid sachets inside each tin. The resulting set of sixteen premium tea bags in each tea sampler provides customers premium full leaf teas in a convenient and easily portable format with cute gift packaging. These sampler sets are an easy way to sample some of The Tea Spot's top-selling handcrafted full leaf teas in single-serving eco-pyramid tea sachets. The tea sachet samplers are elegantly packaged to offer as tea gifts, wedding favors, or to simply take along while traveling.

GODIVA Chocolatier announces today the nationwide launch of its new Chef Inspirations Flavors of the World limited edition chocolate collection. Curated by GODIVA's international chefs, Flavors of the World isinspired by their culinary journeys across the globe, and the unique local ingredients they have encountered. The chocolates incorporate deliciously surprising flavor profiles to allow chocolate lovers to travel the world in six bites.

Roots Handmade Pizza (1924 W Chicago Ave) will host a "Let's Drink Beer & Eat Pizza: The Ten" event featuring 10 keg tappings from Three Floyds and Pipeworks, Roots Quad Cities malt crust pizza specials, and more starting at 6pm on Tuesday, September 9.

Filmmaker Antonio Saillant [Angel Light Pictures] friends of Jack and Jeff Sinanaj [Owners of Empire Steakhouse NY arranged with Celebrity Taste Makers, Tony Monte [executive-producer”Taste Makers”] to shoot a segment at the Empire Steak House after Celebrity Guest, Former NY YANKEE HERO Jim Leyritz picked the restaurant.