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"FacebookPinterest\n\nThe Beer Bar Your Italian Friends Will LoveAlla Spina, Philadelphia, Late February 2012On the menu: fried focaccia with Italian stout hot chocolate, roasted pork shoulder for six, and Italian \"poutine,\" plus 20 beers on tap and 50 more in the bottle, including several Italian varieties you'll rarely find this side of the Atlantic. Chef Marc Vetri calls this his spin on the Italian gastropub, we're calling it early for 2012. Book the eight-seat chef's table on top of the beer fridge, which has a great view of the action.Vegetarian for Non-VegetariansOxheart, Houston, March 2012You've never heard of Justin Yu and vegetarian is not your thing. Last year, the same thing could be said of 90 percent of Houston, before Yu wooed diners with a series of sold-out veggie-centric pop-up dinners. His first brick-and-mortar will offer three tasting menus, two with locally-sourced meat and seafood, and one that may be Texas's most serious vegetarian meal yet.The Trendy-as-Hell Hotel Spot Worth the BuzzThe NoMad, New York, April 2012Chef Daniel Humm and partner Will Guidara's first project since the Michelin-heavy Eleven Madison Park will feature a hearth oven and a beverage program from EMP's all-star bartender, Leo Robitschek. What else is there to know? The developer is the same guy behind New York's ACE hotel. See you there.Strictly For Meat EatersPIGG, Los Angeles, Spring 2012Umami Burger's Adam Fleischman's downtown L.A. mega-eatery (dubbed \"Umamicatessen\") will debut with five restaurants; one, from San Francisco offal king Chris Cosentino, will be solely devoted to pork. We hear there'll be Iberico crudo.The Diner ReduxLittle Goat, Chicago, Summer 2012For Stephanie Izard's upcoming tribute to hearty, cheesy East-Coast diner grub, think patty melts, Reubens, and malt shakes, with a side of house-cured bacon. While the menu is still in development, says Izard: \"We haven't decided if we want curly or straight. It's a situation,\" if she does half as much as she did for the gastropub at Girl the Goat, Chicago stands to inherit an unbeatable post-bar hangout."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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