Brooklyn Eats
October 17
The annual food, wine, and beer festival returns to the New York Marriott Brooklyn, where old-timers like Junior’s and Aunt Suzie’s will vie for a fickle public’s taste buds against newcomers like iCi and Taku. (As for us, we’ll be over at Karam’s station scarfing shawarma and grape leaves.) Other highlights: a Brooklyn Brewery book signing, a gift-certificate raffle to benefit New Orleans’s fabled Dooky Chase, and the presentation of culinary scholarships to three hospitality managers-in-training ($65 in advance, $85 at the door; call 866-468-7619 or visit ticketweb.com to reserve).