Photos Courtesy of [Left Image] Chocolate Bar; [Right Image] Hatsuhana

Get 15-20% discounts at critically acclaimed restaurants like Hatsuhana and Bocca [Dining Fever]

Chocolate Bar is offering Happy Hour 5pm-8pm till Sept. 15th. $5 snags you a mini brownie, a truffle, and the choice of a iced hot chocolate or an egg cream! [Bottomless Dish]

Aroma, named one of the best wine bars in NYC by Gayot, offers wine by the glass at half price on Fridays. As cheap as $3.50 per glass… [Aroma]

Aquavit declares Aug 11-17 “Crayfish Week”. Prix-fixes are offered at $48 as is a “(1lb of) Crayfish Peel&Eat” deal for $25. [Zagat Buzz]

Madewell, the “hipper” sister store of J.Crew, is offering icy treats and discount coupons for free. Check the site for locations. [Daily Candy]

Our #13 on the Gobbl Rank - Picholine - is giving away $50 gift certificates in celebration of its 15th anniversary. Go to their website, scroll down to the bottom, and fill out the form. [Zagat Buzz]

Photo Credit: Matty Salin

From allowing a restaurant to serve 50 Peking Ducks with greater ease to creating food pairings based on molecular bases, science has completely infiltrated the food scene. Click on the links for evidence of the take over.

GIVEAWAY ALERT! Know of other great food/science relations and innovations? Post it in our comment box and be entered into our raffle (prize description at the end of the post).

Buddakan eschews the traditional form of Peking Duck CPR (a.k.a. human lungs + straw) for a high-pressure 150-psi, 1.8-horsepower air condenser. [Grub Street]

Wake up and smell the bacon! Literally. Stick a piece of frozen bacon in your Wake n’ Bacon alarm before you sleep and a hot sizzling slice of bacon will accompany your alarm’s annoying ring. [Serious Eats]

Molecular gastronomy (i.e. foam soups, fruit caviars, liquid ham, and more!) is denounced as “unhealthy” and compared to “dope”. [BBC News]

Chef Ferran Adria, a molecular gastronomy heavyweight and executive chef of El Bulli (3 whooping Michelin stars), is coming to New York. $275 a pop to see him in person. [Eater]

A Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry concocts simple recipes based on molecular base similarity amongst different ingredients. [Khymos]

PRIZE! The Gohan Society’s celebrity chef calendar for 2008. Shot by the renowned photographer Kenji Takagami, the calendar features Michael Romano, David Bouley, Francois Payard, Jean George Vongerichten, Eric Ripert, David Boulud, and other hot shot chefs.

Photo Credit: JFK Terminal 5, New York Times

Here at Gobbl we’re all about keeping you posted on the latest news in New York dining, and today we’re happy to give you a roundup of some of this week’s most delicious dining developments covered elsewhere in the blogosphere.

The New York Observer published its list of the Top 10 noteworthy newcomer restaurants in New York City.  You decide if Dovetail deserves such high marks. [NY Observer]

Right on the heels of Frank Bruni’s two-star review of Midtown’s Szechuan Gourmet, the Times’ Julia Moskin says we should all head out to Flushing for a true taste of Beijing.  Might we recommend Spicy and Tasty? [New York Times]

Travelers will get some really serious eats when Jet Blue opens its new JFK terminal in September. Does this mean no more hot dogs and nachos?  [New York Times]

We reported earlier that trucks are taking New York by storm, but who knew that they’d come with so much controversy.  Sadly, the truck wars wage on. [Eater]

Photo Credit: New York Times

Here at Gobbl we’re interested in knowing what’s happening in the world everyday to define the movers and shakers of the New York restaurant scene. Therefore, we’ve created Gobblin Around to bring you a firsthand snapshot of some of the day’s most important New York dining news and what it means to curious diners. Enjoy our first roundup!

In an effort to step up the ante in the massive proliferation of food trucks that has caught New York by storm this summer, Waffles 4 U (the Wafels and Dinges rival) announced the launch of its very own frites truck today, no doubt for some a bit of the East Village on wheels and others a victory for Belgian food purveyors. [Grub Street]

The 2008-2009 Zagat Nightlife Guide hit bookshelves this morning, crowning Pastis as the king of New York nightlife. Other popular haunts that fared well in this popularity contest of nighttime hangouts include Balthazar, Spice Market, and Blue Water Grill, with Bemelmans, King Cole Bar, and Church Lounge taking the cake for best after-work spots. [Grub Street]

The Brooklyn Paper reports that the Red Hook Ball Vendors scored a pyrrhic victory today, gaining permission to return ignominiously to their hallowed ball grounds this weekend. However, they return increasingly suffocated by the boa constrictor-like grip of rising food prices and ratcheted city health regulations. [Brooklyn Paper]

Sky farms, today in their infant idea stages, are to rise from Manhattan rooftops one day in the future.Manhattan Bureau President Scott Stringer gets a rise out of a green New York. Hopefully it means fresher food for future Gobblers. [New York Times]