Just saw on our Restaurant & Bar Twitter Feed that Spina Restaurant (175 Avenue B @ E. 11th St; 212-253-2250; @SpinaRestaurant) is hosting a mystery dinner on Wednesday, October 14. There will be four courses prepared by Chef Patriarca paired with 4 wines selected by the sommelier for only $80 (includes tax & gratuity). Other news from the Twitter [...]

Well, October is already here and it looks like the warm days of summer are gone. Though it’s a bit off-topic for our site (we have a bit of a soft-spot for Twitter promos), if you’re longing for a little more sun, a bit of R&R and some free wining and dining, check out the [...]

UPDATE: Twitter is back up and running again.
Schnitzel & Things — On Greenwich b/t Warren and Murray until 3pm
La Cense Burger Truck — 47th b/t Park and Lexington
Rickshaw Truck — Water St. & Coenties
Cupcake Stop — 5th Ave b/t 22nd and 23rd (introducing the ‘Smore cupcake today)
Wafels & Dinges — 45 and 6th (free dinges [...]

From Twitter: “We are defending against a denial-of-service attack, and will update status again shortly.”
Hackers commonly use a denial of service attack to cause computers to slow down or crash.  Hackers launch the attacks by taking over thousands of everyday PCs that don’t have adequate anti-virus and other protections installed. Then they redirect all that [...]

Here are today’s best deals, specials and snippets from W&D’s Restaurant & Bar Twitter Feed:

The Smith Restaurant about 2 hours ago
Ten minutes till the best breakfast deal starts. Every weekday until 11AM everything on the menu is $8. Comes with juice and coffee too.

El Rio Grande about 3 hours ago
Tuesday happy hour at El Rio Grande is from [...]

The Top Chef Season 6 premiere is quickly approaching. In fact, Bravo bumped it up a week to Wednesday, August 19th and bumped it up an hour to 9pm. Get to know some of the Season 6 contestants better by following them on Twitter:
@ChefRobinL (Robin Leventhal) — Chef, Artist and Teacher (Seattle)
 
 
@chefpmistry (Preeti Mistry) — [...]

Straight from the Twitter Feed:
OttoPizzeria: Heirloom Tomato Salad is back on the menu – don’t miss out on this succulent celebration of local summer produce – http://tinyurl.com/ngm2z8
 
primehouseny: Guests raving about mini 7oz sirloin, heirloom tomato & goat cheese salad w/ Aged Balsamic, Double Cut Bacon w/ Blue cheese & Fig for srw
 
ZabarsIsNY: Our [...]

 675 Bar: @675Bar 

Frequent tweets on drink specials, events, who’s pouring, what’s pouring and more. 
Academia di Vino: @academiadivino
Starting to get into a daily routine of tweeting specials of the day and special deals like this tweet: Monday Nights we offer our entire 900 bottle list at 50% off! A great time to try something you haven’t tried [...]

It’s only fitting that I just heard on Twitter that NYC & Company plans to tweet up-to-the-minute Restaurant Week news, including Restaurant Week extensions, unique dining offers, last-minute reservation openings, plans for surprise chef appearances and more. According to the press release, beginning this week and continuing through July, NYC & Company will utilize its [...]

Straight from the Twitter feed, here are some of tonight’s best food and drink specials:
ventotrattoria check out the high line after work and join us after for $12.95 pizza or pasta w/ beer or wine for dinner- sunday and monday nights only!
STKNY Wine Down Mondays tonight! Get 1/2 off select bottles and glasses of wine!
AgozarBistro Happy Happy [...]

Just read a tweet from @fwscout (aka, Dana Cowin, editor-in-chief of Food & Wine) that Laurent Tourondel of BLT Steak, Burger, Fish, and Prime is offering a $100 BLT Burger gift certificate for the best DIY replica of the burger that graces the June 2009 cover of Food & Wine mag (pictured here, click to enlarge). Here’s the recipe [...]

Lots of good info, specials, and freebies on the tweet beat this morning. Check ‘em out:
Rosa Mexicano likes Free Cupcakes as Much as Everyone Else: RosaMexicanoAnyone in midtown NYC–The new Crumbs is giving away free cupcakes!! YUM! (can you tell I have a sweet tooth yet?)
Try Some New Stuff For Free Today At the Wafles [...]

Here’s a look at what’s happenin’ and being talked about today (other than Baja Fresh’s opening) in the NYC food and drink twittersphere. Our commentary is in italics:
Here’s How Hill Country Is Getting Rid of All of Yesterday’s Leftover Ribs: RT CitysearchNYC Hill Country is having a rib-eating contest! http://bit.ly/ZdtG8
Free Deep Fried Pickles with $25 [...]