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MexiKosher chef Katsuji Tanabe has a new mango-habanero paleta up his sleeves, served only through the month of September at $2.50 a pop. The thing is so hot that even the Mexican chef has trouble handling it, as you can see above. Tanabe, who prefaces, "I'm Mexican and I grew up with spicy food, the spicier the better," also tells Grub Street, "The first time I tasted it, I cried like a little girl and frightened the two kids that were in the restaurant. After tasting it, MY WIFE informed me that I would not be selling these to kids…18 and over only!"

Who isn't already excited about the potential of Peking Tavern, the new Chinese gastropub coming soon to Downtown? Building on the scoop broken by Brigham Yen, Squid Ink learns that the chances of this restaurant nailing authentic and delicious Northern Chinese eats is already looking pretty good, finding that one chef is a noodle and dumpling specialist from Hong Kong and the other bringing in culinary expertise from Tianjin.

Just when you thought you couldn't possibly cram another sausage down your throat, news hits that Santos Uy, the owner behind Papilles and founder of Bacaro, is springing a new Sunday sausage concept on the patio of his Downtown wine bar, Mignon. Teamed with Infinity Exports manager Kevin Stuart, the place is named Knackig, Hun shorthand for the snap of a sausage. Uy disses the scheisse out of Wurstkuche in a press release, saying, "While there are good places out there, we felt the need to bring a really authentic option to Downtown." Oh, knackig! No, he didn't...