A new pop-up is in town: The Standard Plaza, The Standard hotel’s outdoor summer restaurant, compliments of Next Iron Chef Seamus Mullen, owner of the Spanish restaurant Tertulia in the West Village. Located in the heart of the Meatpacking District, the Standard Plaza offers brightly colored, refined dishes meant for sharing: heirloom tomatoes with smoked burrata, watermelon, crisp quinoa and fino vinaigrette; or grilled sweet shrimp with chorizo, zucchini and Meyer lemon. But go soon: This ephemeral outdoor eatery will exit with the summer sun.

Dine and Dance for Hot Bread Kitchen
It’s hot out there, but there are better ways to cool off than spending the night in front of the AC: Don your dancing shoes for Good Spirits, a cocktail party and fundraiser happening this week at a rooftop penthouse in the West Village for Hot Bread Kitchen. The East Harlem non-profit bakery and business incubator offers paid culinary training, small business mentoring and ESL classes for foreign-born and low-income New Yorkers, and sells breads inspired by the regions their bakers come from. We love the vegan, gluten-free corn tortillas made from freshly ground organic, heritage, non-GMO corn with nothing added but a bit of lime. That’s some serious bread

Founder Jared Koch’s Interview on The 24th Letter
Last week Janera Soerel interviewed Jared Koch, founder of Clean Plates, for The 24th Letter. The two discussed bio-individuality, the Clean Plates dining guides, what to have for breakfast, acidic versus alkaline diets, choosing whether or not to eat meat and simple dining steps to improve one’s health. The interview took place prior to the discussion Koch led last weekend on how to eat healthfully when dining out, at Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Wellness event in Sag Harbor. What’s on your plate?