Restaurant Blotter: Arthur on Smith Launches Lunch Menu, Brooklyn Crab Baits Free Rides, and More

Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill represent the crossroads of Brooklyn gastronomy. The blotter is our weekly roundup of restaurant happenings, events and deals.

Arthur on Smith Launches Lunch Menu This Thursday and Friday

After opening to last month, the new Smith Street seasonal Italian restaurant Arthur on Smith will now offer lunch beginning this Thursday and Friday. Co-owner Colin Barnhart sent Carroll Gardens Patch some of the highlights of the new midday menu, which will include:

• Pine Hill Farm Lamb Sausage Patty Melt with Black Truffle Mayonnaise
• Spaghetti Carbonara
• Grilled Mortadella and Provolone Sandwich
• Handmade Gnocchi with Sugo di Carne

Color us suddenly starving. "In addition to lunch on Thursday and Friday we are now open both Saturday and Sunday for an egg-heavy brunch," Barnhart reminds.

Brooklyn Crab Baits Free Shuttle Bus Service From Carroll St.

Just in time for summer, Red Hook's newest seafood outpost, Brooklyn Crab, will reportedly be offering a free shuttle service to patrons from the Carroll Street subway stop to their Reed Street location, according to Zagat. A follow-up look at the waterfront shack's Facebook page yielded the following information from owners: "Our shuttle bus service will operate between the hours of 6:00 p.m and 10:00 Sun thru Thursday. And 6:00-11:00 Friday and Saturday." Once it opens, that is. The date when Brooklyn Crab will officially welcome customers has yet to be released. 

Brooklyn Farmacy Scores Book Deal

According to an announcement on Publisher's Marketplace last week, has signed a sweet deal for a 70-recipe cookbook with Ten Speed Press that will include a history of American soda fountain culture. Congratulations to the team!

New Ethiopian Eatery Awash Opens

The that took over the space formerly occupied by on Court Street posted a sign in its window that it would open for dinner on Tuesday, May 22. Did anyone go? Share your first impressions in the comments section below.