Consider your weekend planned: Aug 5-7

EAT somewhere new Friday night at family-owned bistro Ferdi and dine on fresh Italian pasta with a side of homemade meatballs.

Photo by Brianna Balducci / Courtesy of Ferdi

DO find your new favorite novel at Dear Friend Books in Bed-Stuy and do some Saturday shopping at this unique bookshop cafe.

Photo by Kimberly Farmer/Unsplash

DRINK familiar brews in an updated space at Proletariat in the East Village and toast to New York-made ale inside this new location.

Courtesy of Proletariat