New Menu Items at Empire State South and Caribou Coffee; More

MIDTOWN – Empire State South has added some new items to its ever-changing menu. This includes the Kona Kampachi appetizer made with shoyu mayonnaise, fermented pepper paste, crisp squash bloom, lardo and shiso; and the Hawaiian Farm dessert—a coconut milk-goat cheese Bavarian with lemon streusel, plum-hibiscus sorbet, toasted coconut, figs and honey gastrique, available for $7. [EaterWire]

BUCKHEAD – Caribou Coffee has added some new breakfast items to its menu, including maple, bacon, egg and gruyere on wheat ciabatta; spinach, egg and Swiss mini ciabatta; and a sausge, egg and cheese biscuit. There’s also a pumpkin chai drink for fall. [EaterWire]

GRANT PARK – The 10th Annual Grant Park Summer Shade Festival and its foodie component Corks & Forks are coming up. Restaurants like Campagnolo, SOHO, Serpas True Food and Bhojanic will offer tastes of their dishes Aug. 25 and Aug. 26 for $30 per person. [EaterWire]