A Majorly Bacon-Themed Party, Lunch at Lucky Rooster

UPTOWN? Martinique Bistro has a brand new summer menu with a lighter, local feel, and seasonal menu items from chef Eric Labouchere including Asian-inspired seared scallops. The Times-Pic also has a video of Labouchere talking about some of his dishes. [Eaterwire, NOLA.com]

MID CITY? BLT-slingin' blues band Major Bacon is hosting a Bacon-themed cd release party at Banks Street next Wednesday, June 19, with their normal FREE BLTs and praline bacon, plus bacon ice cream and other for-purchase snacks and cocktails made with Cleaver & Co. bacon. That's a whole lotta bacon, y'all. [Gambit]

CBD? Robert Peyton takes a first look at Asian street food/noodle newb Lucky Rooster's "crowded" lunch service this week: "The one dish out of seven I got to taste that wasn't up to snuff does not convince me that I shouldn't go back early and often. Indeed, everything else I tasted was outstanding." [HautePlates]

Lucky Rooster [Photo: Josh Brasted]