Food FYI: It’s Cinco de Mayo somewhere

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CINCO DE MAYO COCKTAILS

Imbibe magazine lists 12 cocktail recipes featuring tequila and mezcal, including an Anejo Smash (aged tequila with a ‘splash of minty freshness’) and a Smokey Negroni (mezcal, Dolin vermouth, Campari).

GOOD CHEAP WINE

The search for $15-and-under wines leads Food & Wine to discover a few gems, even ones whose bottles have animals on the label. But here’s a tip: Splurge when it comes to Pinot Noir.

EASY RESSIES

Reserve My City, a Foursquare add-on that lets you make restaurant reservations, gets called a ‘genius idea’ at Mashable. After you find a new restaurant and add it to your Foursquare to-do list, Reserve My City sends an e-mail with a map and a “Reserve Now” link to OpenTable. ‘Frictionless.’

COFFEE, PLEASE

Wired checks out the ‘robotic baristas’ at Briggo coffee shop at the University of Texas. (They sound like fancy coffee vending machines.)

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Tom Bergin’s soft opening

Construction to start soon on Connie & Ted’s

José Andrés can add dean to his growing list of titles

-- Betty Hallock