Food & Drink
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MIDTOWN MEALS
The Taste of Times Square festival offers treats from more than 50 Midtown restaurants, from Applebee’s to Virgil’s Real Barbecue. Today, 3 p.m. tickets available, 5-8 p.m. tastings, West 46th Street between Broadway and Ninth Avenue, $1 each food ticket. Go to www.timessquarenyc.org for more information.
DRINK UP
The Upper West Side restaurant Calle Ocho will pour its 1-millionth mojito this week. In a nice excuse to partake of a few summer drinks, the lucky customer who orders the seven-figure cocktail will win a $1,000 gift certificate to the restaurant and a case of rum. To day through Sunday, today-Thursday, 6-11 p.m., Friday, 6 p.m.-midnight, Saturday, 5 p.m.-midnight, Sunday, 5-10 p.m., Calle Ocho, 446 Columbus Ave., between 81st and 82nd streets, 212-873-5025.
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