Noma co-founder and Nordic empire builder Claus Meyer is hosting “The Art of Food” next year, where 25 chefs will make dishes inspired by different art. The chef Jeremiah Del Sol used to work at Bar Bolonat.

Casino Clam Bar, at 160 Havemeyer Street, offers shrimp cocktail, clam chowder, uni pasta, and white clam Grandma pizza. Williamsburg neighborhood restaurant master Joe Carroll has flipped the space for shuttered vegetable-heavy tasting menu restaurant Semilla into a clam bar. Semilla in Williamsburg turns into a clam bar Other bars doing holiday pop-ups already in business include the annual Miracle on 9th Street in the East Village, The Winter Room at The Roof near Central Park, and Sleyenda, a pop-up at Leyenda in Boerum Hill. The former No Malice Palace space has been taken over by Donner and Blitzen’s Reindeer Lounge, a holiday pop-up bar with tons of lights and cocktails like an “Elf Nog.” After the new year, NMP will reopen with its old vibes it had previously closed after the owner died.

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