Weekend Fare: Mermaids and Gay Pride In conjunction with the 30th annual Mermaid Parade, the Coney Island Brewing Company, 12th Street and Surf Avenue, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, will offer tastings on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. of four new beers. One is Shmaltz Brewing's Mermaid Pilsner. This weekend's gay pride celebrations include a number of specials offered by restaurants and bars, many along the parade route on Sunday. Here are some options: - Soho House New York, 29-35 Ninth Avenue (between West 13th and 14th Streets), in the meatpacking district, throws a party on Saturday starting at noon on its rooftop with dancing, entertainment and drink specials. Guests of the hotel are welcome. - Near the end of the gay pride parade, The Spotted Pig, 314 West 11th Street (Greenwich Street), in the Village will have a party starting around 5:30 p.m. on the restaurant's second floor. Specialty shots will be served along with drink specials and a D.J. spinning throughout the night. - Highpoint Bistro and Bar, 215 Seventh Avenue (West 23rd Street), in Chelsea, is offering a deal on spiked frozen pink lemonade for $6, usually $12, through Sunday. - Ktchn Restaurant, 510 West 42nd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues), opened this week at the new Out NYC, which its owners have billed as the first gay hotel in New York. The executive chef Dale Schnell is serving upscale American comfort food. On Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Regional Cheese and Dairy Fair, at the New Amsterdam Market, South Street (Beekman Street) in the South Street Seaport, features nearly two dozen cheesemakers and mongers offering samples and selling their wares. Alcohol and caffeine mix on Sunday during the second annual Coffee Cocktail Mashup at Weather Up, 159 Duane Street (between West Broadway and Hudson Street), in TriBeCa, from 5 to 7 p.m. Baristas and bartenders, including Teresa von Fuchs of Dallis Bros. Coffee and Meaghan Doorman of Raines Law Room, will face off in a competition that helps raise funds to offset costs for attendees of the Tale of the Cocktails event in New Orleans next month. Tickets, available online, are $20 per person. Brunch is served for the first time at Molyvos, 871 Seventh Avenue (between 55th and 56th Streets), in Midtown, since it opened 15 years ago. Beginning Saturday, weekend brunch is offered 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The chef, Jim Bostsacos, will offer a $24 two-course prix-fixe menu (which includes an appetizer, a main course and a complimentary beverage) and an à la carte menu full of other Greek favorites. Gran Elèctrica, 5 Front Street (beneath the Brooklyn Bridge), in Dumbo, Brooklyn, starts brunch this weekend, from noon to 3 p.m., with a menu that includes staples like huevos rancheros and newer dishes like nopales con huevo, a prickly pear cactus, served with tomatoes and jalapenos. At Southern Hospitality BBQ, 645 Ninth Avenue (West 45th Street), in Hell's Kitchen, the Sunday brunch service is now a Boozy Bluegrass Brunch from 12:15 to 3:45 p.m. The band Fresh Baked will perform live each week.