Newsletter: Nov. 27

Matt BernsonNEW KID ON THE BLOCK: DA CLAUDIO
Imagine if Seaport favorite Barbarini Alimentari moved to the big city and embraced craft cocktails, and you’ll have an idea of what to expect at Da Claudio, now open on Ann Street. Check out the space and the menu.

GREENWICH STREET RESTAURANT GETS OKED
The Landmarks Preservation Commission was pleased with the revised restaurant plans for the single-story garage at Greenwich and Desbrosses: It won’t be white, and it won’t have a high wall around the front yard.

IN THE NEWS
••• 11/24: Chambers construction update. Plus: West Thames pedestrian bridge moves forward; misbegotten employee policies at Bed Bath & Beyond, Brooks Brothers, and Regal Cinemas; new Seaport martial arts studio.
••• 11/25: Le District restaurant to open soon. Plus: Tribeca Film Festival might settle uptown; mulling potential change at the North Cove Marina; another FiDi tower; People’s sexiest chef; Native American jewelry.
••• 11/26: Inside Beyoncé and Jay Z’s apartment. Plus: New women’s fashion boutique confirmed; renderings for Fulton Street tower; Southbridge privatization approved; what to donate to the New York City Rescue Mission; 30-story building coming to John Street.

NOSY NEIGHBOR
“What’s in the ground-level space at 11 Warren? The wood blinds are constantly closed, and there is a stylized ‘W’ above the door.” —B. The answer.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 11/24: Nexxus hair salon on N. Moore. Plus: Baked got its cake pole; progress at 11 N. Moore; new location for Kim’s Cleaners; Desbrosses ghost sign; Duane Street storefront renovation; Spring Street Salt Shed; Canal landmark improvement.
••• 11/25: Church Street park potential. Plus: Megu auction; checking in on 56 Leonard; any sign of progress at Tetsu?; shopping benefit.
••• 11/26: Final spine attached to the World Trade Center oculus. Plus: Colin Quinn to tend bar; American Flatbread’s arts-and-crafts hut; Seaport Hideaway has soft-opened; a pro-development group in the Seaport; Adoro Lei pizzeria; chartered buses.

FIELD TRIP: BUSHWICK
Doing minimal research had worked out so well for our Greenpoint walkabout that Andrea and I figured we’d be OK in Bushwick—and we were wrong. But hey, pizza.

 

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