SPOTLIGHT: LANGDON FLORIST
“I still pride myself on doing things the old-fashioned way,” says Joe Rizzo of Langdon Florist. “I tell people to come in and see what we have. It’s better than any website. And I like to be known for being fair—like we say in Italian, abbondanza!” Read the Q&A (with photos by Claudine Williams).

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FAIRWAY MARKET IS STILL ON
“I can guarantee you that it will be probably different than other Fairways,” says Fairway’s CEO. But it’s delayed for at least a year.

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TREAT YOURSELF TO HAPPY HOUR AT GRAN MORSI
Gran Morsi, the stylish new Italian restaurant on Warren Street, now has a happy hour: All house specialty cocktails, beers, and select wines are $8 at the bar from from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday. You’ll want to stay for dinner: “Executive Chef Kenneth Johnson turns out inventive takes on familiar favorites, from lobster parmigiana to Barolo-braised black Angus short ribs and brick oven pizza,” says Luxury Attaché. And remember, Gran Morsi has a private space downstairs that works for any kind of event or meeting, with room for up to 110 seated or 175 standing (and elevator access, too). 22 Warren St. (between Church and Broadway), 212-577-2725; granmorsi.com. Sponsored.

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NEW DANISH FURNITURE STORE ON LAIGHT
Give a warm welcome to Baxter & Liebchen, the Danish Modern specialists formerly of DUMBO.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 5/25: The Four Seasons restaurant in FiDi? (Or Tribeca?) A few theories as to exactly where. Plus: Lawsuit over boorish behavior at Goldman Sachs; more American Cut outposts in the works.
••• 5/26: Growing up in 1980s Tribeca (above photo by Ronnie Landfield). Plus: Homes with “safe rooms”; Battery Place Market’s Nepalse staffers’ fundraising drive; “Law & Order” fans are reviewing Manhattan Criminal Court online.
••• 5/27: Battery Park is now officially just “The Battery.” Plus: Inside the One World Observatory restaurants; more details on the Spotted Pig folks’ dining complex at 70 Pine; river rescue last night; Jacques Capsouto, winemaker; Fairway update.

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PETITE ABEILLE WILL BECOME A BAR
The participation of a Petite Abeille principal in the new bar would allow the establishment to use its existing liquor license—with, possibly, late closing hours.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/26: The balcony lights at 56 Leonard. Plus: Bad sign for Geoffrey Zakarian restaurant in the Super Linda space; floors done at Gourmet Garage; VBar in the Seaport is open; sister bars on our stretch of Sixth Avenue; Soho’s Beau Brummel is going out of business after 56 years; 1st Precinct meeting.
••• 5/27: Sacco & Vanzetti Bistro is opening soon. Plus: Saleya will be open through year’s end; Laughing Man’s street seating; California menswear pop-up; film shoot in northwest Tribeca.

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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: MING UTILITY AND ENTERTAINMENT
The creative agency’s new shop on Peck Slip will change the merchandise every three months. Currently featured: British designer Tom Dixon.

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