NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: STUZZICHERIA
The restaurant, a spin-off the Flatiron’s Bar Stuzzichini, opens tonight at Church and Walker. “I’ve done big restaurants and small ones,” says owner Gerard Renny (at left in the photo, with his son, Max, who’ll be overseeing Stuzzicheria). “I personally don’t like big restaurants. I’d rather have four small restaurants than one big one.”

CALENDAR: AUG. 20–SEPT. 6
This weekend in and around Tribeca: “Xanadu” sing-along; New Amsterdam Market (including ice-cream fest and tomato tasting) and Fulton Stall Market; Josef von Sternberg double feature (“Dishonored,” “Shanghai Express”); Upperclass Men concert; Brian Newman Jazz Trio; AceFest film festival; Charlie Mars and Jenny Owen Youngs concert; Melody Sweets; Chinatown walking tour; “A Surprise in Texas,” doc about the Van Cliburn piano contest; more….

THE TCQ&A: “I’M INTRIGUED BY 135 HUDSON”
Annika K. Martin (left)—a lawyer and a recruiting captain for the 2010 NY Locavore Challenge—shows us around her Tribeca, including the fancy restaurant she’s curious to try and the food truck she wishes would come back at night.

IN THE NEWS
••• 8/17 roundup: Fashion’s Night Out. Plus: The Innocence Project takes 20K square feet in Tribeca; Vice co-founder Shane Smith; mezcal tasting; “Mad Men” visits Washington Market; 40 Gold.
••• 8/18 roundup: Million Dollar Quartet. Plus: Edward Albee; Liquor Store photo shoot; hard-hat tour of 1 World Trade; a vacant lot on Greenwich sells; 60 Beach penthouse.
••• 8/19 roundup: Morimoto’s new restaurant has a name. Plus: Maserati update; FiDi for singles; the aquarium “trend”; nautical design; and what would a news roundup be without an item or three about Park51?

SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/17 roundup: New bus-stop signage. Plus: Deals at Torly Kid and Khushi; Tribeca Grill Rhône wine event; Elvis Day at Tribeca Treats; opening tonight at Jack Hanley Gallery.
••• 8/18 roundup: TAMA Studios. Plus: Cupcakes for charity; origami class for kids; quality Japanese food; City Hall Park.
••• 8/19 roundup: New Seaport cafés—the one pictured at left is only open for two days, the other debuts in October. Plus: Gap deal; City Hall Park construction.

WHERE IN TRIBECA
I’m the kind of guy dork who’s fascinated by what people write in the wet concrete of sidewalks, and yet I had never noticed this particular note before—and I’ve passed by it maybe 900 times. (It’s not at a certain café on Greenwich….)