IL MATTO HAS CLOSED
The restaurant at Church and White has shut down, but its owners have new plans—namely, to move the bar and stay open later. They brought those plans to last night’s meeting of the CB1 Tribeca Committee, where they met resistance.

IN THE NEWS
••• 4/11 roundup: The fences for Battery Park’s turkey-shaped farm come via the Met. Plus: Little league festivities; dissecting a sale at 101 Warren; Pier A oyster farm; Korin.
••• 4/12 roundup: Food truck explosion. Plus: The dog skeleton in Tom Otterness’s closet; big media tenant at 100 Church; Brushstroke; 471 Washington sales report.
••• 4/13 roundup: Alexander Wang’s loft (a shame all about the fur and animal skins). Plus: $30 million triplex on Duane; Theater Bar’s banquettes; more Stuzzicheria changes; Lake Deutsche Bank; Seaport Museum; more.

TCQ&A: “THE COOKIES AT GOODIE GIRL CAFE ARE CRAZY GOOD”
Opera singer and Bogardus Garden advocate Tory Weil on the restaurant with a great Sunday-night deal, the celebrity resident she tried to impress, and the apartment building she covets.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 4/11 roundup: FasTracKids expanding. Plus: Tribeca Film Festival tickets; artist Coco Masuda’s sale; Neighbor Night at the Flea; RBC barista excels.
••• 4/13 roundup: “Planting” a new church. Plus: Stuzzicheria’s new chef; Capucine sample sale/trunk show today; Billy Bragg, Joan Osborne, and Taylor Hicks at City Winery; Moomah’s journal.

PERMASCAFFOLDING
A reader’s rant inspires the question: Which building’s longstanding scaffolding bothers you the most?

12 TWEETS OF TRIBECA
Welcome to Tweebeca, where everything is just poo in comparison.