September 2, 2012 Restaurant/Bar News, Shopping
At the risk of exhausting your interest in All Good Things, I couldn’t resist posting some photos that Diane Cimine took on opening day. (I’m in the country resting, breathing the fresh air, and updating my blog because I can’t stop.) Plus: Have you been? What did you think?
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Was there late yesterday afternoon and they had a nice crowd. Had some ice cream which was a much better bargain then the $5 cup at Odeon. I wish them luck and hopefuly folks will support them.
I’ve been there every day since opening. Each day it seems that the businesses are getting more and more in the groove. The croissants have been only ok. The cheese monger looks good and the coffee bar is busy every time i go. Meats look good. Produce looks very nice but is limited. It wold be helpful if there were suggestions of recipes from the produce folks or how about an integrated meal plan from several of the merchants’ offerings. Hope they make it.
After I grumbled that it was one more nail in the coffin of “old” TriBeCa, it turns out that the current owner of Orwasher’s is Allen Cohen’s son. Allen owned TriBeCa Oven, and had the bread stall at the Greenwich Street Greenmarket in the 1990s. It was the best bread around, and you don’t get more authentic New York City than Allen. He’s a terrific guy, and I’m told he’ll be coming around the Franklin Street store. And the Jewish rye (with caraway seeds) doesn’t get better. So I’m going back.
All Good Things is all good! Went into today and bought Nunu’s chocolate covered coffee beans (yum); a handful of the best looking heirloom tomatoes you’ve ever seen which will be eaten shortly; roasted nut mix and prosciutto from Cavaniola’s, bread for our Labor Day hamburgers tonight and the most incredible roast beef and ham sandwiches from Dickson’s Farmstand Meats. And their meats look so amazing, I will only be buying from them in the future. I’m a Nebraska girl and I know the look of great beef. I hope everyone supports this terrific co-op market. The people behind the stands are the warmest, most generous and grateful people you’ll ever meet. The only downside is that there isn’t an eating/drinking space inside which completes the sweet community piece of a market like this. I’m a Tribecan of 32 years and this feels like the old TriBeCa. Anyone remember Morgan’s butcher counter?