Newsletter: Sept. 20

LOFT PEEPING: MARIO GRAUSO & SERKAN SARIER
The two gentlemen, whose beautiful three-bedroom Tribeca apartment is featured in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar, walk the high/low line by eating takeout on Hermès plates while seated at a marble table under a crystal chandelier. That’s it pictured above, actually. The model is only brought out for special occasions.

KUTSHER’S TRIBECA IS OPEN FOR LUNCH AGAIN
After a summer break, Kutsher’s Tribeca is back to serving lunch on weekdays, both in the dining room and express-style at the bar. Favorites include the Reuben, house-cured pastrami (pictured), Country Club Chopped Salad, duck borscht, pastrami Reuben egg roll, and quinoa salad. And of course there’s brunch on weekends (10 a.m.–3 p.m.), with egg dishes, challah French toast, and more. Delivery is available via phone orders and Seamless. Sponsored

PANE PANELLE HAS CLOSED
The ever-restless restaurant Pane Panelle (née Stuzzicheria) has shuttered, alas. I’m hearing whispers that a neighbor is getting involved in what’s replacing it….

IN THE NEWS
••• 9/17: Occupy Wall Street again. Plus: American Stock Exchange building sold at huge profit; Stuyvesant cheating scandal in depth; fish market buildings; Chinatown hideosity.
••• 9/18: Big Washington Street building. Plus: Where’s the Pier 40 effort?; new Mexican restaurant in FiDi; 9/11 Memorial trees; a Tribecan’s Tribeca.
••• 9/19: Film stills in real life. Plus: Downtown office space is booming, or not; stylish wearers of glasses; ARC Athletics; Zadroga Act faces cuts; 66 Leonard penthouse; Hudson Square rezoning.

EVER WISH HOUSEGUESTS WOULD PAY?
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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: DIRTY BIRD TO-GO
“No growth hormones, no antibiotics,” says Dirty Bird To-Go founder Joseph Ciriello. “It’s the way I eat. I want to know where my food is coming from—especially at the low end, and especially with chicken. I’d never buy a Perdue supermarket chicken.” Check out the menu and decor (and a report on the fried chicken).

SEEN & HEARD
••• 9/17: Gong show. Plus: Dirty Bird open; free geraniums; free coffee (or cookies) with purchase; last Crab Night of the summer; Richard Belzer.
••• 9/18: Woody Allen filming here (possibly with Cate Blanchett). Plus: Low Line sneak peek; water tower myth; Taste of the Seaport; Karkula divests; Chabad of Tribeca/Soho; Tribeca Canvas logo.
••• 9/19: The Woodman and Alec Baldwin. Plus: 70 Franklin going residential; cobblestoned crosswalks; Cavaniola’s sandwich press; 55 White trees; Jennifer Gilbert; artist Liam Dean.

 

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