FIRST IMPRESSIONS: HUDSON EATS
More quick reviews of the restaurants at the new Brookfield Place food court, Hudson Eats. This time: Umami Burger and Soho sandwich shop Olive’s.
WHY TRIBECA SPA OF TRANQUILITY WAS RAIDED
Owner Gary Latawiec has been arrested, with bail set at $1 million.
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CRUNCH IS TAKING OVER EASTERN ATHLETIC’S TRIBECA GYM
According to the comments, Eastern Athletic has not behaved well. Now the question is whether some other gym will move into the subterranean space at 66 Leonard….
SEEN & HEARD
••• 6/16: Clocktower bells silenced. Plus: Depressing news about the Chambers reconstruction; peony sale; Chinese food at Brookfield Place; “late-night” oyster deal; sanitation garage; the Reade Chambers.
••• 6/17: Hudson Street sidewalk plaza is finished. Plus: 1 World Trade Center strobe; 56 Leonard status; Dylan Prime clambake; Telepan Local artwork; Enterprise’s lame marketing; Kazumi Yoshida exhibit.
••• 6/18: Hudson Street construction update. Plus: Woolworth Building condo sales office; Macaron Café awning (and opening forecast); 443 Greenwich model unit; West Street billboard opportunity.
NORTHERN TIGER HAS PROMISE
The final slot at Hudson Eats inside Brookfield Place has been confirmed as Chinese food, with a team from a respected Lower East Side restaurant.
IN THE NEWS
••• 6/16: Tribeca husband accused of sham marriage. Plus: Buildings with gardens that are off-limits to everyone (even owners); this year’s River to River Festival; the widow of writer Michael Hastings; fashion designer Lela Rose.
••• 6/17: Fire at the Weinstein Company. Plus: 100 Franklin moving forward; possible rethink of Spruce Street School; new FiDi beer hall; Il Mulino steakhouse; washing the Gehry building’s windows; Southbridge Towers yard sale.
••• 6/18: Saks Fifth Avenue location revealed. Plus: Fulton Center likely delayed; another bank robbery; FiDi resident’s legal victory regarding Airbnb; vigilante straphanger; student banned for paper gun and threats; Time Inc. lease.