YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHO’S MOVING INTO TELEPAN LOCAL
It’s a restaurant and a creative outlet, all in one.

••••••••••••••••

TWO HANDS IS OPENING A CAFÉ HERE
Turns out we are indeed getting an Australian café to go with our Austrian one.

••••••••••••••••

TRYOUT TO JOIN NYC’S ONLY ALL-GIRLS SOCCER CLUB
Gotham Girls Football Club Try-Outs May 8th and 15th. Gotham Girls is the only NYC soccer club devoted solely to girls—providing formative and development soccer training for girls ages 8 to 17. Our dedicated Gotham Girls coaches instill a love of the game, develop the individual girls as unique players, ready them to compete at the highest level, and help the girls reach their full potential as players, students, and people. For more information about Gotham Girls FC, and to register for a try-out date, please go to our website, http://gothamgirls.org. Sponsored.

••••••••••••••••

ANOTHER NAIL SALON?
But this would be a fancy one by Jin Soon. “It feels more like it belongs in the spa category than the nail salon category,” says a reader.

••••••••••••••••

SEEN & HEARD
••• 4/30: Window washers risking death. Plus: Church Street demolition starting soon; confirmation of American Flatbread plan; finished planting at last 9/11 Memorial corner; Leonard repaving; Downtown Alliance holiday stars; Downtown Little School auction; karaoke bar revealed.
••• 5/1: Almond’s brunch menu includes baby food. Plus: Añejo is opening a downstairs lounge called Abajo; new Tribeca Park sculpture to be installed soon (also, a talk with the artist); Maison Kayser build-out; something up at Nassau and Beekman; El Vez Burrito soft serve.
••• 5/2: Inside Le District’s market. Plus: More cops making that illegal right turn; Protesting the closing of Tribeca Pizzeria; romantic comedy shoot; know an organization that needs children books?
••• 5/3: Film-shoot overkill. Plus: Part of the Reade Chambers is unveiled; Warren Street bar; an update on Collect Pond Park; L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon signage; puppet performance.

••••••••••••••••

A MOTHER’S DAY INVITATION FROM DA CLAUDIO
Linda and Claudio Marini of Da Claudio invite you to spend Mother’s Day with us in support of Every Mother Counts, a non-profit maternal health organization very dear to our hearts. This Sunday, we’re donating 20% of our proceeds to Every Mother Counts. Book a table today for lunch (12-3 p.m.) or dinner (5-10:30 p.m.); we’ll be serving our full menu along with springtime specials and a surprise cocktail. 212-285-2668, daclaudionyc.com. Sponsored.

••••••••••••••••

IN THE NEWS
••• 4/30: The first “Express Starbucks” is on Wall Street. Plus: The Battery Park City Authority’s questionable PR hire; a visit to architect Joe Eisner’s Tribeca loft; Brooklyn Fare to open in the D’Agostino’s space in the Archive building.
••• 5/1: North Cove Marina is still in limbo. Plus: Battery Park City Chipotle opening date; work starting on Cortlandt Street subway station; New York Times whines about Tribeca again; FiDi retail mystery.

••••••••••••••••

SPOTLIGHT: TRIBECA UPHOLSTERY & DRAPERIES
“I didn’t want to work in an office anymore, so I took classes in sewing, decoupage, and race-car driving,” says Debra Miller of how she came to start Tribeca Upholstery & Draperies. “I thought to myself, Which one can I make a career out of?” Read the Q&A. And thanks again to Claudine Williams for the terrific photos!

••••••••••••••••

WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to James for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to discover the answer.) We’ll play again Friday morning.

••••••••••••••••

Subscribe to the Tribeca Citizen email newsletter by clicking this link and following the instructions—you can unsubscribe at any time. To advertise, contact tribecacitizen@gmail.com (or simply reply to this email).