••• Harley-Davidson of NYC’s cones in the street and lock chained to a handrail in the public plaza. UPDATE: Added another pic from this afternoon of a bike parked on the Broadway sidewalk.

••• Racines NY kicks off lunch service today. It’s a set menu: $28 for appetizer and main, or $32 if you want dessert, too.

Appetizers
Mussels, Parmentier velouté
Confit cod, greens, citrus, fennel
Foie gras terrine and pear chutney (+ $12)

Mains
Skate, brown butter, capers, lemon, sweet potatoes
Duck confit, marble potatoes, maitake mushroom

Dessert
Poached pear, black currant sorbet, long pepper cream

••• Ibiza has opened its new Duane Street store: “We opened our doors yesterday,” emailed the owners, “although there remain many, many details yet to go. We have no Internet and no credit card capabilities yet, but we’re welcoming all our new neighbors and customers (sales on a cash basis until the phone connections are available).” Full report to come next week.

••• Sweet Lily nail salon will be closed for renovation Nov. 2-11.

••• Ticker-tape parade alert is now at red level: The Mets have made it to the World Series.

••• Pink paper has gone up in some of the windows in the old Josephine space on Greenwich. Maybe it’ll be a T-Mobile store! UPDATE: It’s P.S. 234’s annual Friends and Fashion pop-up store fundraiser.

••• China Institute is having a party on Oct. 24 to celebrate two new kid’s books: “Bring your loved ones as we make imperial arts-and-crafts, eat Beijing-style food, watch a live shadow puppet show, and so much more!”

••• Imitation is the sincerest form of fundraising: P.S. 3 is throwing a “Taste of…” event called West Village Eats this Saturday. There are some notable restaurants participating, including Piora, Perry St, RedFarm, Untitled, Dell’Anima, Kesté, Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery, and the Little Owl. If Perry St serves its chocolate pudding with candied violets, by all means get it.