SUPERMARKET PRICE CHECK!
What’s the cheapest grocery store in Tribeca? I compared the prices for 14 items at Best Market, Whole Foods, Gourmet Garage, and FreshDirect. The results might surprise you.

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FREE 3-DAY GUEST PASS & TRAINING SESSION AT CRUNCH
Due to no fault of Crunch’s (which means it was entirely my error), yesterday’s email blast didn’t include the link to the complimentary three-day pass with personal training session. So click here or the image above and you’ll be on your way. Apologies to the nice, forgiving folks at Crunch!

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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: WICKED JUICE & KITCHEN
The first outpost of Wicked Juice and Kitchen has opened in the former Jamba Juice space on W. Broadway. “If I say so myself, we have some of the richest juice,” says co-founder Brian Schoenberger. Plus: A coupon for $2 off any smoothie. Take a look around.

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HELP YOUR KIDS ACE THE STATE STANDARDIZED EXAMS
Grade 3 and 4 Test Prep at Reade Street Prep offers group tutoring for state standardized exams in Math and English Language Arts. The standards-based curriculum utilizes workbooks, practice exams, and supplemental materials, along with techniques to alleviate anxiety. The instructor, a local educator with 14 years’ experience in NYC elementary schools, has extensive knowledge of the testing program, having served as a test coordinator, state/district scorer, and direct student instructor. The 90-minute, biweekly sessions start next week, with only 10 students per session. For details, visit rsprep.com/3rd4th-test-prep or email info@rsprep.com. Sponsored.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 2/22: First reviews of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub (one rant, one rave.) Plus: Three small Battery Park City businesses making way for a big chain restaurant; Q&A with Best Market store manager; residential real estate in the Civic Center area; inside Café Altro Paradiso; midcentury Brazilian design.
••• 2/23: No federal flood protection money for Lower Manhattan. Plus: Morton Street school zone to be announced; mosaic plaques at the Canal/Broadway subway station; the Odeon’s granola; Gentle Monster eyewear boutique; private art collection; another pro hockey player lives here.
••• 2/24: One Tribeca building got through the Landmarks logjam—and one didn’t. Plus: Which parts of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub will open (and when); an anti-hub rant; yet another Starbucks theft; map of television shoots.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 2/22: No sign of Target yet. Plus: Renderings of the Broadway hotel and its Blue Bottle café (above); the first public meeting of the Tribeca Alliance; Casey Neistat tests rocket shoes and takes on the Harley-Davidson dealership; comparing 3 and 4 World Trade Center; first look at what might be included at Trinity Church’s new FiDi tower.
••• 2/23: Another 7-Eleven? Plus: New Jersey’s superior Jenga building; Mulberry & Vine’s second location debuts soon; Brookfield Place suit store opening next month; yet another “Law & Order: SVU” shoot.
••• 2/24: Gay pride events are coming back to Pier 26. Plus: Menswear accessory inspired by Franklin Street; Espasso opening a Miami outpost; Broadway stars perform Cole Porter songs; photography show at Hazan Projects.

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JOY GRYSON IS MOVING OUT
No word yet on whether the handbag store will reopen in the neighborhood, but in the meantime stop by soon for a big sale.

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