BROADWAY IS GETTING ITS FIRST REAL RESTAURANT
And it’s an Andrew Carmellini restaurant, no less—a sister to Locanda Verde, Little Park, and the Dutch.

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SPOTLIGHT: LANCE LAPPIN SALON
“The surprise is that even as Tribeca has grown so much, it has still remained a community of families,” says Lance Lappin, who founded the Lance Lappin Salon with his wife, Ivy, back in 1985. They’ve lived here since around that time, too. Read the Q&A, with photos by Claudine Williams.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 2/25: More ineptitude from Battery Park City security guards. Plus: Trinity Church decides to build offices, not condos, in its tower; the ferry routes to be introduced next year; Battery Park City man arrested on weapons charge; Community Board 1 rejects Water Street land grab.
••• 2/26: The World Trade Center Transportation Hub opens on Thursday (photo by @WTCProgress). Plus: Another interview with the architect, Santiago Calatrava; Tribeca parent on the kindergarten process; Worth Street reconstruction update, of sorts; yesterday’s suspicious package in FiDi was a dud.

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ROSANJIN HAS CLOSED
The kaiseki restaurant, which was on Duane for seven years, received one star from Michelin.

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

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 2/25: Taste of Tribeca tickets are now on sale—and here’s a code to save $5. Plus: The World Trade Center Transportation Hub at night; food art at Gourmet Garage; Baked wisdom; Broadway reconstruction might end even earlier than expected.
••• 2/26: Two more closings (a restaurant and a gallery). Plus: Clarification from BMCC about which parts are public; Taco House is now serving Chinese food; a musical “Alice in Wonderland.”
••• 2/27: Two Hands opens Monday morning [i.e., today; that’s it above]. Plus: The new location of Mariachi’s debuts Monday, too; Bernie Sanders march on Broadway this morning; create-your-own-nail-polish parlor; Pakistan art gallery; New City Art Fair in Tribeca next week.

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FLINDERS LANE IS NOT HAPPENING
No word on why the modern Australian restaurant decided to punt.

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