FIRST IMPRESSIONS: AMADA
Amada, the big new Spanish restaurant in Brookfield Place, arrives with high expectations, thanks to chef Jose Garces’s James Beard Award and “Iron Chef” status. So how is it?

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MOTHER’S DAY IS THIS SUNDAY

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SHOOFLY IS CLOSING
The store has been a Tribeca institution for 30 years. Before it goes, there’s a big sale.

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NO MORE TIPPING AT NORTH END GRILL
How does the shift to “service included? affect the prices at North End Grill? Let’s compare the prices before and after. The real winner isn’t the staff….

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A POEM BY TRIBECA PAINT & HARDWARE
With a tear in our eye we say goodbye
to our friendly neighbors at Walker Supply.
But friends and customers—please have no fear,
As Tribeca Paint & Hardware is oh so near.
A 3-minute walk is all you’ll endure
And your hardware blues we are sure to cure.
Danny, Randy and Geo are ready to serve you,
To match prices and service and Benjamin Moore, too!
So drop on by and check us out beginning in May:
Just mention Walker for 10% off when you pay.
Sponsored.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/2: New exhibits at Mmuseumm—and one’s a real heartbreaker (above). Plus: The Verizon building on Pearl is getting glassed; JazzFest at Bogardus Plaza; Seaport Culture District lineup announced; Brad Greenwood works on paper show.
••• 5/3: Who’s behind the Raccoon Saloon. Plus: Is Marla Maples living in Tribeca?; TOAST Art Walk is coming up; first look at the “cast-iron inversion” facade on Walker; 443 Greenwich striptease.
••• 5/4: Reactions to the Five Boro Bike Tour. Plus: “Stop Shake Shack”; Greenwich Street cobblestones have deteriorated further; celebrate spring this Sunday at Duane Park; extended hours and more for the Tribeca Design District.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 5/2: Best dive bars (above). Plus: The Water Street arcade handover; Q&A with gallerist Hal Bromm; El Luchador’s new Lower East Side location; Westville FiDi not a done deal.
••• 5/3: Water Street arcades valued at $250 million. Plus: The artist Marisol has died; Brooklyn Bridge work to continue till 2022; Artists Space is leaving Soho and may take its Tribeca outpost with it; grilling on Governors Island; J. Crew CEO listed his Greenwich Street townhouse.
••• 5/4: The design for 2 World Trade Center. Plus: New ferry service to increase air pollution; Sheldon Silver sentenced; more thefts; Carson Street clothing shop is closing; outdoor seating at the new Le Pain Quotidien in Battery Park City; R & Company exhibits.

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COMMUNITY BOARD 1’S MAY AGENDAS
What’s being discussed at this month’s CB1 meetings: Westville is opening a FiDi restaurant; Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton will be filming here; Worth Street reconstruction update; Serafina liquor license; and much more.

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