NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: VERVE WINE
Fans of the hit documentary Somm—and wine in general—will want to visit the Verve Wine shop: One of the film’s stars, Master Sommelier Dustin Wilson, is a partner in the venture. “My background is in restaurants, and I want to inject that level of hospitality into the store,” he says. Read all about it.

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STAY WARM SALE
Stay Warm & Take up to 30% off at Best Made Company’s shop in Tribeca. Visit us at 36 White Street during our holiday hours: Monday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Sunday 11am-7pm. Get the gear that will get you out there. Sponsored.

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GOTHAM BIKES IS CLOSING
But there’s hope that the store—which has been in Tribeca for more than 30 years—will find a new home here.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 11/21: Chinatown buses keep offloading here. Plus: Thom Browne store confirmed; Ronnybrook is taking a winter break from the Tribeca Greenmarket; pretty restoration on Broadway; Ziploc art.
••• 11/22: Bouley’s delayed departure. Plus: Premature excitement over the removal of a sidewalk shed; first impressions of Lalo restaurant (above); pizzeria and school; 5 Franklin Place half-finished at street level; Lower Manhattan in Fantastic Beasts.
••• 11/23: Laight Street traffic petition. Plus: Start dates for brunch and breakfast at Augustine; World Trade Center mall’s holiday light show; Ward III doesn’t look much closer to reopening; David Weeks Studio’s Brooklyn sale; 101 Warren sidewalk shed.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 11/21: Brushstroke’s future. Plus: Opening forecast for chef Eiji Ichimura’s new restaurant; Macao Trading Co.’s new chef updated the menu; 9/11 Museum and Memorial lost $25.2 million in its first year; forthcoming exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian.
••• 11/22: Fashion designer Jason Wu’s Tribeca apartment. Plus: Video of the whale in New York Harbor; carpet and furniture designer Lucy Tupu (above); woman fends off thief at subway station.
••• 11/23: Another pedestrian-only street in FiDi? Plus: New identity for Brushstroke’s sushi counter; more neighborhood thefts; man attacked subway operator; John Street Church celebrates its 250th anniversary.

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