NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: HOLY GROUND
While A Summer Day Café evokes an afternoon at the seaside, its half-sibling downstairs, Holy Ground, is more of a night in the big city. “We were inspired by classic New York City establishments like the 21 Club and Keens,” says restaurateur Matt Abramcyk. Check it out.

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A SMOOTHIE BAR IS OPENING HERE
“We’ve made each smoothie and açai bowl with just around 20 grams of sugar or less,” says Lyfeping. “That’s half the amount you’ll get anywhere else—and totally revolutionary in the smoothie industry today.” Read the menu.

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THE BENNETT HAS CLOSED
The owner had been shopping the W. Broadway space around for a while; evidently no one bit.

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HARRY & IDA’S LUNCHEONETTE HAS CLOSED
The restaurant lasted only 11 months.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/30: Inside Wisefish Poké. Plus: Beautiful Canal Street building is getting painted; ice cream at Canal Street Market being replaced by kakigori; Chambers Street condo update; Gitano misters; Franklin Street gallery to remain private; plastic-bag art.
••• 7/31: A new tenant on Greenwich (above). Plus: Registration open for Paul Ruggeri Gymnastics; Jupioca confirmed its new location; checking in on the hotel under construction in Northwest Tribeca; more fireboat tickets; “architectural crime scene.”
••• 8/1: The former Bouley space has sold. Plus: Beautification of a Chambers Street building; Mmuseumm catalog; Franklin storefront activity; advice on how to thwart ADA-abusing lawyers.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 7/30: Recreating El Internacional, the restaurant that preceded El Teddy’s (above). Plus: Plans filed for a 35-story rental tower on Broadway; Two Hands owners say they’re looking to open a third location; Battery Dance documentary.
••• 7/31: Drama at the hair salon. Plus: The New York Times names Yves a “Critic’s Pick”; Beekman Street restaurant would seem to be up in the air; the Seaport District’s Tin Building has been dismantled.
••• 8/1: Fire at the Greenwich Hotel. Plus: History of a Duane Street building; two new ferry routes debut this month; Oaxacan menu at Añejo; commercial storefront available in Taylor Swift’s building; another Issey Miyake store.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“Anyone know what’s going in on the southeast corner of Spring and Hudson? Lots of diggers there.” —M. The answer.

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