FIRST IMPRESSIONS: IL MULINO
I was prepared for Il Mulino’s new Tribeca outpost to be expensive, but $14 for a dish of olives? $65 for branzino? If the food is good, that might be justifiable. But what if it’s not?

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TRIBECA HEALTH & FITNESS IS FIGHTING FOR ITS LIFE
A greedy landlord is one thing; a landlord that won’t honor the terms of a lease is another thing altogether. Here’s hoping the Lam Group rectifies matters—and fast.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/9: The renovated Film Forum. Plus: A mysterious bicycle; Hudson River Park bike path to be closed at night for construction; a blast from the past; deleting the Facebook app and loving it.
••• 8/10: The city skyline over time. Plus: How the former Souths building could be reimagined; the strange guy hanging outside a pediatrician’s office; new tenant for W. Broadway storefront; how to search this site.

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VALENTINE NO. 65
By this time every summer, Mother Nature starts reclaiming what’s rightly hers.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 8/9: The serial bank robber (above). Plus: History of a Lispenard building; new FiDi charter school upsets locals; La Mercerie’s charismatic manager.
••• 8/10: Spanish surrealist. Plus: Trump’s in-laws’ citizenship ceremony; restaurateur accused of “culture of fear”; local thefts; touching up the Alice in Wonderland mural; Oculus photo essay; La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; jazz in the 1970s.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Sonia Stock for correctly identifying last week’s “Where in Tribeca…?” Discover the answer for yourself.

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