ICE CREAM COMING SOON
We bumped into Debi Kahn, the owner of Downtown Yogurt & Ice Cream, coming out of her shop at 303 Greenwich today, and she said she is hoping for a soft opening late this week or early next, with the ultimate goal of having a grand opening on the first day of spring, March 20. This was the post from last September: Jersey City’s Downtown Yogurt & Ice Cream is opening a combination frozen yogurt/ice cream shop in the former Macaron Café space at 303 Greenwich. “The shop will feature Bassett’s Ice Cream (America’s oldest ice cream, since 1861) and Frogurt frozen yogurt (as found at Bloomingdale’s Forty Carrots),” emailed Mark Kahn, who founded the company in 2014 with his wife, Debi. “The ‘self-serve’ format will give customers the ability to also choose from over 50 toppings.”

VIEW OF COLOR VUE
It looks like Color Vue Hair Lounge, which I am guessing is a hair coloring salon, is poised to open at 23 Warren, just east of Church. E. snapped this while walking by. They have no web presence at all (???) so will stroll on over later to see what’s what.

TRIBECA GALLERY WALK MARCH 10
It’s a big week for gallery walks: in addition to Thursday’s Tribeca Art+Culture night, on Sunday you can follow up with the first annual Tribeca Gallery Walk — scheduled to coincide with the Independent Art Fair, on March 10 from 10a to 1p. The walk will showcase participating galleries in Tribeca and conclude with a panel about Tribeca’s new gallery landscape moderated by Eileen Kinsella.

IN THE OLD SUN IN BLOOM SPOT…
…B. spotted what looks like the soon-to-be open coffee shop called Hungry Ghost. The Brooklyn-based chain has six locations there, as well as one at NYU. Their specialty is espresso, and they made this cool interactive map from the Times on the city’s best coffee spots. Thanks to F. for the updated photo.

HE’S WATCHING
Spotted in the window of the First National Bank building at 415 Broadway, the southwest corner with Canal (the site of the yet-to-be-seen Italian market). Any clues?