Newsletter: August 26

NEW(ISH) KID: SOLA LAB
Sola Lab is the idea factory behind Soho’s Sola Pasta Bar and Fidi’s The Pastagram — three new concept restaurants by two Italian foodie entrepreneurs.

SEEN & HEARD
Two Hands open for dinner soon. Plus play pickleball on Wednesdays in Battery Park City; three fancy pop-up restaurants from afar at Spring Studios; a look back to the 1940 Vesuvio Bakery.

IN THE NEWS
After more than two decades, Barry Manilow’s musical finally gets a New York run. Plus inside the Museum of Future Experiences; another Tribeca art gallery; WeWork moving in to 83 Maiden.

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK
Compiled from Tom Miller’s posts at Daytonian in Manhattan, the History of Tribeca Buildings database now has more than 125 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you’ve come to expect. Here are six recent additions, published in two posts — linked here and here.

IN THE NEWS
Museum of Ice Cream opening Soho location. Plus fighter jets over the Hudson; park vendors lose a legal battle; Meryl Streep’s still trying to sell penthouse.

WHERE IN TRIBECA?
This find from “Where in Tribeca?” guest editor Sonia Stock is also a “What in Tribeca?” from my perspective. Comment if you know the answer to either question.

 

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