SECOND ACTS: SYLVIA WEINSTOCK, CITY’S PREMIER CAKE DESIGNER
Forty years ago, a home cook and teacher ditched her life in the suburbs and bought a walkup on Church Street to start a business. The plan worked.

SPA TREATMENTS AT HOME
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THE CANDIDATES 2021: ERIC ADAMS FOR MAYOR
The Brooklyn borough president and former police officer on placard parking, commercial rent tax breaks and red tap.

THE CANDIDATES 2021: RAY MCGUIRE FOR MAYOR
The head of investment banking at Citi discusses congestion pricing, property taxes and rent vouchers.

BUDDHA BAR LOOKS TO BE (FINALLY) ON ITS WAY
It’s been five years since the bar first applied for a liquor license for the huge space on Thomas; now it looks like they will open this summer.

MISTER DIPS COMING TO SEAPORT
Shakes and burgers from Andrew Carmellini. Plus Steven Soderbergh opens Tribeca Film Festival at The Battery; Frenchette Bakery delivers; gardening for kids.

IN THE NEWS
Rolling in Ring Dings. Plus a potential plan to move the Statue of Liberty line to Pier A; Starbucks shifting its retail strategy; Eater’s new Soho list.

FONDA COMING TO FORMER SAVIDA SPACE
An upscale Mexican restaurant with longstanding outlets in Park Slope and Chelsea is taking the former Savida space on Duane.

SEEN & HEARD
Egrets at Western Union: A local photog captures the wading birds in Jamaica Bay. Plus free entry to the Wavertree all summer; Gwenn Thomas at API; Dr Smood on Hubert still in play.