RACINES WILL REINVENT ITSELF IN THE FALL
The restaurant opened on Chambers in 2014 and almost immediately became a destination for locals and those from afar. It will close on July 30 and reopen by the end of the year as a new restaurant.

TAMID OPENS NEW SITE IN WESTCHESTER
Tamid, the downtown synagogue we love, is opening a new location in Westchester this September. This new community will be led by Rabbi Scott Weiner and will offer Hebrew School classes, Bar/Bat Mitzvah training, Shabbat and Holiday gatherings, and volunteer engagement. Positive Judaism is growing! Hooray and mazel for tamidwestchester.org! / Sponsored by tamidnyc.org

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SNEAK PEAK: BUDDHA-BAR
After five years of planning, the former Megu space on Thomas is once again a luxe, expansive restaurant, the 13th outpost of the Buddha-Bar global empire.

NOSY NEIGHBOR: WHY ARE THE POLICE STATIONED AT TARGET?
B. wrote: “During the height of the lockdown I assumed they were there to help enforce crowd control and/or mask mandates but this seems more than that.”

SEEN & HEARD
Free Shakespeare at The Battery: New York Classical Theatre presents King Lear with a happy ending; Café Clementine is still simmering; a local resident puts out an interior design shingle.

ANDREW MELNICK, A BROKER WITH DEEP ROOTS HERE, DIES AT 65
He worked here in the neighborhood for three decades, but also helped found the Downtown Soccer League and found homes for hundreds of Tribecans over the years.

WHERE ON WALL STREET?
A months-long Halloween installation promises to spook people while serving them cocktails at a Wall Street mansion. Who knows where it is?

SEEN & HEARD
Concert at Pier 26. Plus more blues at Wagner this Thursday; the sound bath is rescheduled for this weekend; the Lilac opens for visitors on Saturday.