Lucky for us N. happened by Printemps on Broadway and Wall and the doors were ajar for its soft launch — I didn’t think it was opening until March 21. One shot is better than the next — or I should say, one room is more elaborate than the next. The cafe is open — Café Jalu — but, she reported, the main restaurant, Maison Passerelle, from two-time Top Chef finalist and three-time James Beard award winner Gregory Gourdet, will open mid-April.

This is the first US branch of the famed French department store, which was founded in 1865. Located inside One Wall, above and alongside Whole Foods, the store covers 55,000 square feet on two floors designed to look like a Parisian apartment by the French architect Laura Gonzalez, who recently opened a showroom on Franklin. More here.