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Lines out the door and then some for Meadow Lane
Meadow Lane, the gourmet prepared food market and florist that has been under construction in the former Harrison space since May 2024, opened Friday at 355 Greenwich — and throngs of folks have been waiting for hours to get in. The store hours were originally posted as 11a to 9p, but they abbreviated those and closed altogether yesterday — day 4 — to give their staff a break. (Thanks to G., J. and G. for the shots.)
I have yet to make it in — they invited press for a preview on Thursday night but I was unable to go and I am NOT waiting in a line. But lots of folks have. You can see a tour from Eater here and Vogue here.
There’s also been some funny coverage of the models they hired to guard the line. A. sent this IG link yesterday.
More TK when things quiet down. And if they don’t, then we will have to follow the story on social media!
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wishing him luck with his new business. But the lines out the door are totally ridiculous
Do they take food stamps?
Gd bless the TikTok generation – they all have nothing but time and someone else’s $ to waste.
I don’t understand what makes this place so special? The vague website doesn’t help either. Are we just throwing bougie grocery stores that take years to develop at people’s faces now? Is this tribeca’a Erewhon?!
Maybe I’m just angry that I probably can’t afford anything in that store – but that line and the fact that I have to walk past that place every day… just … really rings in the holiday cheer for me. good for them 😒
No mention of the many problems? Here I am dying from eating some raw meat in the “prepared foods” section 🤔😖
the prices are outrageous, the portions are small. i heard a 20ish year old grumbling about prices and saying “this place can’t last.”
I don’t see myself buying anything there. So disappointing. It would have been great to have another cafe in the neighborhood — laughing man is wonderful but crowded and noisy. I wish we could have 2-3 laughing mans in the neighborhood!
Martine- we welcome you to Duane Park Patisserie
The over/under is 20 months.
Here, here, Duane Park Patisserie is a neighborhood staple and has wonderful pastries and coffee – walk across the street from Laughing Man, you will not be sorry.
That Vogue piece is just silly and clearly, the young women writing it are NOT New Yorkers because as you so obviously point out in your piece: New Yorkers do not wait on line.
The whole model doorman thing is super cringey also.
That spot has been cursed ever since The Harrison got pushed out.
2 articles in 1 day about this place:
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/business/meadow-lane-faces-death-threats-huge-demand-in-first-days/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app
Death threats?? What is this world?
When did this become a normal way to express disagreement about anything at all?
You can now get death threats if you dare criticize ______ (insert famous pop star here; I won’t put in any names as I fear getting death threats).
I do miss The Harrison. I don’t really see this place lasting as a ‘grocery store’ and it’s certainly not “the NY Erewon”…this place is about the size of a Starbucks.
And I miss Spartina, which was in the space one or two restaurants before the Harrison. Of course if you have lived here long enough, you remember when it used to be How’s Bayou…and whatever was there before I moved here.
Crafty marketing to the Tik Tok crowd – clueless kids that want to post and feel like they are special. Nothing but bridge and tunnel and tourists from Omaha in that line. Tribecans don’t wait in lines.