FIRST IMPRESSIONS: BLUE SMOKE
The barbecue restaurant has opened its second outpost—serving only dinner for now—in the Conrad hotel building. How do you feel about Toll House Pie?

IN THE NEWS
••• 1/12: The colorful house of Kutsher’s Tribeca co-founder Alan Wilzig. Plus: Baby boom below Canal; Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz.
••• 1/14: City building sell-off? (Can’t one become a school?) Plus: Big addition on Washington Street; elevator fixed; Biddy Early’s bids adieu; Brooklyn Bridge noise annoys Gehry building tenants.

CREWCUTS SURPRISE
The J. Crew offshoot on Hudson is saying goodbye to kids’ clothes and hello to….

SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/13: Potbelly sandwich chain is coming to Tribeca. Plus: Kutsher’s to start serving lunch; Matt Bernson store.
••• 1/15: Worth Kitchen. Plus: Kutsher’s lunch menu; 87 Leonard going condo; Tribeca Performing Arts Center grant; Mysterious Bookshop.
••• Congratulations to citypixie for correctly IDing last week’s Where in Tribeca…? We’ll play again on Friday at 8 a.m.

CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES
Now we know what’s coming to the northwest corner of Duane and W. Broadway (formerly home to a series of Bouley establishments). Also discussed: Sidewalk seating for Plein Sud and Dr. Michel Cohen’s new restaurant, the basement at MaryAnn’s.

RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN TRIBECA
Fourteen sales have been reported in the past two weeks, including four at 471 Washington.