Newsletter: Feb. 12

MudvilleNOBU IS LEAVING TRIBECA
After 2016, the Tribeca institution—along with Nobu Next Door—is moving to FiDi.

BRUNCH AT UNION BAR + KITCHEN
Come to Union Bar + Kitchen for weekend brunch (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and enjoy an entrée and two hours of bottomless Bloody Marys, Mimosas, and Bellinis for only $35. The menu—New American with global influences—offers something for everyone. Highlights include the sirloin burger, eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, the breakfast burrito, and the Morning After Sandwich, a panko-crusted pork cutlet with provolone, egg, hot mustard–infused tonkatsu sauce and pickled ginger. See you this weekend! 300 Spring St. (near Hudson), 646-791-0005; ubknyc.com. Sponsored.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 2/9: Almond might open this week. Plus: Dates for this year’s Taste of Tribeca and Tribeca Family Festival; Hotel Particulier has closed; Joan Armatrading in concert; Taymour Grahne exhibit.
••• 2/10: American Flatbread isn’t reopening. Plus: The replacement for Los Americanos looks ready to debut; Brookfield Place shops opening date; The Supermarket on Broadway; nail salon closed for renovations; Cafeteria moving forward?; travel recommendations.
••• 2/11: El Vez Burrito Bar is opening in two weeks. Opening in two weeks. Plus: The Odeon is back; lunch at Thalassa for a limited time; Matt Bernson sale and party; Chambers Street in 1976; demolition at 101 Murray; “Where in Tribeca…?” answer; a sad, sweet goodbye note.

LAST CALL
After 19 years, the Bubble Lounge is about to pop its last cork.

IN THE NEWS
••• 2/9: Bill Cosby househunted here. Plus: Local school cafeteria goes vegetarian; BPCA earned $167 million last year; publishing exec Judith Regan; a baby bat was trapped inside a Chase branch.
••• 2/10: Would you pay $1 million for a terrace? Plus: New Malaysian restaurant reviewed; another cheap, ugly hotel in FiDi; damage left over from the 1920 attack on 23 Wall.
••• 2/11: Proposal for a big new FiDi plaza. Plus: More on Almond; artist Azikiwe Mohammed; Little Park review; event designer DeJuan Stroud moved out; Broadway retail condo sold; turmoil at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; how those old Harrison Street houses got there (above right).

INSTAGRAM TRIBECA (VOL. 16)
This is a departure from the previous Instagram Tribeca roundups in that these were all taken by yours truly.

 

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