SPOTLIGHT: SQUARE DINER
“On Saturday and Sunday, families come and have breakfast and the kids are in their pajamas,” says Square Diner co-owner Teddy Karounos. “We’ve seen them go from diapers to college. That’s really wonderful. We feel like a member of the community.” Read the Q&A (with photos by Claudine Williams).

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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: VIN DES AMIS
Is Canal Street’s moment finally coming? A wine store, Vin des Amis, has just opened between W. Broadway and Wooster, and it’s far and away the nicest store on the western half of the street.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 6/22: Lawsuit filed to save clocktower. Plus: London’s Groucho Club looking for downtown home; new rules for Battery Park City green spaces; nightclub owner Richie Akiva; alleged stalker of Yankees manager in a new lawsuit.
••• 6/23: Overrun by charity walks. Plus: Rethinking South End Ave.; Tribecan Winsome Brown’s one-woman show; Honorable William Wall floating bar once again reachable; Delimarie spin-off; “an unclassifiable story of spectral beauty.”
••• 6/24: World Trade Center intersection to reopen this week. Plus: Racines NY will begin serving lunch; downtown restaurant boom; FiDi rent stabilization; Seaport on endangered list; Il Matto chef reappears uptown; 3 World Trade Center design change; robbery at knifepoint; another new FiDi tower.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 6/22: Warren Street bar trying for late closing. Plus: A lovely fire escape painting (above); Pier 17 meeting; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; Taymour Grahne group show; S-Cruise winner.
••• 6/23: Baked is now serving brunch. Plus: Kitchenette’s last day; Brookfield Place retail mystery; workspace kickoff event; filming of something called “Love Taxi”; LGBT film festival this weekend.

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LOFT PEEPING: ANNA BRADLEY CORONEO
The artist and textile designer’s apartment is filled with travel artifacts, and she always has Champagne in the fridge. Take a look around…. (Photo by Trent Bailey for Glitter Guide.)

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