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Newsletter: Feb. 19
New Kids on the Block: Almond and Planet Fitness • Petite Abeille Is Closing • New Chef at Atera • Jane Freeman's Recollections • Municipal Building Observation Deck • Broome Street Bar • More
Seen & Heard: The Perfect Dish on a Cold Night
Plus: Art et Maison sale; demolition in northwest Tribeca; Best Made Company, bigger and better; what's atop 74 Trinity Place; art opening. / 2 comments
Petite Abeille Is Closing
Big farewell party during brunch this weekend: "Pay what you paid in 1999." / 12 comments
In the News: Chipotle’s Salt Problem
Plus: Orlando Bloom attempts a flip; SmorgasBar returns to the South Street Seaport; Trinity Church seeks community input on its tower; more on Broome Street Bar; 474 Greenwich loft analysis. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Almond
"To be honest, you're not going to find a lot of new stuff," says Almond co-owner Eric Lemonides. "It's just not going to be that different." What that means is a French/New American menu that's more about pleasing diners than making waves. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Broome Street Bar Isn’t Closing
Plus: Almond officially opens tomorrow night; New Amsterdam Library closed for renovation; pipe burst at Crunch; action in the Matsugen space?; historical photo; in praise of a copy machine. / 1 comment
In the News: The Nightlife Veterans Behind Belle Reve
Plus: Where the South Street Seaport proposal stands now; more on the idea of tolling East River bridges; Lower Broadway finally getting nicer; Sheldon Silver's school overcrowding task force; new musical about young people; FiDi hotel pipe burst. / 1 comment
The Recollections of Jane Freeman
Artist Jane Freeman, who has lived in Tribeca since 1976, shares some of her marvelously evocative writings about life in the neighborhood over the years. / 8 comments
Seen & Heard: An Outpost of Ellary’s Greens
Plus: Firefighters at Tiny's & the Bar Upstairs; burst pipe on Greenwich; update on Christina Lehr's shop; Downtown Little League; Belle Reve menu. / 11 comments
In the News: Municipal Building Observation Deck
Plus: Woman hit by SUV at Greenwich and Duane; Warren Street loft analysis; novelist Peter Carey; East River freezing over.
More on the Los Americanos Replacement
Belle Reve is a "Bar & Restaurant with live music & spirited atmosphere!" / 2 comments
Chef Matthew Lightner Is Leaving Atera
The new chef, 32-year-old Ronny Emborg, should feel right at home in Atera's laboratory-as-kitchen.