Just over two years after opening the first Perpetuum Café in Chelsea, Can Ruan has debuted a second one. The former Mobile X store has been renovated into a crisp, high-ceilinged room with a handful of low tables, free wi-fi, and Toby's Estate Coffee.
Plus: More peeks inside the restaurant-in-progress Tetsu; local teen is organizing a clothing drive for kids in need; activity at Reade Street restaurant space.
The folks behind Eleven Madison Park are opening a 7,000-square-foot restaurant across from the Oculus. / 2 comments
Plus: Schedule and tickets for the Roxy Hotel's cinema; Houseman's seven-course Chinese New Year feast; 111 Murray now as tall as 101 Warren; the forthcoming kids' store on Greenwich; new 24-hour deli. / 1 comment
Plus: New York Times gives Fowler & Wells two stars; more on Ichimura; the city's dire retail situation; South Ferry subway station to reopen in June; growing up in Tribeca at the turn of the 20th century. / 4 comments
Plus: Japanese restaurant pop-up at B Flat; Taryn Toomey's fitness studio opens this week; misguided wayfaring signage; activity at the former Greenwich Grill space?; creamy façade on Walker. / 1 comment
Plus: Blueprint inside the former Dylan Prime space; Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" TV show is filming here tomorrow; Antique Garage looks very close to opening; checking in on the new building at 70 Vestry; Da Mikele kids. / 1 comment
Plus: Photos of the new Ichimura sushi bar; 3-D map shows the city's forthcoming buildings; FiDi supermarket close to opening; Community Board 1 votes against newsstand outside Whole Foods; Tribeca couple's art collection.
Schilling feels like somewhere that could exist in another, livelier neighborhood. As for the food, both times it was far better than anyone who has eaten widely in FiDi would expect. (Yes, I'm grading on a curve.) / 3 comments
Plus: Canal Street café progress; more action at the 100 Franklin construction site; 1st Precinct's monthly-ish community meeting; comments are back up.
Plus: Uniqlo is said to be mulling a massive FiDi store; student in hit-and-run accident; the history of a Chambers Street building and western Canal Street; Gateway Plaza drama; steam vents. / 1 comment
Plus: Activity reported in former Dylan Prime space; cookies to support the Women's March on Washington; Rachael Yamagata in concert; this site's comment functionality. / 8 comments
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