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Seen & Heard: Go Visit a Firehouse
Plus: Gelato cart outside Whole Foods; statue of soldier on horseback moved to Liberty Park; peeking inside Hank's Juicy Beef and fancy mystery on Chambers; new Cosmopolitan Hotel bar to be for guests only; Worth Street reconstruction update; "Scenes from the Underground" shoot. / 5 comments
In the News: Rethinking Castle Clinton
Plus: A split at Tutto Il Giorno; vending machine staffer has coins stolen; review of a bar called the Ship. / 7 comments
Neighbors Nix Raccoon Lodge Spinoff
Residents turned out in droves at the Community Board 1 meeting last night to protest plans for the Lodge, a bar at 20 Warren. The committee unanimously agreed: "That bar should not be on that street," said one member. / 11 comments
Target’s Tribeca Store Will Have a Chobani Café
Plus: More info on what to expect in the rest of the store, including a new rendering of the exterior. / 5 comments
Seen & Heard: Bluemercury Is Opening Soon
Plus: Nice neon logo for Le Coucou restaurant; enjoy 5 Beekman's west side while you can; pop-up selling Moroccan goods; two photos of Liberty Park at the World Trade Center.
In the News: Tribeca Penthouse Reportedly Sold for $54 Million
Plus: Café Altro Paradiso reviewed; window-washers rescued; City Vineyard opening forecast; advisory board suggested for the Battery Park City Authority. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Musical Swings and Inflatable Birds
Coming up at Brookfield Place. Plus: Graffiti Earth restaurant opening pushed back a week; Soho home decor store Aero is moving uptown; pedestrian passageways at construction sites; Miss Paradis lounge. / 2 comments
In the News: Scoop Is Closing
Plus: Tribeca Trust's "jazz funeral" for south Tribeca; high-end housing slump in Lower Manhattan?; opening dates for Governors Island and its new hills; learning to do a handstand; fire below ground; John Watts statue; Paulie Gee's pizza. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: That Chinese Restaurant Isn’t Really New
Plus: Amada's café is now open; a reader recommends the renovated Tokyo Bay; Tribeca CSA has shares available; a show of Donna Ferrato's Tribeca photos; studio space for emerging artists. / 6 comments
Empire Diner? Umpire Diner? Vampire Diner?
The big question is whether the new restaurant has any affiliation with the Empire Diner in Chelsea, notably resurrected by chef Amanda Freitag and partners in 2014 (but lasting just under two years).
Seen & Heard: New Chinese Restaurant in Battery Park City
Plus: Best Market's sidewalk signs; Lloyd Cole in concert; Battery Dance at the Schimmel Center; Danish design exhibit. / 6 comments
Pakistan Tea House Is Open
"Limited menu, they're still ramping up," reports a longtime fan of the restaurant. "The chicken makhani was fantastic. Vegetables were good."
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