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Seen & Heard: Signs of Life at Pakistan Tea House
Plus: Water Street arcade plan approved by the City Planning Commission; By Suzette creperie has reopened; neat plywood treatment; Black Burger on Franklin. / 1 comment
In the News: Grand Banks Is Taking Reservations
Plus: Frank Gehry owns an apartment at 8 Spruce; Community Board 1 chief not seeking re-election; the next race for Sheldon Silver's former seat; a local chef's spiritual guides; WeWork and 110 Wall and de Blasio payments; theft at Hale and Hearty. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Le District vs. Buvette?
Plus: Harrison Street townhouse for sale; guessing why there were no Tribeca Film Festival Drive-In screenings this year; Poets House's Brooklyn Bridge walk; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council open studios; Yasuo Nomura exhibit.
Seen & Heard: Il Mattone Has Soft-Opened
Plus: Big Wall Street art show canceled; Soho Photo's Affordable Art Fair; hope for a Broadway retail space renovation; Dine Around Downtown is coming up. / 1 comment
In the News: Amada Opens on Monday
Here's the menu. Plus: Kitchens at 70 Vestry will have four ovens (and many will have two washing machines); results of a survey of people who hire nannies; Houseman's kitchen-swap with a Savannah restaurant; man pulled from car and attacked. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Opening Date for Graffiti Earth Restaurant
Plus: Duane Street Hotel's revamped façade; 443 Greenwich partly revealed; rowing for heart health at Current; Pirch and Planet Blue opening on Lafayette in Soho; half-converted Broadway building put on the market.
Seen & Heard: Where to Watch the America’s Cup
Plus: Hummus in dessert flavors; Rick Moody at Pen Parentis's next salon; Madeline Denaro painting exhibit; a lesson in bird language; neat shot of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Progress at the New Veterinarian Office
Plus: Traffic jam prediction; what yesterday's skywriting said; exhibit of Andy Warhol party photos; Wichcraft rebranding; City Hall Pharmacy is closing; aerial shot of Tribeca (and beyond). / 1 comment
The Two Hands Dinner Menu
Dinner at Two Hands launches tonight. I wouldn't normally devote an entire post to a new restaurant's dinner menu, but Two Hands is proving to be such a success that clearly the menu will be of tremendous interest. / 9 comments
In the News: Wylie Dufresne’s FiDi Restaurant Isn’t Happening
Plus: The antagonistic ice cream truck; Hubert Street maisonette gets a $20 million price-chop; Blackstones salon opens tomorrow; Sheldon Silver crony wins special election; Hudson Square building to get 10,000-square-foot rooftop event space.
Seen & Heard: Franklin Street Flea Market
Plus: Zadig & Voltaire sample sale today; Tribeca's Kitchen has reopened; Beach sign restoration; actual work happening at City Vineyard; 56 Leonard's final windows; huge Tribeca Film Fest street fair is this Saturday; no Drive-In screenings this year. / 7 comments
In the News: The Rise of the Meat and Three
Plus: Q&A with artist Alexis Rockman; the conversion of the former New York Stock Exchange office building to rentals; chef Daniel Rose. / 3 comments
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Little consolation, but at least the majority of our neighbors are rational human beings who love America, democracy and capitalism.... — Mr T / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
Did something recently change at Bubby's? Did they recently make some list? I don't recall seeing big lines on weekday... — Randy / Seen & Heard: Friends & Fashion starts in two weeks
good to here. We don't need this city going backwards to Deblasio on steroids. — Native / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
No suprise there. Tribeca is a neighborhood packed with conservatives and centrists. — J Frank P / Mamdani wins mayoral race; Cuomo takes Tribeca
I guess you’ll be moving out now? Don’t let the door hit ya where tbe good lord split ya! — Cd / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!
I like anyone who lists Houseman Restaurant at the top of his favorite list. Ned is a master carrying on... — TheBlackSquirrel / TCQ&A: Morris Katz
I’m Jewish and I support Mamdani. Guess you don’t understand that people can think beyond their tribal biases. — JP / Seen & Heard: PopUp Bagels facade revealed!