When was the last time you ate at a restaurant where the servers wore pocket protectors? Or frilly aprons? The Butterfly, chef Michael White's homage to Wisconsin, feels delightfully un-focus-grouped. / 5 comments
Plus: A 93 Worth reunion at 15 Renwick; Franklin subway entrance finally reopened; new deli; Marc Forgione Bloody Mary mix; Balcony Café progress. UPDATE: Lispenard restaurant not necessarily happening. / 1 comment
Plus: The reopened Bikini Bar's funky new menu; "Tribeca Animal Totem"; NYPD ticketing Citi Bikers. / 6 comments
Plus: "Semi-private" party at Los Americanos; weekending on the North Fork; Hilton hotel in FiDi.
The lone New Amsterdam Market of the summer is tomorrow, so go! And it's not the only thing of note happening in the Seaport. Read on for a report on the new See/Change installation of shops and restaurant kiosks. / 1 comment
Plus: Community involvement on the Hudson River Park proposal; affordable-housing loophole for developers; 35 Vestry analysis.
Plus: The top of 1 World Trade Center; Bell Bates auction; Battery Dance Company's Downtown Dance Festival; jewelry store (re)opens; chugger season. / 6 comments
Fancy a glass of mead, country-fried duck on a waffle, or an excellent tater tot? Then head to Distilled, the "modern American public house" that has opened in the old Centrico space. / 5 comments
Plus: Could Intermix be coming to N. Moore?; swing dancers; Schoolhouse Electric; Bastille Day event; free summer activities for middle schoolers; borough president forum; Jennifer Reed.
Naturally, it involves lots of development. Plus: James Gandolfini; W.I.P. gets its liquor license back; reviewing Aqua; Battery Park chair contest; the trouble with Soho; Leonardo DiCaprio. / 2 comments
Plus: The RFP for Pier 26's restaurant; "The Wolf of Wall Street" trailer; double parking on Hudson; Red Hook Lobster Truck tonight; cherries.
Plus: Warren Street conversion; Butterfly opening date; Nili Lotan sample sale started today; new Downtown Connection buses have GPS.
I'm all for it. — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Interesting question - considering what happened at the Tents & Trails building on Park Place. The current cross-bracing is complex,... — Gary / Construction Update: Southeast corner of West Broadway and Warren
The crossing on the west side of the intersection of Canal and 6th Av is very long. There is a... — Heide Fasnacht / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
im devasted i loved nish nush :( — Nish Nush / Nish Nush has closed to make way for a new building
K sez: Will be interesting to watch how they shore up the neighboring buildings - which were tilting/falling after the... — K / Construction Update: Southeast corner of West Broadway and Warren
No surprise. I've almost been run over multiple times by red-light running speeders. There should be: - speed bumps -... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
It's 4,000 new units at 100 Gold St, they're estimating over 8,000 new residents. — FidiMom / Seen & Heard: Big reno for east side of Pace campus