Pushing to make it permanent. Plus: A caution-tape fan; update on new Peck Slip restaurant; Kanye West; more Karolina Kurkova.
Plus: The now-gone 1875 Tribune Building; semi-celebrity real estate; oopsie at Bouley.
Plus: Possible Pier 40 plans (including residences); Capsouto Frères; Atera's wine list; BPC building to get redone; Espasso.
Plus: Non-updates on the bathhouse and the Danish restaurant; diary workshop; cooking with a madman. / 6 comments
Plus: Downtown tours in honor of Jane Jacobs; Five Boro Bike Tour; shark-fin legislation.
The new Moomah is smaller than it was, but bigger than you might have expected. You can get a free cup of coffee today by mentioning its Facebook post about its reopening.
Also on the CB1 agendas for May: the big hotel on Canal, the wine bar on Church, the new bar on Reade, and more. / 2 comments
Plus: A quirky sangria; update on Corton chef Paul Liebrandt's cookbook; a new breakfast option; Tribeca Family Festival. / 4 comments
Chef Matthew Lightner's reinvention of the Compose space is a fascinating must for anyone interested in the ever-expanding definition of cooking. Whether you'll find it worth $150 per person depends entirely on your expectations going in. / 3 comments
Perhaps the $18,000 espresso machine will be put to use at its sister restaurant.... / 15 comments
Plus: Atera's first big review; 15 Renwick foreclosure; Cobblestone Lofts comp. / 8 comments
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