Roundup: Pedal Pusher
A peek at the chic new bike store on Reade • World-class ballet on its way • Steven Alan profiled • Tribeca Cinemas Kids Club • Photographs of Mali • A spa deal for V-Day • Farinella for Super Bowl Sunday • More
Newsletter: Feb. 1
Civic Center or Tribeca? • Long-standing restaurant closes • Brushstroke • Pizza and wine! • Ice-rink drama • Diorama how-to • And more
Roundup: Sky Falls Again
Cosmopolitan Café's updated menu • Drama at the ice rink • How to make a Moomah diorama • Abortion at the Flea • The blues at TPAC • The next Tribeca Meet & Greet
Civic Center: No Thanks
In today's Real Estate section, The New York Times notices that 20,000 live (roughly) between Church, Walker, Pearl, and Fulton, and writes a nice enough article about the joys therein. But then it goes and ruin everything by calling that area "Civic Center."
Roundup: Menu du Jour
Obama administration rethinking terror-trial site • Cosmopolitan Café menu • Rotary Club of Wall Street • Brushstroke opening date • Chanterelle's exquisite menus
Room Upgrade
I stopped by the new Room today (it moved from Duane Street to the northwest corner of N. Moore and Varick). It looks great. The old space was nothing to sneeze at—I’d live there—but the new one has more character and, even better, natural light. / 1 comment
My Kind of School
When New York Vintners invited me to come to one of its many classes, I’m afraid I didn’t venture too far from my core interests: “Pizza and the Wines That Love It” had my name written all over it. / 2 comments
Arrivederci, Arqua
It's official: Longstanding Church Street restaurant Arqua is closing after more than 20 years. / 1 comment
Newsletter: Jan. 29
Shopdogs of Tribeca • New home décor shop • Inside Happy Science • New restaurant updates • Terror trials • School zoning • Brutal winds • And more!
This Weekend’s Movies
If only there were a way to merge "Edge of Darkness" and "When in Rome": Some S.O.B. snatched Mel Gibson's coin from the Trevi Fountain, and nothing's gonna stop him from getting it back....
Roundup: #2 Is #1
School zoning resolved • Terror trial: Bloomberg comes to his senses • Free crepes • African Burial Ground • Lauren Conrad, OMG • Wine events galore • And more
Here Comes Tamarind Tribeca
The plywood has come off of what used to be the Socrates diner space at Hudson and Franklin, across from Nobu, and while the windows are still papered up, I did catch a glimpse of the inside when a worker opened a door—and it looks like it’s going to be very pretty inside. I called […]
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