Welcome Back! A few more doors are open
Takahachi is back after 10 weeks; Tamarind is now serving lunch and dinner; Serafina has expanded its lunch menu; and Biscuits and Bath on Hudson has reopened for grooming only.
The return of the old guard: Reade Street Pub and The Patriot are serving
The old-school old timers have joined the local bars now serving again, with drinks passed through their doors and windows.
Newsletter: June 5
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Messages around the neighborhood to support the cause
Local businesses took to social media and to their own storefronts to support Black Lives Matter, even if it meant adding messages to their boarded up windows.
Seen & Heard: It’s a girl!
A socially distant welcome for one of the newest downtowners. Plus a local Girl Scout troop hosts a prom photo op; Varick may get cordoned off near precinct; Smith & Mills is serving.
In the News: Putting money behind anti-racist causes
Plus the work of ESPO is Soho is now being stolen; an A train separates as it enters the Chambers Street station; a Met gets sued by local landlord. / 1 comment
Gotan was ready to open; now it is boarded up
The cafe across from the Franklin Street station had just opened on Monday for the first time in 10 weeks. Now the owners aren't sure what the future holds. / 8 comments
Valley Tribeca is closing permanently
The women's clothing store on Greenwich, opened by two locals in 2013, couldn't weather the blow delivered by the government shutdown of small business. / 1 comment
A view of a shuttered neighborhood
As if local businesses hadn't had it tough enough these past three months, the looters have forced them to board up their storefronts to protect what's left. / 12 comments
So much for curfew downtown
The streets were anything but quiet at 8 tonight, and four hours later, the helicopters were still going. / 1 comment
Thousands march through downtown in protest
The protests for Black Lives Matter started at Foley Square and marched for hours through Tribeca, Fidi, the Seaport and then moved on north. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Honoring those we’ve lost
Duane Park plants to remember those lost to the virus. Plus Target boards up its corner; Houseman cooks steaks to go; Marc Forgione fired up the grills on the porch this weekend. / 1 comment
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I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
The graffiti in question looks very similar to the same outside of Target (on the never-ending construction barriers) which questioned... — Downtown Dad Again / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Our apartment was inside the "frozen zone" and when we were finally able to return to it in mid-October, I... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / A documentary honors the work of the Sanitation Department after 9/11
I was shocked when I was walking around Tribeca. I've been living away, so coming back now and seeing so... — Van / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
Or make it a mall of counterfeiters, like a Needle Park or, better yet, the modern-day Essex Market of counterfeiting.... — James Bogardus / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
The Starbucks on Chambers and W. Broadway is definitely popular and it's situated in a dream spot considering the subway... — Jslv / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow