Seen & Heard: Don’t Give to Charity Muggers
Plus: Pop-up "fireworks" stand; Ghostbusters emblem updated; Euphoria Spa; Bastille Day activations at Brookfield Place; Water Street Greenmarket is back. / 12 comments
Has Il Giglio Closed?
The gate is down, the phone is dead, and OpenTable shows no availability ever. UPDATE: A reader says the 26-year-old restaurant is "definitely closed." / 12 comments
Newsletter: July 2
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In the News: Update on W. Broadway Restaurants
Plus: East River tower appears to be moving forward; a two-headed review of Taryn Toomey's fitness class; Tribeca Kitchen opens on the Lower East Side; NYPD officers assaulted. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: This Feels Like the End of an Era
Plus: Trader Joe's rumored for Hudson Square; Cercle Rouge's annual Bastille Day party and petanque tournament; two more advertising shoots; northwest Tribeca's near-vacant lot; Indian food recommendations? / 4 comments
New Kid on the Block: Houseman
When chef Ned Baldwin decided to open his own restaurant, he kept asking himself, "What's in the restaurant that I want to go to?" Drawing on fifteen years of working and eating in New York City, he came up with Houseman. / 3 comments
Baluchi’s Has Closed
That corner has become far more desirable in the last 12 years—in good part to Whole Foods—and one has to imagine that the rent went up accordingly. / 25 comments
Seen & Heard: New Mural at Washington Market Park
Plus: More of 290 West revealed; Tara of Tribeca's liquor-license hearing; new Wyeth outpost to be two floors; Soho's Taka Taka has closed; update on big new Hudson Square building.
In the News: 100 Franklin Gets the Go-Ahead
Plus: Parm's menu; the Pope's visit will include the 9/11 Memorial; review of the One World Observatory restaurants; Battery Park City preschool lost a child. / 3 comments
The Film Shoot Problem and Thoughts on How to Fix It
The issue is not whether these shoots should happen. We simply demand more notice, greater transparency, and some sort of accountability. Plus: Getting productions to donate to local causes. / 27 comments
Cafeteria Is Out, Serafina is in
The chain of Italian restaurants is taking the entire building at Reade and W. Broadway, including the rooftop. / 5 comments
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No chance of this happening under Mamdani. In fact, he recently rescinded all criminal enforcement of bike violations: https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/03/mayor-mamdani-announces-end-to-criminal-enforcement-for-minor-tr His... — James S / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
Thanks for featuring this, could be a real pain if I hadn’t been warned. Good job, Carl — Carl friedberg / No weekend service on the 1, 2, 3
This isn't going to stop until police start ticketing bikers for riding on sidewalks, ignoring traffic lights and going the... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning
Hi Joe, it was Prescotts. I was the Saturday nightBartender.! What a great time we had what a great jukebox!!... — Im eileen the bartender from Prescott’s! / When Tribeca Was Small (Part Two)
I am a white male, 50-something and I don’t agree with the demonization of immigrants by Trump and his followers.... — Just The Facts ... / A protest is scheduled at the Independence Plaza garage
The 311 website now directs you to call 911 to report street vendors selling counterfeit goods. — B / NYPD raids counterfeit market on Canal
What happened to responsible driving? Bicycles and e-bikes are vehicles, and their operators are drivers - not pedestrians on a... — Gary / Teenager killed riding bike on Centre and Chambers this morning