In the News: Chipotle’s Salt Problem
Plus: Orlando Bloom attempts a flip; SmorgasBar returns to the South Street Seaport; Trinity Church seeks community input on its tower; more on Broome Street Bar; 474 Greenwich loft analysis. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Almond
"To be honest, you're not going to find a lot of new stuff," says Almond co-owner Eric Lemonides. "It's just not going to be that different." What that means is a French/New American menu that's more about pleasing diners than making waves. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Broome Street Bar Isn’t Closing
Plus: Almond officially opens tomorrow night; New Amsterdam Library closed for renovation; pipe burst at Crunch; action in the Matsugen space?; historical photo; in praise of a copy machine. / 1 comment
In the News: The Nightlife Veterans Behind Belle Reve
Plus: Where the South Street Seaport proposal stands now; more on the idea of tolling East River bridges; Lower Broadway finally getting nicer; Sheldon Silver's school overcrowding task force; new musical about young people; FiDi hotel pipe burst. / 1 comment
The Recollections of Jane Freeman
Artist Jane Freeman, who has lived in Tribeca since 1976, shares some of her marvelously evocative writings about life in the neighborhood over the years. / 8 comments
Seen & Heard: An Outpost of Ellary’s Greens
Plus: Firefighters at Tiny's & the Bar Upstairs; burst pipe on Greenwich; update on Christina Lehr's shop; Downtown Little League; Belle Reve menu. / 11 comments
In the News: Municipal Building Observation Deck
Plus: Woman hit by SUV at Greenwich and Duane; Warren Street loft analysis; novelist Peter Carey; East River freezing over.
More on the Los Americanos Replacement
Belle Reve is a "Bar & Restaurant with live music & spirited atmosphere!" / 2 comments
Chef Matthew Lightner Is Leaving Atera
The new chef, 32-year-old Ronny Emborg, should feel right at home in Atera's laboratory-as-kitchen.
New Kid on the Block: Planet Fitness
The big, bare-bones gym is only $10 a month and it's open 24 hours for most of the week.
Newsletter: Feb. 16
Loft Peeping: Indoor-Outdoor Penthouse • Nike Basketball Court • Little League Embezzlement • CB1 Unofficial Minutes • Tribeca Park Sculpture • Brookfield Place Timeline • Shake Shack and Wahlburger • 24 Leonard • More
Seen & Heard: Hudson Reconstruction Update
Plus: Bar Cyrk's big heart; another Street Seats application in Community Board 1; up next at Pen Parentis; the Dreaded Drill of Destruction.










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