Cafe Boca Ciega Is Closed
The Cuban café opened a year ago, nearly to the day, quickly becoming popular with east Tribecans. / 4 comments
In the News: Robert De Niro’s $6 Million Tax Lien
Plus: Condé Nast bitchfest; Franklin Street "reverse flip"; local politicians talking to other potential Seaport developers; Battery Park City woman in fatal car accident; pre-K proposals for Centre Street; Southbridge Towers lawsuit. / 3 comments
A New Nineteen-Story Condo Is Coming to Broadway
The Real Deal confirms what we guessed in October: 351 Broadway and 353-355 Broadway are going to be torn down. / 4 comments
In the News: Man Survives Jump from Skylofts Building
Plus: A review of Boris Bidjan Saberi's "meaty but supple" leatherwear; visiting the under-construction Institute of Culinary Education; City Hall newlyweds blog.
Seen & Heard: George Clooney and Julia Roberts Are Filming Here
(Or at least their new movie is.) Plus: Joël Robuchon to have coffee bar, treats; fake bar for "Person of Interest" shoot; the windows at 30 Park Place; help two kids out; gallery changing name; Cheryl Hazan show. / 2 comments
TCQ&A: Ben LeBlanc
"When you can’t get away, Aire Ancient Baths is a pretty great escape," says Ben LeBlanc, founder of the Good Stock soup company, now delivering exclusively in Tribeca. "You feel like you’re made of Jell-O when you walk out." / 1 comment
Newsletter: Feb. 26
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Seen & Heard: A New Home for JCP Downtown?
Plus: Answer about Añejo dinner delivery; El Vez burrito bar pushed back; Gunbae karaoke bar signage; Urban Justice Center moving to FiDi. / 1 comment
In the News: Le District Will Open in a Month or So
Plus: Construction worker injured by drywall; pizzeria burgled; architect Thomas Juul-Hansen; the Grace Institute is moving to FiDi.
First Impressions: The Harrison Room at Pier A
If anyone you'd remotely call a hipster was involved with the Harrison Room, the cocktail bar on the second floor of Pier A Harbor House, there's no sign of it.
In the News: Inside the Condé Nast Cafeteria
Plus: Cortlandt Street subway station not opening for years; terra cotta angels on Nassau; Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber sued; 125 Greenwich tower construction starts; Chinatown karaoke bar Winnie's to close. / 7 comments
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Shinola had a cafe in the front when it opened, but then the cafe part closed, like, 10 years ago.... — PGCNYC / Seen & Heard: Drip coffee at Shinola
Similar background, the same thought. Saddens me a bit. I haven't tried the Utopia Bagels shop on 34th, which may... — Mulciber / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
The best non-bagel shop bagel is Starbucks. I remember Florence when I worked down the block from 51st Street. Loved... — Sherri Rosen / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Glad to read the clarifying comment by Judy Epstein Gage, and glad to hear David Gage will be staying in... — Marcus / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
I grew up in a neighborhood with basement bagel, bakeries, long, narrow, bagel, ovens, bagelmeister’s, who really knew their craft.... — A. / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
In our house the cart bagels are what we call "cake bagels", barely 1 step up from Lender's frozen bagels.... — Nicole Vianna / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Unfortunately this is true about virtually every public works project in the city. Take a walk around all of the... — Reademan / A progress report on the work in north Battery Park City