Tried to go to their store in Short Hills on Monday. It was boarded closed with no signs about why. Placed an online order and got this response via email today: "Update: Due to unforeseen circumstances with our shipping partners, we are unable to process or ship orders at this time. We are deeply sorry that we are unable to fulfill orders and we can assure you that once the order is canceled, any pending charges will be remitted back to the original method of payment within 2 to 3 business days. We thank you for your understanding during this difficult time and again apologize for the inconvenience." The main phone # has been disconnected. So sad to see them go. — Loree on Calypso St. Barth Has Closed Its Tribeca Boutique

They should NYC in that list of letting go, since the rents are too damn high and it is now a playground for Bloomberg's godsend billionaires, tourists, transients, finance and tech bros, the young, and beautiful... Soul and character are gone. — jor on Seen & Heard: The List of Letting Go

IJM is incorrect. You are being a true idiot. No offense. Have you been there for 9/11 where Roc treated people for months? I suppose not. Have you seen the restaurant on New Year's Eve? No. Have you ever seen any parties? Have you ever even considered that others peoples feelings might be hurt by your rude comment? Of course not. Cause you are a mean and hateful person that has nothing to do with your life. Roc is family. Roc is home. A person like you wouldn't know that cause you are disrespectful. We don't need your comments on this page. It's not necessary. Sometimes you should keep things to yourself, it would be better everyone anyway. — No on Roc Has Closed

Amazon should select the Trade Center. They can take all of 2 WTC, 5 WTC and the rest of the space in 1 and 3 WTC. Probably wont happen but I'd like to see it. — Anthony on In the News: Islamic Center Gets Downsized

On October 6th around Noon, I counted 8 cars parked on the North side of Reade with police placards. — SW on Seen & Heard: Phone-Payment Test at Subway Turnstiles

I agree that the SLA process is truly bizarre. What other retail business is regulated by an authority that consults with competitors and expressly limits competition? Did the recent rule change prohibiting NJ wine stores from shipping to NYC addresses come from the SLA as well or was that legislated? (I don't know if this applies to online wine merchants generally, but I know that I cannot order from my go-to NJ wine store anymore.) — SW on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

Yes, and while we are at it, can we also find a way to limit the number of nail salons, early childhood education schools, coffee bars, revolving bank branches, stores that sell kind of cool looking ______ that we really can't afford...as well as Maseratis, Range Rovers, Escalades and Tesla SUV's? — Robert Ripps on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

Erik, thanks so much for taking this tour and sharing it with us! Great photos and writing! — SW on Show Us Your Roof: The Municipal Building

If you look, you'll notice that almost no surfaces anywhere in the Subway are flat. The trash cans are rounded, the mechanical boxes built into the columns are angled on top, etc. This is done intentionally so people can't set stuff (i.e. trash) on them and leave it there. — Jamison on Seen & Heard: Phone-Payment Test at Subway Turnstiles

My assumption is they want the City to regulate the street so their tenants can access the garage they built entering and exiting on Franklin Place. — Adam on In the News: The Battle for Franklin Place

Just wondering...does Gale Brewer go out there to munch a sandwich every day or so at lunchtime? If you're a big name City elected official, can you just go out there whenever you please? I certainly wouldn't hold it against her. A lovely fantasy. — Will Meyerhofer on Show Us Your Roof: The Municipal Building

OMG, so awesome. I bow before your greatness. You stand tall among New Yorkers, having achieved the virtually unachievable. You have truly gone where (almost) no person has gone before. Amazing. Thanks for taking us along. — Will Meyerhofer on Show Us Your Roof: The Municipal Building

I think by this Friday or Monday they will file. — Dennis on Calypso St. Barth Has Closed Its Tribeca Boutique

Thanks for the wonderful report — Rob on Field Trip: Governors Island (Reprise)

Bingo! Nor should they be in the business of picking winners and losers. — Jeff on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

Those kinds of limits are more appropriately expressed through zoning, in my opinion. The SLA was really established to limit and regulate sales outlets for public health and welfare, not as an agent to enforce oligopolies and cartel economics. — James on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

"...and—inexplicably, since it’s not an overlapping market—Hudson Wine & Spirits." ??? It's a wine and spirits store practically across the street from where someone wants to open up a wine and spirits store. If you don't think his biz would be affected, and that their markets overlap in a big way, you're crazy. Vodka is Vodka. Whiskey is Whiskey. JL opens up here Hudson probably closes. Guy's been here almost 20 years, survived the financial collapse, and then someone puts another store right on top of him? That's stupid. Having limits on the number of liquor stores in a neighborhood just makes sense. Don't have it, and you get Times Square circa 1985. And a rich version of that isn't that much better. — Kevin on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

Of course they were turned down. No place anywhere has so many wine shops. It's getting silly. It takes me 90 seconds to walk to 4, which is ridiculous. To the extent that the SLA regulates how many stores are in a given location, there is no neighborhood anywhere that needs a wine shop less than Tribeca. And the author gets it wrong - the market ALREADY decided. The neighborhood obviously can't support another store which is why one closed down. — Suzanne on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

Sad to hear this news! I hope JL finds another location soon. Will be great to have them close — Rohin on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

I’m with you James ! — Robert Skinner on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

Duane Park Patisserie and Madeline are a reminder of what it means to be part of a neighborhood. That formica table is my happy place. — Karen Brodsky on Spotlight: Duane Park Patisserie

this system is absolutely insane & unfair. — James Famularo on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

Maybe we can have a nail salon. — George on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore

NFL meeting at Goldman's hotel. Anything there? — George on Seen & Heard: Five & Dime Is Serving Alcohol

This is normal. I tried to open a wine store once in bushwick before it got hot and the SLA hearing is supposed to be for other merchants to plead their case. Nothing to do with customers. All to do with competition. None of those stores would have been doing the right thing without coming to oppose. This goes on all over the city. The problem is, SLA rules state that only one wine/liquor store can be owned by an individual so expansion in nyc is impossible so you have to fight the competition. Not saying it’s right but hopefully this gives some context to their actions — Jammysod on Le Dû’s Wines Isn’t Moving Here Anymore