The contents of the restaurant at 221 W Broadway were being auctioned off, which is not uncommon when a restaurant goes bust. It's not clear that anything is happening in the way of a new restaurant tenant, who would probably want to keep much of the kitchen equipment. From amodeoauctions.com : Short Notice Auction - Short Notice Auction Not Previously Advertised: MICHAEL AMODEO & CO., INC. SELL TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2017 AT 2:30 PM AT 221 WEST BROADWAY, MANHATTAN, NYC 10013 Between Franklin St & White St, Tribeca Area Well known 300 Seat Upscale RESTAURANT - BAR - RESTAURANT Click HERE to See Images 3 Jade 6 burner stove w oven, Jade flat top stove w oven, 3 Jade deep fryers, Magic kitchen 24” char grill, Garland electric convection oven, Market forge gas tilting skillet, 2 Bakers pride late model 251 three pie pizza ovens, prep tables, 5 Kolpak walkin refrigerators & freezers, D300 Hobart 30Qt mixer w attachments, Kold draft 600lb ice machine, Manitowac 500lb ice machine, Norlake ice chipper, Globe ss meat slicer, Hobart meat bandsaw, Hobart meat grinder, Carpigiani countertop batch freezer for making gelato & hard ice cream, countertop reversible dough sheeter, Traulsen 1 & 2 ss dr upright reachin refrigerators, 2 head espresso & cappuccino machine, espresso coffee grinder, candy stove, bain maries, 6 True refrigerated lowboys, beer coolers, bar sink, ice bins, mug chiller, glass washer, POS system w screens & printers, metro racks, ss sinks & tables. 3 Hi end crystal chandeliers, designer lighting, wall sconces, wall mirrors, Sound equipment, amps, 12 hi end speakers, 100 hi end wood dining rm chairs, 25 wood top dining rm tables w old fashion cast iron bases, 25 bar stools, hi top tables, 150Ft hi end banquets, 10 matching circular booths, fine white Rosenthal China dinnerware, heavy flatware, gourmet pots, pans, utensils, ss inserts, fry & sauce pans, sheet pans, hotel pans, trays, fine wine glassware, bar glassware, stemware, bar supplies, glass rack, waiter trays, 15Ft marble top bar & back bars w matching refrigerated back bars, custom glass wine vault & much more. — James on Seen & Heard: A Bunch of Restaurant Updates

Please indicate whose work is pictured for the Exhibition at Fiterman Gallery. — Heide Fasnacht on Seen & Heard: A Rash of Fake $20 Bills

Regarding Retail rents dropping - Good news for most of us. Hopefully the huge tracts of empty commercial space will soon fill up and bring more vibrancy back to downtown neighborhoods. — Rohin on In the News: Another Report Says Retail Rents Are Dropping

Thanks!!! — Michelle on Seen & Heard: SLT Is Still Planning a Tribeca Studio

All businesses should have a counterfeit detecting machine. It only costs a few hundred dollars. We check all bills $20-$100 at my small business. — Bruce on Seen & Heard: A Rash of Fake $20 Bills

Isn't Spruce and Gold also school zone??? what is wrong with these people? — school zone on Seen & Heard: A New Louisiana-Style Restaurant?

Can we get a refund now? And use the money to re-build the original Penn Station perhaps? — Marcus on In the News: Another Report Says Retail Rents Are Dropping

Forgery is not necessary. Two years ago I showed up to vote as I have done so for decades. Someone had signed my name and voted. The signature looked nothing like mine even though they had my real signature right there to compare. I pulled out my IDs and they refused to look at them. I made a scene. Long story short I was allowed to vote that day but then spent months straightening things out at the Board of Elections. Yeah, let's talk alright. — PeterD on In the News: Another Report Says Retail Rents Are Dropping

Show me that you can forge my signature and then we'll talk. — A. on In the News: Another Report Says Retail Rents Are Dropping

She's apparently too busy trying to work around the 1st and 24th Amendments to the Constitution. — James on In the News: Another Report Says Retail Rents Are Dropping

Because it cost about $4 billion? — James on In the News: Another Report Says Retail Rents Are Dropping

My only question....why is anyone surprised the Oculus leaks? — Makes You Go Hmmm... on In the News: Another Report Says Retail Rents Are Dropping

And since there aren't any voter ID requirements, if you want to avoid the fine, just send someone to vote on your behalf. — PeterD on In the News: Another Report Says Retail Rents Are Dropping

At Spruce and Gold, do they turn on their emergency lights like they do when they are making the illegal right turn onto N. Moore St, heading to the 1st Precinct? — James on Seen & Heard: A New Louisiana-Style Restaurant?

It's pretty sad that they tried to cut corners with such a prominent and expensive building. The "value engineering" is definitely in play as I also recall reading how they designed it so that the curved walls are all the same size, which makes it much cheaper to build. — lowphat on Solving the Mystery of 111 Murray

Can Deborah Glick first address the clusterduck that is every polling station on Election Day? Whole Foods' check out lines are better organized than the PS 264 gymnasium's mosh pit. — Jim Smithers on In the News: Another Report Says Retail Rents Are Dropping

Thanks for this great interview. I'm particularly bothered by the covers on all the license plates, and the fact that recent articles have shown many of these covers are owned by police officers. — Rob on The Parking Vigilantes

That is utilitarian? — Anonymous on Maharishi Is Opening a Store in Tribeca

Don't forget the more than 5 million members of state or municipal pension funds in California (including CalPERS), New York (including The New York State Common Retirement Fund), Texas, Arizona, Montana, Michigan and Missouri who invested about half the money in the fund that now owns Trump Soho. (Trump licenses his name and operates the hotel, but has no ownership position in it.) — James on In the News: Lawsuit Over 1WTC’s Filthy Windows

Transit 2, not 1 http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/transit_bureau/district_02.shtml — James on The Parking Vigilantes

When is the DoT going to step in with a plan for the tangle at 6th, Lispenard, and West Broadway? It is a mess and a hazard to pedestrians. The cops from Transit #1 park wherever they please with half-vehicles up on the sidewalk. — Friends of Tribeca Park on The Parking Vigilantes

So sorry innocent workers have to suffer but Trump Soho "hotel" was foisted on the SoHo community against its wishes and in violation of all kinds of appropriate land use. Karma — Jean Grillo on In the News: Lawsuit Over 1WTC’s Filthy Windows

Excellent! One of my favs! I'm so excited!!! — Dorothea on Trader Joe’s Is Opening in Soho

Spruce Street and Gold Street in the early morning (530am dog walk) is just one car after the other running red lights and stop signs on their way to work at Police Plaza. — Lynda Lippin on The Parking Vigilantes

Yes. There exists a clear film to adhere to glass. Its produced by the solar film companies that also provide uv ray protection. Email me for info. Kafmuir@aol.com — Karen Muir on Seen & Heard: Witches’ Knickers