Thanks for this article. I have no idea why people are defending seamless as if you are totally bashing them. It's obvious that you simply giving 'the other side' of the story. My husband and I have just opened a business and have filled out a form to be contacted by seamless but have yet to be contacted a week later. I myself have used seamless and it's many platforms as a consumer and have had both horrid and great experiences. While we wait to ask seamless questions directly, it was nice to read this piece of work so that we know exactly what to ask. We will ultimately weigh our options but it's nice to know just how bad the cons are. — Cass on Why Restaurants Hate GrubHub Seamless

Thank you, Iris! That's exactly what I found, as well but was hoping for an alternative I wasn't aware of in the neighborhood. If you could kindly tell me who you're working with at Whole Foods, perhaps I can try to help increase their Kosher supply, too. Right now, I use Fresh Direct for Kosher meat when I don't have the time to head to the UES. — kp on Seen & Heard: Lady M Confections Is Opening Down Here

Tribeca is relatively unscathed as pedestrian traffic is diverted intentionally to Battery Park. I have seen buses idling and parking illegally along West Street, but that largely doesn't impact Tribeca. There are buses that park in front of Washington Market Park--may times they idle there, but that is about it. And lowphat, I agree that a new opening isn't changing anything in BP in and of itself, but it feels a bit like "death by a thousand paper cuts." BPC now has various spontaneous bus depots on Liberty Street and along South End Ave--if you find a spot, sometimes at the curb, sometimes not, you let your passengers off. I've seen buses drop off passengers and then just keep circling the neighborhood until it is pick up time. No one enforces the traffic rules that are being broken constantly. Car service traffic has doubled on South End Ave in the past year or two. Tens of thousands of people come streaming across West Street into Battery Park on weekends. Hot dog vendors jostle for space on Liberty street and every weekend for the past month, we have been serenaded by ice cream truck jingles for hours on end. Tourists on your street is a part of NY life, but the effort to bring the foot traffic from the WTC to Brookfield has been wildly successful and not always to the benefit of residents. There is much to be thankful about in terms of the development in the past few years, but also much to be frustrated over. I'm really hoping that Westfield is even more successful than Brookfield in pulling visitors and more people will chose to avoid crossing West Street. — cami on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

Battery park /brookfield i never go to as i live in tribeca east however ive noticed my area has become almost unlivable. The noise level from construction on every corner ( plus now construction on worth)and more with the demolition trucks, the truck and commuter bus traffic on church plus the multitudes of tourists heading downtown plus the "new" residents waiting in line say at two hands the double wide baby carriages galore people that look like they came from greenwich i dont recognize the neighbirhood i loved anymore its pretty much gone. There is no serenity in tribeca anymore thats what i miss. Neighborhood destroyed by developers. And please no comments about how nyc is always changing etc ive heard it ad nauseum. This is a destruction of a once great neighborhood. — Mousse on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

There's no kosher beef in Tribeca. Kosher chicken is available at Whole Foods in Tribeca and I have worked with them to increase their supply. Trader Joes on 14 St carries a limited selection of kosher beef. For an actual kosher butcher, one has to go to the Lower East Side (not a high quality choice) or Upper East Side, Upper West Side or Brooklyn. — Iris on Seen & Heard: Lady M Confections Is Opening Down Here

Great update. Thank you! — Rich on What’s New at the World Trade Center

456 Washington garage is very small ... Just a few spots. posted parking rate is $1100+ Month ... Hmmm... — Rohin on Seen & Heard: New Starbucks in Brookfield Place

Guilty, although not quite as charged. The phrase is what it is, and I think this was fairly described as a love crime. What's regrettable is the insensitive amusement I get not from amour fou in FiDi (which is funny!) but from a true-life story of someone hurting someone else, and it would be equally as offensive if the relationship in question was between two men or two women, or if a woman had hurt a man, or whatever. I will endeavor to be a better blogger. — Erik Torkells on In the News: FiDi Love Crime

Erik, I don't know if I'm being overly socially correct, but something about a violent crime perpetrated on a woman by an ex-boyfriend being called a "love crime" just doesn't feel right to me. — Duane Park Resident on In the News: FiDi Love Crime

I seemed to have left out the purpose of my rant, which was to say that a new X opening up in Brookfield or BPC isn't ruining the neighborhood. — lowphat on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

I'm in the minority here but I don't think it's as horrible as some people are making it out to be. The truth is that tourists come down to the area for the world trade center, nothing else. Nobody is going out of their way to come downtown so they can "shop" at the 5 stores in Brookfield. Sure, these stores are possibly keeping the tourists here for a longer period of time but they're not contributing to a horde of new traffic like how some people seem to portray. Perhaps when the Westfield mall opens up there will be some more congestion, but that's also in an area which has always been commercial to begin with. — lowphat on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

Change is inevitable, and there are certainly positives, but once again developers took full advantage of the area post 9/11, not just to rebuild the neighborhood, but also to turn it into a tourist mecca. Tour buses violate traffic rules daily (including idling next to schools and parks), hot dog stands have multiplied ( I know, people need to make a living), hawkers abound, cabs and car service vehicles clog streets and also violate traffic rules, and then there are the crowds. Its NYC and tourists are a part of life here as they should be, but when you bring hundreds of thousands of people into a small space, you bring with it a host of challenges that locals pay the price for. Corporations that run all the businesses in Brookfield and Westfield don't care about neighborhoods, they care about profits. Their goal is to bring as many people as physically possible into this space, and to that end, they build roads, walkways and driveways to encourage that movement. We benefit from some of that development, but we pay a price, those businesses don't. The closer the neighborhood gets to Times Square visitor density, the better for them. — cami on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

It's MPD South — Andy C on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

Does anyone else feel like our quiet little neighborhood is becoming the new Midtown/Times Square? With more tourists, office workers (and residents) then ever, Tribeca/Battery Park is seeming more like a crowded business district than the heavily residential oasis it used to be. — Anonymous on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

Catherine and East Broadway also great for produce and if you have a handful, easy to hop on the 9bus. Also, WhyTF is Cuomo building an Orlando Memorial here? Did a memorial designer give him a political donation? Maybe someone in the construction business. I understand one sounds insensitive criticizing this effort, but why are we paying for this and putting it here? It doesn't make sense. Is Cuomo's term over yet? — cami on In the News: Liberty Park Opens Wednesday

With another outpost at Rockefeller Center, this sounds like exactly the sort of eatery hordes of tourists will want to dine at--its better than Steak and Ale, because Waygu... Also, are we getting naked cowboys and costumed characters next week? — cami on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

Major bummer. Do we really need another steakhouse in BPC/Tribeca/FiDi? — BPCMom on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

It's more casual than a full blown steakhouse but it's more upscale than a pj clarke's so I wouldn't say they're exactly direct competitors. — lowphat on Bar-and-Grill Chain Opening in Brookfield Place

Add my 2 cents, I usually shop at the fruit carts on Canal and Mulberry. They are usually open til 8ish. Closed when weather is bad (e.g. rain or snow). — TribecaMom on In the News: Liberty Park Opens Wednesday

No mention in the new Battery playground article about the former design by Frank Gehry (love the Bilbao image)? http://gothamist.com/2007/06/06/frank_gehry_des.php https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100506/financial-district-battery-park-city/frank-gehry-designs-10-million-playground-for-battery-park It must have been totally unbuildable. — Dan Kohn on In the News: Liberty Park Opens Wednesday

From the WSJ: "Ms. Imbruce introduced me to two of her favorite destinations: the 40-foot sidewalk fruit stand on Mulberry Street just south of Canal Street, and the vegetable stores on Mott between Grand and Hester streets." Personally, I've had luck in the Bayard/Mulberry area. — Erik Torkells on In the News: Liberty Park Opens Wednesday

Same with BPC. — Erik Torkells on In the News: Liberty Park Opens Wednesday

Re Orlando Memorial Site: Erik, how could you fail to notice that HRPT board 1/2 appointed by Cuomo and (choice I'd put money on) BPC Board completely in his control, so no need to share credit or negotiate with the Mayor! — N on In the News: Liberty Park Opens Wednesday

Can't read article- must be a subscriber =( — Bruce on In the News: Liberty Park Opens Wednesday

suggestions for specific go-to produce places? — hst on In the News: Liberty Park Opens Wednesday