It looks like they're just finishing the build of the space, but very little activity in the actual restaurants getting set up. I'm sure they're all going to need at least a week to set up and get revving. — DavidP on Brookfield Place: The Big List

Racines is a true delight! It's a warm and friendly, there's a lot of attention to detail, and the service is right-on. Plus the food is some of the best the neighborhood has seen in quite a while. — Anonymous on First Impressions: Racines NY

Thank you, Sarabeth's, for the Trail of Smears & Smells along the Jay Street sidewalk from your nightly trash bag drag. The slimy, slippery sidewalk is a real must see & smell for all TriBeCans and visitors. — Miriam on Sarabeth’s Tribeca

Have you seen the current exhibition at Taymour Grahne Gallery? Really interesting and beautiful work. — Andrea on Where in Tribeca…?

Right, but when it's not rush hour, it's another story. — KP on In the News: Canal Street to Be a “Slow Zone”

Don't shoot the messenger but I had chats with a couple of the guards there today and they both said the food court is now scheduled to open May 17. It could go on like this for awhile, you know. — Hudson River on Brookfield Place: The Big List

Anyone know anything more about 396 Broadway? It doesn't seem like any construction has started there? — Josh on A New Hotel in Tribeca

isn't canal street already a slow zone? has anyone at the DOT tried to drive through Canal street after 5 PM during the week? it's already a parking lot... — HH on In the News: Canal Street to Be a “Slow Zone”

Also, what about the Syms building? Although they will probably want to put some windows in--too depressing as it is now, unless it gets torn down for a glass tower. Was thinking of either one for the Saks discount place. I'm hoping Eataly becomes less special--there's stuff there I would buy if it weren't such a madhouse. — Hudson River on In the News: Details about the Beekman Hotel

Re the July 4 festival--there is usually a street fair on Water Street so maybe that's it? — Hudson River on A New Hotel in Tribeca

Great writeup. Thanks! — lowphat on Brookfield Place: The Big List

The Copenhagen? — Andrea on Where in Tribeca…?

Sorry for the lack of clarity. The Hudson Eats food court opens May 10. — Erik Torkells on Brookfield Place: The Big List

Isn't some portion of the food supposed to open in early May? I'm a tad confused on that point. Perhaps it has been pushed back? — Doug on Brookfield Place: The Big List

Thanks for all of this! It's good to have it all on one place. There were 2 Devon & Blakelys. The one that was on Vesey Street, next to the American Express tower, closed. The other one is in the south octagon on Liberty street, next to the Starbucks. It's still there. The Au Bon Pain, which is on South End, is still there, and the Bright Horizons, also on South End, looks like it's almost ready to open. — Hudson River on Brookfield Place: The Big List

You're so passionately articulate, Erik. Well done! — KP on In the News: Downtown Boathouse Delayed

umami and hermes. done. — phoebe on Brookfield Place: The Big List

Robert Stern (or any architect) ought to be ashamed of agreeing to build a tower on western half of the block that is home to the Woolworth Building -- a tower that will block views of that historic structure as well as completely dwarf it when finished. Would a tower higher than the Empire State building be allowed to happen in a block next to it? Ah, but architects' egos (to say nothing of their appetite for profits) know no limit. — John on An Eye on Construction

^ Uh, yeah. That was in 1999. That matter has been long resolved and in the past. — Welcome to 15 years ago... on Pearl Paint Has Indeed Closed

Hmmm, Could Eataly also be considering the old American Stock Exchange building? Could Anthony Bourdain be eyeing that spot as well? Remember that Bourdain was also rumored to be coming to the WTC area but no one has said anything at all about that since the Eataly rumor was announced. — Luis Vazquez on In the News: Details about the Beekman Hotel

Really different attitude from when they opened when they specifically said they were going to be a neighborhood-friendly place and planned to keep open tables so that people could walk in and not be turned away. — TribecaMom on EXCLUSIVE: The Most Exciting Restaurant News of the Year

We have a continual love/hate relationship with LV. We love the food, the service is terrific and the location can't be beat. However, when dining with guests a reservation is preferred but nearly impossible to obtain. It doesn't seem to matter the day or time, we are accustomed to hearing "for a party of your size we have nothing available". We still drop in though, and always feel victorious when we can score a table without doing time at the bar. — Andrea on EXCLUSIVE: The Most Exciting Restaurant News of the Year

Hey! My wedding was there! I had real issues with LV's hosts when it opened, and I didn't even try to go for a couple years. But I've found the restaurant to be more welcoming in recent times (then again, I'm only likely to go on quieter days), if still noisy (a risk with any popular establishment), and the food is still very good. (And everything at my wedding was handled perfectly.) — Erik Torkells on EXCLUSIVE: The Most Exciting Restaurant News of the Year

Ditto. Terrible service, full of weddings from NJ. It is so over. Food is always fine but it's just not worth the experience. — hst on EXCLUSIVE: The Most Exciting Restaurant News of the Year

As a mom of an avid 5yo Lego builder I'm thrilled that the Lego store will be in walking distance!! — Yael on In the News: WTC Shops to Include Disney, Lego, Kate Spade…