One person speaking for an entire community & the tourist, research speaks otherwise. In regards to the video, I would rather be in a restaurant where people are friendly, warm and inviting, not stiff like those we wont name. Mi casa es su casa. Why Hawaii in the name, Hawaii is a place that invokes calm, peace, love, serenity, laughter, good times and memories made = us we want you to feel that way when you walk in and leave with good memories of a place where you were surrounded with memories of the island vacation you spent in Hawaii - if you ever went there. A great meal & dessert in a relax Island style. Bahama Breeze is the name of a great restaurant and there is nothing Bahama about it, none of the cuisine on their menu, only a few drinks but other than that it is about the decor & the music, so what's in a name? — Chef Day on New Restaurant Opening on Greenwich

Oh how wonderful we hide behind comments online the new age of cyber bullying. Regardless of your feelings, we have no pretending to do, we are a close family who love to have fun and so we did on that video. If we are funded or not on Kickstarter does not determine our bottom line and funds we are putting into the restaurant. You see God has provided everything we need. If we depended on people like yourself we would be DOA. Don't be jealous, just be kind, like your parents always said, IF you don't have something good to say then don't say anything at all", Be Blessed. — Chef Day on New Restaurant Opening on Greenwich

Thank you, we hope you will enjoy it with your family and make us a part of your table. — Chef Day on New Restaurant Opening on Greenwich

Mr Vazquez, I hope you get free cupcakes for your PR work on behalf of Billy's anyway what is wrong with a bit of healthy competition. Moreover all the great reviews from Billy's would make you believe they only serve one cupcake because all comments are about their banana cupcakes, hhhhhhmmmmmm. Drop by any time after we open and a dozen cupcake is on the house just for you. — Chef Day on New Restaurant Opening on Greenwich

Ah how we no longer have a sense of humor, relax & enjoy the joke & give your brain a little work on figuring how many months or years is equal to 730 days. Life is better with a cupcake in each hand. — Chef Day on New Restaurant Opening on Greenwich

Okay, there are always busybodies around every issue. But surely, those folks who, for years, have maintained homes and businesses in any area downtown have earned the right to express opinions and to have those opinions listened to respectfully. The only time we become a laughing stock of the world is when we don't exercise the rights we are so privileged to have. — betty on Those Big Plans for the Seaport Have Been Paused

To the author - thank you for showing such engaging images! The room looks like an oasis of greenery much needed in NYC. I have followed Chef Bouley from his first restaurant when it was on Duane Park's North side back in the late '80's. He continues to re-invent the experience of fine dining. A waiter allowed me to peak into Bouley Botanical as they were setting up for a private event for an anniversary party. At the time a demonstration was being projected on a pristine wall that re-defines what a 'wall' can really be - it's organic, highly polished, like whale bone, that gives you permission to touch it's undulating smooth surface with gold rubbed into its skin. The demonstration video floated like reflection in the water that was visually evocative and content engaging. There is an alter of herbs to bask in front of, birds, that although caged, are the likes of artist Joseph Cornell -collage elements comprise their colored feathers. To the author - I ask you to reflect: this space is a huge undertaking. The beautiful copper planters (that seem to reference Donald Judd) are living herbs - over 500 varieties I was told. This is not a decor statement but a commitment to real health. I learned that each of these herbs is used in some manner in his flagship restaurant as well as in the event space. The soil has been organically nourished, the lights specific to providing a more nutrient dense environment - which means a higher quality product that we, the Bouley customer ingests! Have you never seen Julia Childs cook? These are real techniques handed down from generations - your description of the chef violating a chicken is beneath you. Your comment about foie gras indicates that you are perhaps a vegetarian. If this is the case - leave these elements of your personal politics outside of your story. We in the TriBeCa community are lucky to have Chef Bouley as our resident chef. He is a master of great technique and a creative talent (unexploited) who has dedicated his life and now this space to sharing the culture of food through nutrition. I congratulate his new efforts on a beautiful environment and from the look of your images, innovative healthy food. For Your First Impression - take the time to look beyond the beauty and ask why - you will walk away a deeper soul. — A. Tanner on First Impressions: Bouley Botanical

Cleaning up that mess of a seaport is a great idea and should have been done 10 years ago. Busy body people who probably have their own conflict or self interests behind their complaints shouldn't have the ability to stop progress. They are the same people who have delayed the trade center rebuild and in doing so have lined their pockets with money. It's just yet another example of how poor this city is run. Entire cities have been built in the same amount of time as it takes for us to cut through red tape. We are now even more the laughing stock of the world thanks to these types. — Back off on Those Big Plans for the Seaport Have Been Paused

Agree with the comments above. The neighborhood can definitely use another pediatric practice and, having known Tiffany professionally for the past few years and personally since childhood, I think she will be a wonderful addition for those looking for a boutique practice. I wish her the best of luck! — Another Neighborhood Mom on Seen & Heard: A New Pediatric Practice

Tiffany Otto is Dr. Knipe, who was at Downtown Pediatrics for a while. Hope she does well. Can always use a few more pediatrician options down here. — Tribeca parent on Seen & Heard: A New Pediatric Practice

The Fireworks were part of the Super Bowl festivities. There was also a concert on Liberty Island in Jersey that night. — Chconkl on In the News: Zara Opening in FiDi

The fireworks last night were truly spectacular. Were they related to the Super Bowl or something else? Don't really care, they were so beautiful..... — sjw on Seen & Heard: Chambers Construction Casualty

Thank You Katie, We hope to see you at our restaurant in the near future. — Chef Day on New Restaurant Opening on Greenwich

I'll definitely be shopping at Zara. Century 21, no doubt, will do better than ever, with the new WTC towers opening, the millions of new tourists and burgeoning residential, but there is room for everybody. — Luis Vazquez on In the News: Zara Opening in FiDi

"Bedazzle" - is that the name of the strip club coming to the old Il Mattone space? — Jim Smithers on El Internacional, the First Postmodern Art Restaurant

Century 21 gonna bury Zara — jfrankp on In the News: Zara Opening in FiDi

I visited the space the other day and was blown away by how good it smelled! The space is simple, elegant and beautiful. — Claudine on First Impressions: Bouley Botanical

Update, my friends got a new last minute wedding invite saying the venue has been changed to the Conrad Hotel so evidently Spring Studios was not ready to host an event yet & the wedding planner had to scramble to find a last minute event space. — Rosalie on Seen & Heard: Washington Market Tavern Update

Update, my friends got a new last minute wedding invite saying the venue has been changed to the Conrad Hotel so evidently Spring Studios was not ready to host an event yet & the wedding planner had to scramble to find a last minute event space. — Rosalie on Progress Report: January 2014

Jim, Despite the ever changing names and personalities of neighborhoods; the city continues to beguile, beckon and bedazzle. In Huxley's last words: "Never enough beauty". — dianne talan on El Internacional, the First Postmodern Art Restaurant

Bruce, I have Strider's address/phone # and email. — dianne talan on El Internacional, the First Postmodern Art Restaurant

Nope.... — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?

Christina Lehr! — Karen on Where in Tribeca…?

Sorry, that’s incorrect.... — Erik Torkells on Where in Tribeca…?

There is certainly no joy in Tribeca anymore, only forced smiles obscured by cashmere scarves and wraps. Rats have been replaced by children. Why do we bother to live here? It should be called Mudville, not Tribeca. Too much? — Jim Smithers on El Internacional, the First Postmodern Art Restaurant