Bill, the original owner of Delphi, was broken hearted at losing his lease. Then he died of cancer caused, I believe, by his opening the place on 9/11 to all the recovery workers and inhaling a lung full of glass and crap. His family, however, is still in the restaurant business and it would be great to have Delphi back. Not going to happen. But it would be great. — Jean Bergantini Grillo on Super Linda Is Closing

Hey Matt, you can't please every parent any of the time. So keep your profits and throw a blowout holiday party at the shop. Please leave the kids, any SoulCycle logo-ed merch and puffy black jackets at the door. — Jim Smithers on Seen & Heard: What 465 Washington’s Expansion Will Look Like

and ps 289 is a BPC school. There are also a bunch of kids from tribeca who attend 276. — Ariane on Seen & Heard: What 465 Washington’s Expansion Will Look Like

Hey Matt Bernson - kids inside that pendant/ring are also zoned for PS 397 ... — jfrankp on Seen & Heard: What 465 Washington’s Expansion Will Look Like

Awesome photo!!! — Nicole on Seen & Heard: What 465 Washington’s Expansion Will Look Like

Fabulous photo! Thanks, Matt — betty on Seen & Heard: What 465 Washington’s Expansion Will Look Like

Delphi, which preceded it and was a dependable and affordable standard in the neighborhood for decades, would no doubt still be going strong if Ceruzzi hadn't bought the site. — George Bacon on Super Linda Is Closing

A lot of drugs happy to see that place go under — TriBeCa on Seen & Heard: China Blue’s Menu

Sun in Bloom is Awesome! One of the few places where EVERYONE eats, regardless of their dietary philosophy. Hope you love it as much as we Brooklynites do! — Melissa Danielle on Tribeca’s Next Health Food Restaurant

Almost sounds like China Blue might be some sort of prank. Look for cameras if you go. — jfrankp on Seen & Heard: Flyover Video

Two Yelp reviews on the same day 5 Stars after reading what I believe to be some very true experiences is just so suspect. http://www.yelp.com/biz/china-blue-new-york — TribecaMom on Seen & Heard: Flyover Video

The least-interesting lobby is ready to open. It's the one on Vesey Street opposite the Mexican restaurant that hasn't opened yet. The construction barricades were down last night and you can get an idea of the new look but there's nothing there yet. According to the plan above, Parm will be off one side of it, and I guess it will somehow be connected inside to the rest of the new space, but previously it just went into the offices so I've never used that entrance. A worker told me the other day he thought it would open on Monday. — Hudson River on Brookfield Place: Who’ll Be Located Where

RE: the barista at Box Kite Coffee -- try The Dream House over South's. http://www.melafoundation.org — citypixie on Seen & Heard: China Blue Is Not Quite Ready

@ China Doll ... sure sounds like you are affiliated with the restaurant. — Katie on Seen & Heard: China Blue Is Not Quite Ready

Out of the three restaurant goers (out of, what, a hundred?) mentioned in the "story," we have one woman C who was told it was a soft opening, Erik who was not told it was a soft opening, and one woman who we aren't told whether she knew or not, only that she waited 90 minutes for a table. Given that it was already 830, we're asked to believe that this last woman had been there since 7PM? Who goes to dinner in Tribeca at 7PM? Tourists. She was probably pissed and she made as damning a statement as she could. So we have three eyewitness accounts, and a restaurant full of other people who may have had a different experience. Erik got his feelings hurt by a hostess (a HOSTESS!), so he turned around and interpreted everything in the worst possible way, and published it his neighbors. So this has nothing to do with being a shill. Maybe the hostess's treatment of Erik is a harbinger of another #fail. But like so many articles in TC, it just seems punitive. — China Doll on Seen & Heard: China Blue Is Not Quite Ready

If it were a friends and family only opening, why did the restaurant bother booking a random reservation? Or why didn't the obviously incompetent hostess apologize and explain this to Erik? Those are a few of the obvious questions @Chinadoll could have asked instead of being a shill for an opening that likely just went wrong. — BobR on Seen & Heard: China Blue Is Not Quite Ready

Yes, the Obama administration has had a chilling effect on your reporting! — Angel on Seen & Heard: Fighter Jets in Formation

@Angel: Actually, the biggest opponent of a free press in the US right now is the Obama administration. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: Fighter Jets in Formation

@China Doll: There was never any mention of a "soft opening" or "friends-and-family period" in the restaurant's promotion of its opening (including in the sign on its door), nor when I called to reserve a few days ago. There was no mention of it when I showed up last night -- only C. got that explanation. And while I'm prepared to put up with wonky service or a slow kitchen during the first few days of a restaurant's opening, I don't think it's too much to ask that they honor a reservation, especially on a Thursday in the busy holiday season. And if that's not possible, for whatever reason, then they should figure out how to get that message across in a way that is, at the very least, apologetic. Because there was never even an apology. "Be prepared and be gentle" sounds nice, but it doesn't remotely get across the sheer inability of the restaurant to function last night. — Erik Torkells on Seen & Heard: China Blue Is Not Quite Ready

"To promote what, exactly? Our aggressive nature? Our ability to harm?" These are the exact same planes that are protecting your First Amendment Right to a Free Press. Too bad you can't see the connection. — Angel on Seen & Heard: Fighter Jets in Formation

I have no affiliation with either China Blue or with the restaurant business in general, but being piqued because of bad service during a soft opening is uncalled for, not just by you, but by the people who complained to you. its called "friends and family" precisely because those people will be not just tolerant of bad food and service, but also give the owners constructive feedback, without undue bad publicity. Eric, you could have just said "China Blue is going through a soft opening. If you decide to try a reservation or walk-in, be prepared and be gentle." — China Doll on Seen & Heard: China Blue Is Not Quite Ready

Woolworth Bldg - Barclay Street — Jim Smithers on Where in Tribeca…?

Many thanks to the Tribeca Trust for standing strong and holding fast to defend our neighborhood from bad city planning.The Trust should not be allowed to fade away ! — Dennis Pantzer on The Criminal Summons Court Is Not Coming to W. Broadway!

My husband was approached near Whole Foods a few months ago, same deal. Home theater system ready to give away. He ignored them but was totally bothered by it. We saw the van later that day circling BPC by the ball fields. So creepy. — CBM on Seen & Heard: Fighter Jets in Formation

Somebody please stop this developer before it goes any further! — David Sheldon on More Renderings of Pier 17