Dear Tina and Chip, OMG! Nearly jumped out of my seat as I read that you are alive and well and returning with your incomparable food and service. We all miss you so much. Please save us a table any night….any time….any number of people. Very best wishes for a super successful adventure, Debbie Aronson — Debbie and Donald Aronson on Eulalie is getting closer to opening

Dear Tina and Chip, I loved The Simone on the UES and mourned its loss. I'm getting ready to leave NYC but dare not go until I have visited Eulalie and sampled Chip's miracles in the kitchen and Tina's kind and welcoming care at the front of the house. Best wishes for well-deserved success! — Carole O'Keefe on Eulalie is getting closer to opening

That Taco Bell has been "coming soon" since early 2021 at the latest — Dellin Betansaze on Seen & Heard: Movie nights coming up in WMP

Dear Tina and Chip, So happy for you and for us. Looking forward to dining with you once again. We hope the coconut cake is on the menu. — Susan & Joel Mindel on Eulalie is getting closer to opening

no, but right idea... — Tribeca Citizen on Where in Tribeca?

Dear Chip and Tina, Congratulations on opening your new Restaurant Eulalie. We look forward to dining with you again. We remember all our fine Dinners with your cooking Chip and drinking fine wine from your excellent list Tina. We will be in New York City in October and November and will contact you to make a Dinner reservation. We look forward to dining at Eulalie. Regards, Dr. Howard Marcus Dr. Joseph Ruggiero Dorset, Vermont 05251 — Dr. Joseph Ruggiero Dr. Howard Marcus on Eulalie is getting closer to opening

grateful they chose our neighborhood court and love the new design! — EM on Washington Market Park basketball gets a rehab — and an immersive mural

So thrilled to hear about Eulalia. As UES residents, we miss The Simone! Can’t wait to ‘return’ to Chip’s amazing cuisine and Tina’s spectacular service. — Brian B Shulman on Eulalie is getting closer to opening

Cafe Roma — Susan Robinson on Where in Tribeca?

Agreed that the laws need to be enforced against the customers. There should be public service info, for sure. For example, any tourist center or visitor web site or brochure or tour operator etc. should be required to prominently inform visitors that counterfeit goods are illegal, and that purchasing them fuels organized crime. It's very hard apparently to enforce laws against buyers because it requires proving that buyer consciously knew the goods were counterfeit, which is all too easy to deny. I remember some interviewer asking a buyer on Canal Street whether they knew the goods were counterfeit. The buyer responded, "I thought they were stolen!" (As if that makes it OK) Hence I think the faster approach to clear our streets of this blockage might be to focus on the other violations: obstruction of sidewalk passage; vending without licenses; vending in inappropriate or prohibited areas; etc. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: F.E. Castleberry menswear coming soon?

Yes, early October is what they are hoping for. I will tour it soon and report back! — Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: Orangetheory opening in third quarter

Hi! Any update on when the Orange Theory in Tribeca is going to open? Thanks!! — Stephanie on Seen & Heard: Orangetheory opening in third quarter

The only landmarked building on Franklin in this area is 54 Franklin. The subject buildings (59 and 65) are not landmarked nor should they have been. They are and were tenement style non-descript structures. Their value was for redevelopment and 59 had value on the interior finishes, such as the wood floors, doors and other architectural details that were removed by hand and resold. I thought they might take down the bricks and resell those due to their age, but I guess I was wrong. Just because something was built in NYC a long time ago doesn't mean it's worth keeping it standing — Sandy on The latest in the saga (and heartbreak) at Franklin and Broadway

As a "sanctuary city" NYPD cannot work with ICE (immigration), so you can forget about that... — PadreP on Seen & Heard: F.E. Castleberry menswear coming soon?

He was a poet of multiple dimensions. — Wayne Burkey on Tribecan Thierry Despont, who left his mark here with restorations of significant landmarks, dies at 75

Disgraceful...and all too typical. I live on Murray Street and we watched the same mess happen at the end of my block - they tear down 19th century magnificence in a matter of hours...then leave a gaping hole for years to come, all locked up in litigation, while the entire block is destabilized. Something has to change. — Will on The latest in the saga (and heartbreak) at Franklin and Broadway

What we need is to stop buying obviously counterfeit junk AND put on a comprehensive educational PSA and program for US and foreign tourists. Like when they started to arrest the johns, it’s the customer that needs targeting too. The vendors will be back because people buy that stuff. So many of the sellers seem to be immigrants, too and pretty sure reporting has uncovered that many are victims of scams themselves, basically being forced to sell fake goods by overseers. — David Chapman on Seen & Heard: F.E. Castleberry menswear coming soon?

Walked by yesterday (Sunday) at 5 pm and the counterfeit market was in full swing. These raids need to happen every week - Immigration officers should be part of the team as well. Agree with Marcus' above points. — K on Seen & Heard: F.E. Castleberry menswear coming soon?

This news makes my heart happy! My husband and I came to know the culinary magic of Chip and Tina when they had their restaurant, Bon Soirée in Chapel Hill, NC, and then again at The Simone. I can’t wait to come to NY and experience their new venture! — Debbie LaMay on Eulalie is getting closer to opening

Supposedly $30 million in counterfeit junk seized, and 17 arrested. The counterfeiters were right back out there the next day, like nothing happened. This demonstrates two points: 1. The "punishments" to those arrested non-existent, so have no deterrent effect. 2. $30 million is considered a negligible loss to these operations...which indicates how massive this fraudulent, exploitative, criminal industry really is. It's now a multi-TRILLION dollar worldwide network of scammery. Everything from fake handbags, electronics, medicines, cosmetics, household cleaners. Anyone who knowingly buys this junk is consciously supporting organized crime and possibly even terrorism. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: F.E. Castleberry menswear coming soon?

Tina and Chip— So glad to see you two will once again be providing good food and cheer at a new restaurant. — Jean and Barry Marcus on Eulalie is getting closer to opening

Dept of Buildings (and Landmarks Preservation Commission in landmark districts) tolerates this outrageous and destructive behavior by developers towards innocent neighbors. That's why it keeps happening. — James on The latest in the saga (and heartbreak) at Franklin and Broadway

Looks like we need to update half of Tribeca pink on the Rat Map! — Tribeca Dad on Seen & Heard: City releases rat map

Thank you for that! Yes, seems to be a glitch on certain pages. — Marcus on Clarity — finally — on one angle of congestion pricing for Downtown residents

Brendan's restaurant on the North Fork is in Greenport, not North Port. It is quite good. We're excited to try the new spot on Chambers Street. — Brett Moskowitz on Ecco! space will now be Poseidon?