Marc Forgione — Lucky on Where in Tribeca?

The store was bound to close. For the most part the staff were friendly. I remember Edgar, the best dog trainer and employee they had! He still trains dogs in Tribeca. No local trainer could match him. I came across him on instagram siriok9 I will continue to train my dog with him! — Arn Charles on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

No, but fun guess — Tribeca Citizen on Where in Tribeca?

the sign on marc forgione's door! — pvg on Where in Tribeca?

Playgarden, Franklin Street? — TIPTOPTRIBECA on Where in Tribeca?

Marc Forgione, Reade Street — Tanja on Where in Tribeca?

This is unbelievably saddening. Dr. Quraishi was the best. My husband and I are so saddened. The first visit, many years ago, I asked about his elephant wall; he said he didn't particularly like elephants, but patients kept giving them to him because they thought he did; he grew to love his collection. He was absolutely the best. Always a warm smile and gesture and concern for how we were. he was also the best doctor and diagnostician. Period. we will greatly miss him. Our hearts go out to his wife and sons and extended family. During a visit, I would share a concern I had at that time as a parent and he would share an anecdote, giving me a larger picture, allaying my concerns into perspective. I always felt much better after I had spoken with him. He was a very special person who will be greatly missed. Patrick and Barrie — Barrie Schwartz on Dr. Nisar Quraishi dies from the coronavirus at 74

This is dumb, sorry. Groom and walk your own dogs. How is this an "essential" business? If it is it's barely and a stupid inclusion on the list. What you can reasonably do yourself should not be in business. Where are you going that you can't walk your dog yourself? When the state has banned all non-essential workplaces from operating? "I'm walking my dog over to dogwalkers" - ridiculous. — Stop The Spread on Pupculture reopening for business five days a week

Hi Ghazi, We identify trends in both restaurant menu content and consumer demand for various foods (and eventually beverages) for restaurants and other businesses in the supply chain. The idea is to provide near real-time market signals for food suppliers, including restaurants, so that they can better gauge demand for existing foods, and be alerted when new trends arise. For consumers, it sort of puts them in the driver's seat, so that they are determining, collectively, what types of products make their way onto menus and store shelves, merely by using the app, rather than having products they didn't ask for being marketed to them. By eliminating as much of the friction of food search as possible, particularly for sustainably produced goods, we hope to uncover the true demand for them. The way our search engine works, it does not suggest alternatives. For example, if people are searching for grass-fed steak, only those results so tagged will show up. As the number of searches with this tag increase, so does the risk to restaurants and their suppliers of not carrying it. For food companies, up to 70% of innovations in the consumer packaged good industry originate in restaurants. But their current methods for identifying those trends are highly inefficient, since collecting data from the restaurant industry is, as one executive told me, "the biggest black hole" in their industry. We plan to price our data product, which is largely DIY, such that it is affordable to even the smallest restaurants, using a progressive pricing structure. Those restaurants, incidentally, tend to punch well above their weight in terms of the innovations they bring. — Rob on New App on the Block: WhatToOrder

86 Warren WAS previously considered essential - at least when I check the DOB map a few weeks ago when they were working past the quarantine. They then stopped work for a few weeks, before starting and stopping again. The essential status of the project was, as you report, then changed. What appear to be monitoring devices were attached to the rear wall of one of the existing, adjacent properties on Monday, before the site was shut down again. I overlook the site, and am very appreciative for no air horns and pile driving at 7 AM during this quarantine. — Gerald on Construction Update: What is essential and what is not?

I just learned this through the grapevine. I went to Dr Q for so many years. He was always a calm, steady source of comfort and common sense - and medical wisdom. The absolute definition of what you want your personal physician to be in so many ways. Please post here if there's anything people can do in tribute to him or to assist his family in any way. — Bill Westcott on Dr. Nisar Quraishi dies from the coronavirus at 74

How does the app make money if not through ads priority search results or transactions? — Ghazi on New App on the Block: WhatToOrder

Hi Joe, thanks for your questions. It's better for the customer because they will see more restaurant options than they will by searching any delivery or review app, and will see them sorted transparently. Delivery apps only show you their silo of partners, and then alter the results to favor the larger restaurants. Yelp and Google Maps are very comprehensive of course, but also alter the search results. Also, customers can search much deeper into menus to find specific dishes on WhatToOrder. Our research indicates that a portion of every consumer's restaurant search activity is focused around something more specific than cuisine, or even food type (by food type I mean ramen, tacos, etc.). For those occasions, WhatToOrder is the only reliable option. And for those with dietary preferences, or the desire to eat sustainably, we've combed through hundreds of thousands of menu items to tag those with some combination of 20 different filters. Again, there is no other reliable option if you want this. WhatToOrder is not a delivery service. We are a search platform, but link users directly into the mobile delivery, reservation and review sites without having to open another app. I guess you could sum all this up by saying our value add is providing consumers a single point of entry for all food and restaurants searches by giving them access to all available information in one place. — Rob on New App on the Block: WhatToOrder

Thank you Pam for featuring us! We really appreciate the support in getting the word out!! — Jennifer Cattaui on Local Business Update: Babesta

Hi @Good For You. Thanks for your reply. Unless you're physically challenged, I think you may be over-estimating the difficulty of grocery-shopping with a bike. But it's gonna have to be your bike (not Citibike), not just to circumvent the 45-min time limit but b/c you're gonna want panniers (saddlebags that fit on the rear rack) to carry 90% of your load. Assuming you're not a single parent, you'll likely have a free hour (allowing time to wheel out your bike, ride to Trader Joe's, shop, pack the saddlebags, etc.) once or twice a week. The real challenge is getting started -- including buying the bike and figuring out where to keep it. Trans Alt can help you, ditto Bike NY, ditto yours truly. My main point is that once you're past that initial hurdle and all set up, you'll likely find it easier than you now imagine. And for me, biking for groceries beats pushing a cart or hauling the bags. Good luck. Pls reach out if you'd like more hands-on advice. — Charles Komanoff on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

interesting idea. can u tell us why this is better for the customer than seamless, etc? or is it mainly for restaurants better economics. also who does the delivery in your service? — joe on New App on the Block: WhatToOrder

You seriously think that CitiBikes can only be used for 45 minutes? That would be the worst business model...ever. — CitiMikey on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

The IPTA doesn't like facts. — IP resident on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

For those people that used to patronize Unleashed, please consider the three remaining local Pet Shops: Le Pet Spa on South End Avenue, Petropolis on Greenwich and Seaport Paw on Peck Slip. All three offer Grooming (or will when they are able to resume full operations). Le Pet Spa is open Wed-Sat from 10:30 - 6:00, Petropolis is open on Friday for curbside pick up (contact them to order) and Seaport Paw is reopening this weekend with Saturday and Sunday hours from 10-5. More details on my FiDi Fan Page on Facebook. We need to keep as many brick and mortar stores as we can and every little bit helps. — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

Dare I say this? Target has a pretty large grocery section downstairs. — SW on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

SP: Thank you for facts. Facts are good. — SW on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

Exactly right, James! Repeating this baseless claim over and over is not going to make it true. — SW on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

try delivery from a local merchant instead of the doggie version of Amazon — Tk on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

try delivery from a local merchant instead of the doggie version of Amazon — Tk on Petco Unleashed on Chambers is closing for good

Ok, it's up, and menu fully searchable! — Rob on New App on the Block: WhatToOrder