The restaurant under construction in the former Cercle Rouge space is aiming to open this September—and chef-owners Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr plan to take the menu into unfamiliar territory. / 4 comments
Plus: Peeking inside the restaurant coming to the Cercle Rouge space; best-ever use of a sidewalk shed; American Apparel's Soho store looks iffy; state senator Daniel Squadron's community convention.
Plus: Current-run films at the Roxy Hotel; the "Ghostbusters" firehouse before it was chopped in half; new Grand Street restaurant preview dinner; Atera chef cooking in the Caribbean. / 1 comment
Plus: The outbuilding at 111 Murray; work is starting on W. Broadway's "all-day brasserie"; excellent show about when artists took over Pier 34; boxing humor; Vestry paint job. / 2 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: Liquor-license applications for Serafina and the Balthazar alums' all-day brasserie in the old Cercle Rouge space (sample menus!); the third street fair on the same Warren block this year; Two Hands's contentious sidewalk café; Buddha Bar. / 7 comments
Plus: Raccoon Lodge's farewell party and note; why you should not just avoid chuggers but actively discourage them; clarification about the plans for the Cercle Rouge space. / 8 comments
As reported earlier, the owner of the Brass Monkey is an investor in the project at the former Cercle Rouge space—but it's actually being helmed by co-chefs Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, who plan more of a restaurant than a bar. / 43 comments
The owner of a Meatpacking District pub has applied for a liquor license for the W. Broadway space.
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there