Plus: Todd Merrill store on Lafayette has sort-opened; the former Ivy's Bistro space has gone under the plywood; sculpture show at Patrick Parrish; Ooh! Shoes is closing.
Plus: Two Hands dinner service update; quashing a Smith & Mills rumor; kitchen and furniture maker opening in Hudson Square; Related's handsome new rental building; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer.
Also on Community Board 1’s January agendas: Changes to the former Ivy's Bistro and Valley National Bank spaces; Flinders Lane Australian restaurant opening on W. Broadway; façade restoration on Reade; enlargement on Hubert; more. / 4 comments
Plus: More of 12 Warren has been revealed; a peek inside the Ivy's Bistro replacement; signage up for Rosa Mexicano and Ibiza; Worth Street reconstruction task force. / 7 comments
At last night's meeting of the Community Board 1 Tribeca Committee, Matt Abramcyk and Akiva Elstein presented the plans for their latest Tribeca restaurant. Check out the floor plan and sample menu.
It's not much of a surprise, because when Ivy's closed, they told me that they hoped to "do a breakfast lunch and dinner service for all our neighbors in the community that we love so much."
Plus: New sculpture show in City Hall Park; Gran Morsi chef takes on Bobby Flay; Ivy's replacement's hours; Mexican restaurant in a vintage Airstream trailer; film shoot "tonite"; City of Water Day at the Lilac; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer. / 4 comments
Thanks to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Plus: Military flyovers today and tomorrow; possible lead on who's taking the Ivy's space; 111 Murray as a vacant lot; Papaya Dog opens in FiDi. / 1 comment
Also on Community Board 1’s July agendas: The big hotel being built on Greenwich will have "rooftop features"; Keith McNally's Beekman restaurant; more construction on Leonard; FiDi is getting a Le Pain Quotidien; Atera's bar; W. Broadway pedestrian plaza. / 4 comments
Plus: A funkier façade than thought; new furniture store on Laight?; gut renovation at Ivy's; Belle Reve's "dirty dinner party"; Hudson Square event.
It's certainly a blow for affordable dining in the neighborhood. The question now is, does Matt Abramcyk still plan to turn it into Maritime? / 3 comments
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