Plus: A simple request for the 1st Precinct; BNY Mellon's "public" lobby is still off-limits; Taste of the Seaport; Adidas shoot; storefronts along West Street. / 4 comments
Plus: Israeli fashion pop-up on Greenwich; no reopening date yet for Bar Cyrk; "Sphere" sculpture finally unveiled at Liberty Park; dance studio for adults opened in Tribeca; matching donations for "Tribute in Light"; what looks like an Adidas store on Sixth Avenue; exhibit of fashion illustration.
I keep a journal of amusing interactions—akin to the New York Times’s “Metropolitan Diary,” but less fit for print. / 9 comments
Plus: Saffron restaurant changes its name again; New Amsterdam Market rally; Peace & Love looks dead; three shoots; Greenwich garage being torn down; 12 Warren; Adidas pop-up involves nail art; a new tree; check-cashing store. / 3 comments
Plus: New Montessori preschool; police blotter; interviews with chef Bill Telepan, Tribeca Grill's outgoing sommelier, and Tribeca Canvas's designer; Adidas rents showroom space in Hudson Square; Super Linda review.
Zucker's is still my go to bagel source! — Robert Ripps / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Shinola had a cafe in the front when it opened, but then the cafe part closed, like, 10 years ago.... — PGCNYC / Seen & Heard: Drip coffee at Shinola
Similar background, the same thought. Saddens me a bit. I haven't tried the Utopia Bagels shop on 34th, which may... — Mulciber / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
The best non-bagel shop bagel is Starbucks. I remember Florence when I worked down the block from 51st Street. Loved... — Sherri Rosen / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Glad to read the clarifying comment by Judy Epstein Gage, and glad to hear David Gage will be staying in... — Marcus / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
I grew up in a neighborhood with basement bagel, bakeries, long, narrow, bagel, ovens, bagelmeister’s, who really knew their craft.... — A. / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
In our house the cart bagels are what we call "cake bagels", barely 1 step up from Lender's frozen bagels.... — Nicole Vianna / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street