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Back by popular demand: An updated roundup of happy hour deals. Take off early and have a drink at one of your favorite neighborhood establishments. (Includes food options, too!)
Plus: Almond is now serving weekday lunch; Carini Lang fundraising drive for Nepalese weavers; free museum night; Apexart show about the loss of privacy.
Plus: Añejo is opening a downstairs lounge called Abajo; new Tribeca Park sculpture to be installed today (also, a talk with the artist); Maison Kayser build-out; something up at Nassau and Beekman; El Vez Burrito soft serve. / 1 comment
"To be honest, you're not going to find a lot of new stuff," says Almond co-owner Eric Lemonides. "It's just not going to be that different." What that means is a French/New American menu that's more about pleasing diners than making waves. / 1 comment
Plus: Almond officially opens tomorrow night; New Amsterdam Library closed for renovation; pipe burst at Crunch; action in the Matsugen space?; historical photo; in praise of a copy machine. / 1 comment
Plus: More on Almond; artist Azikiwe Mohammed; Little Park review; event designer DeJuan Stroud moved out; Broadway retail condo sold; turmoil at the Museum of Jewish Heritage; how those old Harrison Street houses got there. / 6 comments
Plus: Dates for this year's Taste of Tribeca and Tribeca Family Festival; Hotel Particulier has closed; Joan Armatrading in concert; Taymour Grahne exhibit. / 2 comments
Plus: Signage up at Almond; trivia night at the Dark Horse Tavern; JCP Downtown's Purim carnival; Battery Park update. / 1 comment
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Hope that's the case then. I would have expected to see cameras put up on every inbound street corner bordering... — Thanks / Congestion pricing plan passes the MTA board
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In each of our careers, you can usually only count on one hand the truly special people you meet and... — Michael / Peter Bianco, who loved his wife, his family and his adopted neighborhood, has died at 51