Read about Augustine in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus: Start dates for brunch and breakfast at Augustine; World Trade Center mall's holiday light show; Ward III doesn't look much closer to reopening; David Weeks Studio's Brooklyn sale; 101 Warren sidewalk shed. / 9 comments
Plus: A peek inside Tetsu restaurant on Leonard; Anthropologie signage; new street markings outside the Balloon Saloon; bus question; ghost sign appearing on Broadway. / 10 comments
Plus: More photos of the Gerken Building penthouse; entertaining Q&A with Augustine restaurateur; Harold's Meat + Three review; FiDi condo sues over 9/11 Tribute Center move. / 1 comment
Plus: Keith McNally on Augustine and the New York restaurant scene in general; the home/showroom of a "professional bon vivant"; signage for Sandy's high-water mark; teen robbed and beaten; Le Coucou review; school overcrowding in the forecast.
And how to reserve. Plus: Councilman wants to stop more Pier 40 air rights from being sold; 56 Leonard photo essay; proposed law to allow cyclists to use pedestrian signals instead of vehicle signals; database of buildings that should be rent-stabilized, based on tax incentives they have received. / 3 comments
Plus: Bluemercury ditched its Trump magazine cover; another peek inside Augustine; checking in on Épicerie Boulud and Joe Coffee at the World Trade Center mall; details on the ice cream truck closure; Tetsu restaurant; Duane Street parking. / 2 comments
Plus: Yves is just waiting for the gas to be turned on; Augustine's opening date; rumored raid on an ice cream truck; 67 Vestry is on the market; where to get a really good six-foot sandwich. / 2 comments
Plus: A peek inside Augustine; Municipal Building cupola tour; checking in on Ward III's progress; learn to shuck from an expert; new Broadway storefront; new lighting store.
Plus: Man stabbed on the Port Authority's Hudson River pier; Sway nightclub on Spring Street is coming back to life; Acappella opening an outpost in New Jersey.
Plus: The hoist at 56 Leonard is getting dismantled; update on Fowler & Wells and Augustine restaurants; Target advertising; Front Street fashion boutique closed. / 1 comment
One sooner, one later (and you can visit the lobby now). Plus: "Big Lebowski" spinoff shot here yesterday; big metal sidewalk box; a bunch of World Trade Center mall updates, including Épicerie Boulud, the restrooms, and three new subway entrances; Halloween pop-ups. / 6 comments
Plus: When there was a police station on Leonard; man attacked by stranger wielding a baseball bat; why chefs like to open hotel restaurants; water main break; the wine at iPic. / 1 comment
Seppe is quite good. And the wait staff is super nice. — Dee / Carbs are back in the neighborhood
None of these new places are sit with friends type of places. They are all grab and go. I don’t... — Dee / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
To the Olio e Piu owners, sincerely: please do not blight this location with fake flowers. We will welcome you... — Cw / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Seeing as Starbucks and other chains tried and failed to replace the bagel place, that is a reasonable hypothesis. — James Bogardus / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
I think the bagel place is replacing Starbucks and other coffee chains as a place to grab coffee and a... — Amy G. / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! Here is the link to sign up if... — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White