Read about Benares in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
The movement is spreading downtown and over to Brooklyn. Plus there's another crawl this weekend, and a growing list of local artists who have lent their talents to the curbside scene here.
Plus Benares is fielding orders from India; the Pincus brothers open a new waterfront restaurant in the Hudson River Park; covid poetry at the Seaport. / 3 comments
Plus the house and senate voted to extend the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund for seven decades; the city will honor 9/11 responders; Benares opens in Jersey.
Also on Community Board 1's November agendas: Four-story addition proposed for two-story building on Franklin; two existing restaurants appear top be getting taken over; booze at the Dirty Lemon store; Alamo Drafthouse; more.
Plus: City council candidates debate; new chef at Benares; Black Tap launching milkshake trucks; Shopkins pop-up on N. Moore; Chalait tea café opening on Houston.
"When you can’t get away, Aire Ancient Baths is a pretty great escape," says Ben LeBlanc, founder of the Good Stock soup company, now delivering exclusively in Tribeca. "You feel like you’re made of Jell-O when you walk out." / 1 comment
What good is sitting around in your loft? Go out and have fun—here are the places planning to be open tonight, tomorrow, or both. NOTE: UPDATES APLENTY FOR TUESDAY! / 22 comments
"My wife says I’m obsessed with local food sellers, and it’s true," says Jacob Weisberg, chairman of the Slate Group. "If I had to single out one, it would be the fresh fish from Blue Moon at the Saturday Greenmarket." / 5 comments
"The lychee martinis at Nobu go down way too easily," says Clinton Kelly, moderator of ABC talk show "The Chew" and designer of a new tabletop line. "I've gotten myself into some serious trouble with those." / 3 comments
"The online deals at Tribeca Spa of Tranquility are great," says Francesca Kennedy, founder of the sandal company Ix. "I highly recommend a Korean scrub—you'll never feel cleaner in your life!"
Plus: New sailing program; Franklin Place sales office; Benares lunch review; book publisher.
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