Read about Billy’s Bakery in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus a mayoral candidate forum on Sunday; Groundhog do-over TODAY from 4 to 6; open house at Church Street School.
Hungry Ghost has reopened and is donating profits; Terroir and Nancy Whiskey are back serving this week; Billy's Bakery opened June 8. / 3 comments
Plus: Billy's Bakery appears to have bailed on Canal Street Market; unnerving attack on Canal Street; new spa on Broadway; one more reason to adopt a pet this Saturday.
Plus: The history of 116 Duane; thief steals electronics and brownies.
"The tortilla soup at MaryAnn's is the area's best-kept secret," says Kalyn Johnson Chandler, founder of the effie's paper line of stationery. "My husband is a fantastic cook and his tortilla soup is one of my favorites, but MaryAnn's is a good substitute." / 1 comment
Plus: Chambers Street hotel (or condo) sold and back on track; Trinity Church cancels its Halloween festivities; bakery closed; another 7-Eleven; cheesesteaks in FiDi. / 11 comments
Plus: FiDi food court; another fancy Tribeca apartment for sale; P.S. 89 kids using ballfields for recess; principal Maggie Siena.
And more photographic fun! Including an awesome jack-o'-lantern. / 2 comments
Possible Park51 permutations. Plus: Batman to shoot at OWS?; Earl's Court opening date; Cuomo and his strong-arm move of the St. Nicholas church; New York Cares; a sale at 9 Murray. / 1 comment
"I have a weakness for two-dimensional art, painting specifically," says Steven Stewart, founder of Kansas, the second entrant in Tribeca's up-and-coming gallery row. / 1 comment
Michelle and Daniel Lehmann, founders of the new online marketplace reCrib, share their Tribeca favorites—from coffee-snob-worthy cafés to who makes the best Bloody Marys. / 1 comment
The pizzeria is closing. Plus: Stop sign background; congrats to Worth Street Veterinary Center; meet Holocaust survivors; know a good tailor?; "doughnut-bagel"; part of Murray to be closed for cobblestoning; major Riesling tasting; cake trend; O.J. prosecutor Marcia Clark; mini-cupcakes; Emergency Medical Care. / 3 comments
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