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.
Plus: Alleged gigolo headquartered in FiDi; Black Tap's big new basement dining room; more on the new mall; the history of 6 Stone Street.
Plus: Renderings and floor plans for 70 Vestry; FiDi fire now under control; Black Tap expansion; World Chess Championship coming to the Seaport; the Battery Dance Festival starts next week. / 3 comments
Plus: Three other stores that pulled out of the World Trade Center mall; Community Board 1 wants the Sphere out of Liberty Park; Black Tap on the Lower East Side; China Blue owners to open Williamsburg restaurant. / 1 comment
Plus: Citigroup exercised its option to buy its Greenwich Street headquarters; more ineptitude from the Cuomo administration regarding its fiefdom; a petition for local representation in Battery Park City; Laura Poitras's upcoming Whitney show; thieves on bikes steal phone; the Clinton SoulCycle benefit. / 4 comments
Plus: Gristedes could be leaving Battery Park City; recapping northeast Tribeca development; the director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage has resigned; new Greek restaurant in FiDi; Black Tap opens a second location.
Plus: Demolition and construction on Park Place; the Chambers/Church stench; Black Tap's expansion plan; it's Taylor Swift's world (we're just living in it).
It calls to mind the kind of places that used to be all over the city, or at least below 14th Street: fifteen seats, a lone counter, two staffers, no attitude. Plus: the best veggie burger around. / 1 comment
Plus: Ex-Telepan Local chef's new American-Filipino pop-up; Peter Tunney's giant Polaroids; new burger place on Broome; "radical and rare lighting"; World Trade Center Transportation Hub Oculus curtain wall. / 1 comment
Recalling another oldest bar has anyone heard of any updates on The Bridge Café? — JPL / Seen & Heard: Powell Building gets preservation award
Jk Singer (talk about atrocious punctuation! Jk? Reading too much ee cummings? bell hooks?) must be a very lonely person... — Bruce Ehrmann / Sneak Peek: Printemps
Congrats Laura Starr! well done-well deserved! I voted! — madeline c lanciani / Seen & Heard: Vote for the Battery Playscape
Thanks for taking the time to share this. And thank you for doing all that you do for this community.... — A Tribeca Parent / Sneak Peek: Printemps
This is tacky beyond belief! — R. / Sneak Peek: Printemps
They’re open “for the neighbors” before the official date. Everybody is so nice. The women’s dressing room is adorable. There’s... — Hudson River / Sneak Peek: Printemps
No one wants a crusty bagel. It is supposed to be doughy and soft through and through. NYC gets bagels... — John / Apollo Bagels coming to John Street