Plus: Linda Perry and Sara Gilbert performing at Whole Foods; another change of plans for the W New York Downtown restaurant; Riff Downtown hotel; Courtyard by Marriott rendering.
Plus: BLT Bar & Grill is closing (and a new company is taking over the space); 443 Greenwich's very nice windows; neighbors ticked off about 19 Park Place; Warren Street bar update; mini-storage advice. / 7 comments
Plus: New leadership at CB1; popsicles and tamales; burger kiosk; Beach and Varick, then and now; cheating student's excuse; nightclub shuttered.
Plus: "Selling New York"; Richard Varick; Tribeca dandy; Theater Bar update; William Beaver House price cuts; BLT Bar & Grill.
A heck of a lot opened last year—but, alas, quite a bit closed, too. And one restaurant managed to do both. / 2 comments
Andrew Carmellini's new restaurant. Plus: BLT Bar & Grill review; Battery Park City Authority cracks down on nookie; Torahs returned.
Back to the drawing board.... Plus: Fall restaurant preview; West Thames Park drama; undocumented restaurant workers; red tide in the Hudson; BLT B&G deal.
A new Indian restaurant gets a shout-out. Plus: A Uno and La Lumia's plans for Fashion's Night Out; rosé tasting tonight at Maslow 6; vote for your favorite sandwich and kids' theater group; Canal Park Playhouse; weenie roast!
What does BLT stand for anymore? (Besides bacon, lettuce, and tomato.) I wondered that as I walked over to the new BLT Bar & Grill in the new W New York Downtown.... / 1 comment
Wichcraft brings back its amazing BLT. Plus: Shake Shack, Blue Smoke, and one more restaurant TBD in BPC; Damon Dash auction report; rats in Collect Pond Park; Peck Slip post office; BLT Bar & Grill discount; 100 Church tenant. / 1 comment
Plus: BLT Bar & Grill's opening party; what's up with the construction at Tribeca Cinemas; free time at Space on White; and a big night at City Winery.
Opening this week in the new W hotel. Plus: a deal on a schooner or tugboat ride, and a tragic loss at Marc Forgione. / 1 comment
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
Since this issue is in play again, I'll opine that the "fluid boundaries between public and private space" is an... — Gary / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
The graffiti in question looks very similar to the same outside of Target (on the never-ending construction barriers) which questioned... — Downtown Dad Again / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Our apartment was inside the "frozen zone" and when we were finally able to return to it in mid-October, I... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / A documentary honors the work of the Sanitation Department after 9/11