Read about Brushstroke in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Marc Forgione's new space at 30 Hudson is bright and warm with 60 seats in the dining room and 24 at the bar. / 2 comments
His career shaped modern American dining in the broadest sense, but his impact was also local: for Tribeca and its development as a neighborhood, it cannot be overestimated. / 11 comments
J. wrote this week and I could hear the panic in his voice: "Do you have any info? Marc Forgione on Reade appears to have closed."
Forgione at the former Brushstroke will be a welcome sight to that dark corner -- but residents still found a reason to complain. / 29 comments
Plus a new deli at the Oculus; Pride events scheduled locally this week; Warren's campaign volunteers host debate party at .... Warren 77. / 1 comment
Plus: Brushstroke blames its closing on a rent hike; Downtown Soccer League anniversary celebration; Dunkin' Donuts is changing its name; the story of Wall Street; start-up website about city news. / 7 comments
Unless David Bouley has plans for the space, the closing leaves him with just one establishment in Tribeca, the neighborhood he has been associated with since Montrachet opened in 1985.
Plus: Cosmetics store closed at the World Trade Center mall; Brushstroke Noodle Bar is serving lunch two days a week; Jackie Robinson Museum is feeling optimistic; "Quantico" TV shoot; pop-up showroom on Broadway. / 6 comments
Plus: More on the noodle bar inside Brushstroke; Fulton Center is blasting Christmas music onto the street.
The former Ichimura at Brushstroke sushi bar has been turned into a noodle bar serving ramen, udon, soba, gyoza, and a bit of sushi. / 1 comment
Plus: Bouley won't reopen for at least two years; anti-dancing law to be repealed this week; Weinstein Company consolidation; Roman and Williams opening a store on Howard; artist Toni Dove; remembering James F. Gill. / 1 comment
Plus: "Star Trek" promotion; children's portraiture; a new show of paintings by Il Lee; more info on the Louis Vuitton pop-up museum; sad turn for Bouley-related landscaping. / 1 comment
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