Read about Brushstroke in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus: 83 Walker new-build will be "inverted"; Issey Miyake sale; actor buys on Warren; Brushstroke wine list; 9/11 museum price; kindergarten outrage; ice cream sandwiches.
Let's talk about me! Here are answers to 10 reader-submitted questions.... / 9 comments
The latest at DS-K's place. Plus: Kirstie Alley; Park51 donation update; Gehry building finally losing the crane; Brushstroke reviewed; Smyth manager branches out.
David Bouley's Japanese restaurant opened last night, and it's as beautiful as expected—with one of the quirkiest/cutest design details I've seen in a while (and I don't mean the 20,000 books lining the bar area). / 6 comments
Plus: The dog skeleton in Tom Otterness's closet; big media tenant at 100 Church; Brushstroke; 471 Washington sales report. / 1 comment
Pictures! Plus: Franklin Station Café founders go north; garbage garage update; Chinatown blog; and all sorts of FiDi news, including two possible rebrandings; another John Street condo conversion, another cheap-ish hotel, and Pita Press.
Plus: Senior centers spared funding cuts; Early Intervention programs somewhat spared; Brushstroke opening date; Daniel Radcliffe; the River church.
Plus: Regal theater changes; Iman; Marc Murphy moving to UWS?; Room sale; Pier 25 plans; Trinity historian; Chanterelle chef; Christmas tree blown over; Brushstroke opening date; new middle school; Fulton Transit Center; dog owner's restaurant.
On the agenda: A jazz bar from guys affiliated with Little Branch and Milk & Honey; dining-in-the-dark restaurant Dans le Noir?; stop signs on Beach Street; permits for Taste of Tribeca and Cercle Rouge’s Bastille Day. / 2 comments
In "Progress Report: Opening Soonish," I looked at the businesses due to open in the next month and a half. Here's what's farther out on the horizon. One caveat: A lot of the info is from months ago and is uncomfirmable.
Someone asked me to explain what Bouley is up to these days. Here you go.... / 3 comments
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