The restaurant should reopen soon. Plus Patron of the New expands to Miami' Buddha-Bar adds Sundays; the New Market Building is gone; 180 The Store adds a new showroom. / 3 comments
Plus a crime ring hits in Tribeca; an avant garde shoe designer and his Tribeca roots; Westworld takes over Pier 26.
After five years of planning, the former Megu space on Thomas is once again a luxe, expansive restaurant, the 13th outpost of the Buddha-Bar global empire. / 17 comments
It's been five years since the bar first applied for a liquor license for the huge space on Thomas; now it looks like they will open this summer. / 9 comments
CB1's Jeff Ehrlich is retiring; a giant food hall is coming to Fosun's Plaza; Buddha Bar approved, again; Marc Forgione takes the Brushstroke space; Attraversa gets a sidewalk cafe; Convene gets the Heisman. / 18 comments
The restaurant and bar -- along with its partner restaurant Assunta Rome -- is aiming now for a September unveiling.
The Financial Times called Assunta Madre, which will be on the second floor of 62 Thomas, Rome's "best seafood restaurant [...] a place of pilgrimage for the cognoscenti." / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1's May agendas: A change to Buddha Bar's liquor-license application; another nightclub proposed for the Haus space; Peck Slip Park design; Greca's sidewalk café; more. / 1 comment
There has been a lot of depressing news in the past year, and we likely haven’t heard the last of it, so let’s focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 34 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan.
Plus: Works starting on fire-damaged 111 Church; more Amazon lockers; Q House of Basics pop-up extended; how to help the homeless man at Broadway and Leonard? / 5 comments
Plus: CrossFit 212 studio appears closed; work at Buddha Bar; "240" shoot this week; mini field trip to a Greek supermarket. / 5 comments
Plus: Vin Sur Vingt wine bar to open on Monday; Smorgasburg on Canal Street now has booze; pop-up event space to empower women; the Joel Shapiro sculpture in Tribeca. / 3 comments
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