Discussed at last night's meeting: Plans for a new piano bar; Laughing Man's proposed Street Seats expansion; big events at Spring Studios; booze at Tribeca's Kitchen; sidewalk cafés at Yves and Añejo; Lower Manhattan Community Church block party; early-morning deliveries at the Tribeca Family Festival. / 9 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: The imminent Warren Street reconstruction project; Apple's event space on Duane; weekend construction at 24 Leonard condominium; expanded outdoor seating at Laughing Man; the loud start of the Five Boro Bike Tour; CB1's street fair scheduled for Warren; Maxwell's sidewalk café. / 11 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: Insane Holland Tunnel traffic; the restaurant coming to the Super Linda space; The Greek's spinoff in Truffles Tribeca; Antique Garage's Church Street outpost; poke restaurant on Lispenard; proposed newsstand outside Whole Foods. / 6 comments
Should residents be allowed to decide which businesses can open here? / 32 comments
It might be getting turned into an outpost of the Ainsworth, an upscale sports bar-and-grill. UPDATE: But until the deal is done, if it's done, White Street is still most definitely open. / 1 comment
Roberto Passon and Tanya Hira, the couple behind the popular Terra, are opening an Italian restaurant across W. Broadway. / 2 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: Liquor-license applications for Serafina and the Balthazar alums' all-day brasserie in the old Cercle Rouge space (sample menus!); the third street fair on the same Warren block this year; Two Hands's contentious sidewalk café; Buddha Bar. / 7 comments
Sushi chef Eiji Ichimura is leaving the Bouley empire and striking out on his own; Sole di Capri had big aspirations for a sidewalk cafe; David Bouley showed up to talk about Bouley Botanical; a bar we'll be hearing about next month.
Plus: Gelato cart outside Whole Foods; statue of soldier on horseback moved to Liberty Park; peeking inside Hank's Juicy Beef and fancy mystery on Chambers; new Cosmopolitan Hotel bar to be for guests only; Worth Street reconstruction update; "Scenes from the Underground" shoot. / 5 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: Start date for the five-year Worth Street reconstruction; whether to give 70 Vestry 33 more private parking spaces; Two Hands sidewalk tables; Five Boro Bike Tour street closures; several event permits; Wichcraft and Chipotle liquor licenses; the Flea update. / 3 comments
Discussed at last night's meeting: An update on the crane accident and what might be done differently; Bogardus Plaza progress report; work to start soon on City Vineyard, the restaurant at Pier 26; M1-5 and its neighbors' frustration; Citigroup plaza changes; Spring Studios lighting; Tribeca Family Festival; Transportation Alternatives event. / 2 comments
Discussed at last night’s meeting: Gunbae's contentious request for later closing hours; liquor-license applications for Flinders Lane and Hank's Juicy Beef; 111 Murray's ballsy request to start construction earlier on Saturdays; Laughing Man's Street Seats enclosure; the Raccoon Lodge and Sazón. / 3 comments
Any info on the taco place opening up in Lekka's old space? I just noticed their new awning yesterday. — K / Il Mulino is now Il Giglio
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