Read about Cercle Rouge in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
A peek at three new restaurants, the brouhaha over 116 Duane, a possible sukkah in Duane Park, complaints about a popular café, and more.
Plus: Paid tickets to opening week at a certain memorial; celeb hijinks at the Tribeca Grand; theater reviews; YouTube stars buy on Lispenard; New York Law School; Seaport Museum update; graffiti artist's gallery show.
Plus: Compose's new name; Bastille Day recap; City of Water Day tomorrow; West Thames Park; W Downtown hater; East River Waterfront video; protesting Dominique Strauss-Kahn; stolen art recovered.
There’s a ton of great stuff happening this week, including a "genius grant" juggler, the incomparable Patti Smith, "Summer Lovers," a re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland, a swing-dance party, Bastille Day fête, Sherlock Holmes, a human fountain, comedy flash mob, and more.
Perrie Samotin, the style editor at amNewYork, shows us around her Tribeca—including where she scores fashion finds and the restaurant she wishes would reopen. / 5 comments
Plus: New Yorker writer on race and class in Tribeca; Detroit is like Tribeca in the "early days"; bad deal at 46 White; Bastille Day party back on; Jason Binn; 9/11 rally for bigots.
Torly Kid's Carol Adams shows us around her Tribeca—including how she met Will Smith and where she goes for hot pretzels.
Plus: Cercle Rouge deal; P.S. 234 auction; Clocktower Gallery event; a Tribeca filmmaker's new short documentary; Bob Townley brunch. / 1 comment
Plus: Deals at Cercle Rouge, Torly Kid, and NeurOasis; comics class for kids; Zucker's Law.
I bet you're pronouncing at least one Tribeca business's name incorrectly. (I was.) / 14 comments
Elisa Casas, star of the new TV show "Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys," on the chef with the sexiest accent, the best Cobb salad, and the famous couple she spotted making out on the street.
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