Read about Chambers Street Wines in the Tribeca Citizen Shopping Guide.
Long considered one of the best wine stores in the U.S., Chambers Street Wines is primarily known for natural wines. "But of course the vast majority of our customers are people in the neighborhood coming in for a nice bottle of wine to have with dinner," says co-founder Jamie Wolff. / 6 comments
Plus: Chambers Street Wines profile; Canal Street Market on "Cheap Eats" list; movie producer summering in Tribeca; state senator introduces legislation about neighborhood names; Good Samaritan attacked at McDonald's; a day of car-free Chinatown; more co-working in FiDi. / 9 comments
Plus: Nick Lowe is playing City Winery; Chambers Street Wines's good deed; the answer to last week's "Where in Tribeca...?"; military helicopter flyover. / 2 comments
The chicken specialists are collaborating with Eben Lillie of Chambers Street Wines on a wine bar called Verre de Terre, or VdT. It's just one subway stop away....
Plus: François Payard has left his bakery chain; progress for the proposed new park in FiDi; Dirty Bird partnering with Chambers Street Wines. / 2 comments
Plus: Grilled lobster tails as street food; the 9/11 Tribute Center will move to a much larger space; Maman opening a branch at the new International Center of Photography; FiDi subway station attack.
"When you can’t get away, Aire Ancient Baths is a pretty great escape," says Ben LeBlanc, founder of the Good Stock soup company, now delivering exclusively in Tribeca. "You feel like you’re made of Jell-O when you walk out." / 1 comment
Plus: Woman hit by SUV at Greenwich and Duane; Warren Street loft analysis; novelist Peter Carey; East River freezing over.
"My wife says I’m obsessed with local food sellers, and it’s true," says Jacob Weisberg, chairman of the Slate Group. "If I had to single out one, it would be the fresh fish from Blue Moon at the Saturday Greenmarket." / 5 comments
An amuse-bouche east of Church? Was I dreaming? (Also: Racines NY has the capacity for 8,000 bottles of wine, with around 800 on the list at any given time.) / 2 comments
Plus: Debut date (and sneak peek opportunity) for Racines NY; plywood down at 27 Desbrosses; J&R even grimmer than before; 9/11 plaques; magnolia trees. / 1 comment
On the least-loved block, no less, and with backing from one of the Chambers Street Wines proprietors. / 12 comments
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