Read about China Blue in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus: Collect Pond Park update; R 20th Century changes its name; Stillfried Wien gets a sign; pizza dough; Mexican restaurant forecast.
Plus: One-bedrooms are scarce; China Blue review; Seaport town hall tonight; Elixir in FiDi closed; more on the anti-SeaWorld girl; Sandy art installation under the FDR Drive; deaf grandfather and his service dog; marijuana and your pet.
Having done my best to erase my actual first impressions of China Blue, the new Shanghainese restaurant in the Capsouto Frères space, I headed back for dinner this past Saturday night. / 15 comments
Plus: Likely site of the second area Juice Press; Jeff Zimmerman at R 20th Century; famous chef added to the Friends of Hudson River Park's board; China Blue on OpenTable.
Plus: Mystery activity at Super Linda; Colin Quinn charity-bartending at Woodrow's this afternoon; new pediatric dentist in northwest Tribeca. / 1 comment
Plus: Another report on China Blue; town hall meeting on the future of the Seaport; Brookfield Place entrance; how to donate to the New York City Rescue Mission right now. / 2 comments
Plus: Keanu Reeves filming again; W. Broadway bottleneck; half-marathon; Seaport bar; Franklin Place construction explanation; Broadway storefront; where to find old New York around here? / 6 comments
Plus: Dylan Prime reopening date; cheap hooch; volunteer at New Amsterdam Market; meet photographer Nigel Barker. / 3 comments
Plus: Hudson Street sidewalk; Flywheel Sports; China Blue restaurant; 4 World Trade Center ceremony; Baked's beer/wine license; NYC Elite considering a move; Rolling Stones pillows. / 6 comments
Plus: Battery Park City resident tried to hire a killer with stamps; a charter elementary school proposed inside a troubled high school; 261 Broadway analysis; hospital progress; school history. / 4 comments
Plus: The duo behind China Blue; Ronnie Cutrone; Atera raises its price; Trinity Church's demolition plan. / 1 comment
Discussed: The Chinese restaurant at the Capsouto Frères space. Liquor at Anotheroom. Coffee and liquor at Maslow 6 Wine Bar (with RBC's Cora Lambert involved). Margaritas at the Bigger Place (which is getting a new name). A 24-hour diner across from Tribeca Grand. And more. / 2 comments
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