Read about Compose in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Mass closings. Plus: Compose upheaval; CB1 spurned at 9/11 ceremony; Hudson Square hotel.
Let's talk about me! Here are answers to 10 reader-submitted questions.... / 9 comments
Plus: Compose gets a rave; another FiDi condo building going rental; Imagination Playground; Greenwich Street development site.
Plus: Soursop tea; LMDC phase-out; an "almost perfect" loft; Compose runs a special; kindergarten waitlist.
Plus: WTC congestion; new BPC pizzeria; Borders as school?; half-marathon; Google do-gooder; Carmelo Anthony looking in Tribeca?; the homeless on Twitter; Compose; New York by Gehry. Also: Reopen Park Row! / 1 comment
Plus: Hotel design thwarted by Landmarks; Compose reviewed; Underground Railroad; staircase demolition opposition; a loft renovation; Seaport Museum trouble; Bowne & Co.; David Burke Kitchen; Reade57; LMDC.
Plus: Street fair season; renting at New York by Gehry; a chef sues; John Krevey; bone-marrow emergency; another Hampton Inn for FiDi; Compose.
Plus: Native American food truck; Tribeca teacher is an Oscar nominee; Compose interview; Marc Forgione loses; massage-parlor fire; Bouley rumor; Hudson Square tenant; Todd Hase Furniture sale; Harrison loft sale. / 1 comment
Plus: A Uno sale; deals for Compose and Ruben's Empanadas; Marc Forgione's winning menu; Clocktower Gallery event; progress at 57 Reade.
So I went back to Compose the other night, this time for the 10-course tasting menu. / 7 comments
A heck of a lot opened last year—but, alas, quite a bit closed, too. And one restaurant managed to do both. / 2 comments
Plus: Doorman gifts; Compose opinions; movie theater lease; coffee geeks; landmark mobile app; SouthWest chef a TV winner; mobile post office; inside a 7 Worth sale; Chinatown BID; bank robber. UPDATE: Ski retailer coming to Tribeca.
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