Read about Duane Park restaurant in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus: Dave Chappelle played piano at Belle Reve; New York Sports & Joints opening in Tribeca; El Vez Burrito update; gallery leaving for the Lower East Side; Kutsher's Passover pop-up. / 1 comment
Plus: Duane Park reopens on the Bowery; sanitation garage fallout; crunching a Seaport loft sale: Pret a Manger closes. / 8 comments
Plus: 443 Greenwich demo; "Thames" pronunciation; Duane Park restaurant closed; Shinola bike preview; broker advice; Club Monaco behind-the-scenes video. / 6 comments
Plus: Duane Park's last night in Tribeca; update on FiDi Harry's Italian; Tribeca Meet & Greet; Nona Hendryx performance; Pier 40 question. / 4 comments
Sample menus and other details for Marc Forgione's Laotian restaurant, the global brasserie coming to the old Matsugen space, a new vegetarian restaurant, and the Greek spot replacing Turks & Frogs. Also: More on 50 Varick, sidewalk seating at Locanda Verde and Aamanns, and a couple street events. / 2 comments
As in Señor Presley. Also on Community Board 1's December agendas: Marc Forgione's Asian resto; the Russian-owned resto where Matsugen was; Spring Studios fashion complex; a bunch of FiDi restos; the Turks & Frogs replacement; and more. / 3 comments
And (unrelatedly) Turks & Frogs is evidently closing. Also on the Community Board 1 agendas for November: The 1WTC spire is going to be paraded through Tribeca; the Matsugen space's new tenant is back; is RBC still alive?; Taste of Tribeca 2013 date.
Plus: W Hotel's disappointing plaza; smart guy bought while young; 53 N. Moore; Pier 42; Duane Park restaurant update. / 4 comments
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Plus: A waiter I admire; Tribeca Summit sponsored clobber; 9/11 Museum stalled; Sheldon Silver takes up the cause of Gateway Plaza pet owners. / 1 comment
Plus: New dental office; free food for Olympic medalists; Duane Park restaurant's move; updated scaffolding at a landmark building.
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