Plus: Rumors of a restaurant's closing; another cupcake shop?; "Little Red Riding Hood"; Mehtaphor's vegetarian menu; Duane Street Hotel. / 1 comment
The Duane Street Hotel has a new restaurant opening today: Mehtaphor, named after chef Jehangir Mehta, whom you may know from his East Village restaurant Graffiti or his stints on "Iron Chef America" and "The Next Iron Chef." / 5 comments
Plus: Kardashians to move into a Tribeca hotel and film spin-off; artist Katy Martin; choreographer Carrie Ahern.
Plus: West Thames Park drainage; Tiger Woods; Q&A with Mehtaphor's chef, Jehangir Mehta; 101 Warren sells out; Gary Graham.
Graffiti gets a new name. Plus: Con Ed won't block Park51; pop-up park in FiDi; Millennium High School overcrowding; Drawing Center bails on downtown; Trump Soho bar.
...is coming to Duane. Plus: Another objection to Park51; Ninja gets ripped; Ward III summer cocktail; this week's Geekdown; death of a bikini bar.
More drama on Warren Street • Liquor-license applications and upgrades for Duane Street Hotel and 106 Duane • Cercle Rouge's Bastille Day party application • Parking regulations
Aw - that's sad. — B / FedEx coming to Park Place and West Broadway
Nonna Dora’s is very special. I don’t think I’ve had better pasta anywhere else in NYC. Exquisitely prepared with just... — SW / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
Happy to lend our gallery space if useful for any of the groups. — Hal Bromm / Four schools stranded after building accident on Broadway
Olio e Piu is in a phase of frantic expansion. That almost always ends badly. — J / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Nonna Dora's is such a lovely addition to the neighborhood and we go there often, both with family and friends.... — TM / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
Love it! So glad to have in the hood. The food is great. Decor is funky interesting. And Nicola is... — Amy S / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
The role Olio e Piu will play in diverting the B+T diners from Locanda Verde is the most exciting part... — P / Mr Chow is indeed closing