Read about El Luchador in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus: Five firefighters injured in Clocktower fire; the history of the Reade Street Pub & Kitchen building; millennials who like plants; El Luchador will reopen soon. / 6 comments
Plus: The Water Street arcade handover; Q&A with gallerist Hal Bromm; El Luchador's new Lower East Side location; Westville FiDi not a done deal.
Also on Community Board 1’s March agendas: "Seasonal pop-up bar" at Brookfield Place; possible party boat docking at Pier 25; 18 event requests; "daredevil" trespassers; Finn Square's next sculpture; Lower Manhattan bike lane proposal; Hubert Street mansion.
While eating excellent fish tacos outside a vintage Airstream trailer, we felt like we were on vacation in a scruffier, more interesting city. / 2 comments
Plus: Dine Around Downtown is tomorrow; a chunk of what must be 12 Warren's façade; veggie burger deliciousness; Pen Parentis spores off an L.A. branch; another new bar from the Silver Lining guys; El Luchador to open second restaurant.
Plus: Checking in on Keith McNally's restaurant at the Beekman; the Tunnel to Towers race is this weekend; rooftop addition on Lispenard; a new restaurant on Front Street; El Luchador taqueria. / 7 comments
Plus: New sculpture show in City Hall Park; Gran Morsi chef takes on Bobby Flay; Ivy's replacement's hours; Mexican restaurant in a vintage Airstream trailer; film shoot "tonite"; City of Water Day at the Lilac; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer. / 4 comments
Plus: Wyeth's new storefront; "Public Morals" shoot; New York Road Runners Half Marathon; Friends of Bogardus Garden reach their goal; "Where in Tribeca...?"
Plus: Could 50 Murray be going condo?; Steven Alan sample sale; new Seaport taqueria; White Street review; Harrison lofts analysis; no beer at next Tunnel to Towers Run; North Cove Marina. / 1 comment
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