Read about El Vez in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus: Answer about Añejo dinner delivery; El Vez burrito bar pushed back; Gunbae karaoke bar signage; Urban Justice Center moving to FiDi. / 1 comment
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
Opening in two weeks. Plus: The Odeon is back; lunch at Thalassa for a limited time; Matt Bernson sale and party; Chambers Street in 1976; demolition at 101 Murray; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer; a sad, sweet goodbye note. / 1 comment
Plus: Kanlo tea shop appears to be closing; when various Greenmarket vendors leave for the season; what happened to El Vez's burrito bar?; 7 Harrison storefront. / 1 comment
Plus: Big new Broadway development; Tweed Courthouse's history; local contender for "Hottest Trainer"; condo building to go up next to the Holland Tunnel's mouth; El Vez review. / 1 comment
Plus: Fundraising drive for Church Street School; El Vez margarita workaround; brownies at Le Pain Quotidien; Showboat Circus; checking in on Canal Street hotels.
Where you can enjoy "the luxury of humility." Plus: Cooking Lao food; 443 Greenwich imagery; reviewing El Vez; the Stuyvesant Community Center; affordable housing; D.J. Whoo Kid.
Many of you have likely been to El Vez by now—if you could get in. The 190-seat restaurant is mammoth, but since it opened April 25, I've been hearing about packed crowds and hour-long waits. Is the fuss justified? / 10 comments
Plus: Another look at the AT&T Death Star projections; El Vez to start serving brunch; charcoal-drawing exhibit.
Plus: Video of the projection on the AT&T Long Lines Building; guerrilla art at Pearl Paint; the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's open studios. / 1 comment
Plus: Tribeca Film Festival parties in Soho; should residents be worried about Pier A?; another 9/11 Museum controversy; FiDi man attacked on 1 train; World Trade Center security; Tribeca New Music Festival.
Plus: El Vez opening forecast; new Ping-Pong table; Sherman Zwicker; Bogardus Garden Jazzfest; waterfront talk. / 1 comment
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