Read about El Vez in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
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
Plus: The Loopy Doopy rooftop bar is back for the season; Daruma-Ya serving lunch; shows by artists DAIN and Robert Janz; El Vez looking ready; FDNY double-parking; July 4 fireworks. / 4 comments
Plus: Rat seminar; Synagogue of the Arts is changing its name; El Vez's footprint; Sunday dinner deal at North End Grill; shad-migration event; survey results.
Plus: Five R stations getting renovated; Hudson storefront mystery (and availability); is 443 Greenwich stalled?; eating pizza for charity; 87 Leonard update. / 2 comments
It can be hard to keep up with everything that’s coming soon (or coming eventually), so here’s a quick rundown of the restaurants, shops, fitness studios, and more expected to open in greater Tribeca. / 2 comments
Plus: El Vez shooting for April opening; possible "knockout" attack in FiDi; "Tribeca Troubador" Sean Sullivan; Rector bridge elevator still broken; affordable housing as part of Seaport deal?
Plus: Anthony Bourdain market rumored for 3 World Trade Center; model Karolina Kurkova; wallet-snatching suspect; police blotter; designer Anna Coroneo's Tribeca; FiDi hotel rendering.
Olio e Piu is in a phase of frantic expansion. That almost always ends badly. — J / Mr Chow is indeed closing
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We go there often since they opened in Tribeca and the food is very good and consistent. They have a... — Steven Trommer / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s
We ate there last week. Really nice to have in the neighborhood. Great food, drinks and staff. The pastas we... — WCJ / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s