Read about Frenchette in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Frenchette for lunch, Taco Bell forever. Plus, a new residential conversion at The Battery with the thing you never knew you needed: a poker lounge. / 3 comments
Plus: The new, more approachable menu at Racines; increased funding for 9/11 memorials; fin-tech firm expands at the World Trade Center. / 1 comment
Plus: More on the Tibetan prayer flags at Bogardus Garden; three area restaurants make the New York Times's Best of 2018 list; city failing small businesses. / 3 comments
Plus: A Thanksgiving menu by Frenchette; new renderings for 77 Greenwich (which will have a school in the base); the exquisite lobby in the AT&T Long Distance Building; Gucci to open art-and-photography bookstore in Soho.
Plus: College acappella festival in Battery Park City; Spanish surrealist show; NYC food history exhibit; swap meet.
Plus: Local restaurants specializing in natural wines; Two Hands as an example of the Australian café trend. / 2 comments
Plus: A block of Warren Street will be closed next weekend; Morgenstern's ice cream cart in walking distance from here; spiffy new awning for Tribeca Spaces; Frenchette's classy ashtray; the next best thing to a TC tote. / 3 comments
Plus: Another Battery Park City rental building will get converted to condos; how to report an idling truck or bus (and get paid for your efforts); work starts on 30-story Greenwich Street building. / 2 comments
Plus: Frenchette review; server at Paul's Casablanca accused a manager of rape; reptile event at Washington Market Park; more trouble for St. Nicholas National Shrine. / 1 comment
Plus: Private club to open in Tribeca; walking in to Frenchette; new map shows Landmarks Preservation Commission permits; World Trade Center mural. / 1 comment
Plus: Frenchette review; history of a White Street building; new kids' activity center at the Museum of the American Indian; Chinese medicine exhibit. / 1 comment
Plus: Teachers using their own cars as safety barriers; study on the benefits of taxing real-estate developments; Frenchette's egg-and-escargot dish; tax implications of the dog park group's non-profit status; financial writer David Bach. / 2 comments
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