Read about Frenchette in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus two local residents spark joy; seats outdoors at Frenchette in time for summer; a performance for Pride at St. Paul's TODAY; a Red Cat for Soho.
Plus events this weekend on the Lilac at Pier 25; contemporary art show at the Museum of the American Indian; Frenchette snags honors for food and glasses.
Plus the land use process for the jail on White Street begins; the city is suing the company behind the floating billboard; Peter Sacks gets a profile in the New Yorker. / 1 comment
Plus Frenchette staff helps arrest a very bad man; updates on the city's efforts to ban development voids; land use process to start for proposed White Street jail. / 3 comments
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
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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
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This place rocks . Best pasta in the area. — Foodie / Catching Up With New Kids: Nonna Dora’s