Read about Frenchette in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus: Unattractive building gets worse; Frenchette is almost fully revealed; report on the new Sprinkles Land ice cream shop; ball fields closed for net replacement; why can't we get this Franklin Street sidewalk back? / 4 comments
Plus: "No standing" signs removed from Franklin Place; New York Vintners project is still raw; commissary kitchen on Reade closed; Italian shoe company opened a Soho store; "Billions" and "Law & Order: SVU" shoots.
Plus: Frenchette could open within weeks; self-checkout at Eataly; Luke's Lobster is opening at a local food court; the new chocolate shop inside Le District. / 1 comment
Plus: Updates on Frenchette and Holy Ground restaurants; Maman is opening in Chelsea; Seaport hotel restaurant; more on how Whole Foods is changing its relationships with suppliers; Marilyn Minter's ode to narcissism at the Oculus; area thefts. / 5 comments
There has been a lot of depressing news in the past year, and we likely haven’t heard the last of it, so let’s focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 34 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan.
Plus: Thierry Despont art exhibit; extensions to ads on pay phones; Frenchette paint job; the State Liquor Authority hearing about Town Stages; Soho Art Materials is moving; Classic Car Club space has been leased. / 6 comments
Plus: Oil leak on Broadway; the subway elevator outside 30 Park Place; a pair of simultaneous three-day TV shoots; activity in the former Birdbath space; Pen Parentis holiday author mingle.
Plus: Paint job in Frenchette's future; never-ending construction on a block of Worth Street; checking in on the 30 Warren condo project; "Law & Order: SVU"; former gallery space for sale. / 1 comment
Plus: An encouraging sign at Frenchette; Italian Radical Design at R & Company; the main entrance at 111 Murray; Ciccio's takeout annex; the grand old New York Mercantile Exchange.
Plus: Another restaurant stopped taking cash; suspicious placard on Reade Street Pub & Kitchen's car; Ever After and the Westside on Reade; more on the Franklin Place situation; Sage Fitness now in FiDi. / 5 comments
Plus: FDNY confirmed that the fire started in Pho King's ductwork; Tribeca radio personality arrested for fraud; Jay Street condo conversion after allegations of toxic mold; video of the city council candidates; Frenchette would seem to be delayed; St. John's Terminal project has been sold.
Plus: More on Frenchette, now hoping to open in October; the professional bodybuilder who works at Tribeca Hardware; the ticket-seller infestation has worsened. / 2 comments
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