Read about Grand Banks in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus: Grand Banks's new food menu; "Head of Goliath" reception; settlement over Battery Park City security abuse; is Beekman Street safer now?; Austrian restaurant opening in FiDi; screening of never-before-seen Hitchcock documentary.
And reopens late next week. Plus: Five Boro Bike Tour response; another Duane Park building as single-family mansion?; N. Moore cobblestones paved over; NYPD cars keep making that illegal turn; "Custody" film shoot. / 4 comments
Plus: Two guys are rowing from here to England (leaving next week); chopped trees on W. Broadway; Tribeca in an Apple wristwatch ad; Concepts store apparently not dead; Mudville's fight party; interesting Pen Parentis venue. / 1 comment
Plus: Timelapse video from near the top of 1 World Trade Center; Añejo's chef gets sued; Cipriani to open a Seaport hotel; Industry Kitchen debuts under the F.D.R. Drive this week.
Plus: Grand Banks guys to restore a historic oyster barge; Chambers store for rent; stuntperson rappelling here next week; signage for Amada restaurant at Brookfield Place. / 5 comments
The polls are closed, the results have been tabulated—thanks again to the 1,124 people who voted—and the rejoicing can begin.
Plus: Mysterious dry-cleaning set-up; Man of the World's rooftop plans for 1 White Street; Institute for Culinary Education details; yogurt shop definitely closed; "Slap" filming today; tiny storefront for rent; the Harrison. / 6 comments
Plus: Sushi Dojo may still be interested in Chambers Street; Juice Press nixes weekend salads; North End Grill's rooftop garden; apartment sublet. / 3 comments
Plus: Free classes at Drill Fitness; TD Bank mural; Tribeca Watch Repair relocates; landmark Canal townhouse refurbished; 460 Washington's brick façade; Brooklyn Bridge closure; subway poles. / 3 comments
Plus: Church Street building to be three stories higher than thought; President Obama fundraiser visit; checking in with Pier A; Cadillac looking at Hudson Square lease; Grand Banks; another gratuitous Tribeca bashing by the New York Times.
Plus: Chef Floyd Cardoz promises no butter or cream at White Street restaurant; AIDS Quilt on Governors Island; lobster roll rave; 2015 Tribeca Film Festival dates. / 2 comments
Plus: Seven photographers showing their work; 56 Leonard video; Preston Sturges at the Flea; ham and cheese croissant; Summer Streets starts this weekend. / 1 comment
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