Read about Greca in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Also on Community Board 1's May agendas: A change to Buddha Bar's liquor-license application; another nightclub proposed for the Haus space; Peck Slip Park design; Greca's sidewalk café; more. / 1 comment
Plus: Greca to be open late starting this weekend; the two buildings under construction on City Hall Park; fado concerts at the Schimmel Center; two-day shoot. / 1 comment
Plus: MoviePass is testing e-ticketing at the Roxy Cinema; Cortlandt Alley building sold; crappy lettuce for sale; "atypical" flamenco performance; Pier 17 liquor licenses; "Village" shoot. / 2 comments
Plus: More of 24 Leonard revealed; progress on 50 Hudson's two-story topper; advance notice from Con Edison about weekend street construction; Greenwich Street hotel; Lego vignette. / 1 comment
"This is more casual than what we're doing at the Greek," says restaurateur Tom Galis. Indeed, there is no table service at Greca: You order from the bakery, "fetabar," or bar, and sit wherever you like. / 5 comments
Plus: Try this new cocktail bar before it's overrun; yesterday's police presence; the virtues of the Roxy Cinema; Robert Janz delights again; more on Christmas tree mulching; false alarm at Worth Street café space.
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: Y7 Studio's opening forecast; update on Blue Bottle opening in the Walker Hotel Tribeca; people who bring coffee into restaurants; is Saks Off 5th still opening downtown? / 4 comments
Plus: Judah Friedlander's Tribeca zinger; a parent's note to an illegal placard parker; Blue Moon Fish is leaving the Union Square Greenmarket; "Bull" and "Succession" shoots; counting the homeless.
Plus: Spec mansion renderings and floor plans; artists opening their studios this weekend; new dental office on Harrison; ball fields have reopened; new Canal Street Market vendor. / 2 comments
Plus: Gas-line work without a permit at Acappella; a question about one of the old "Then & Now" photos; the headquarters of Grace Hightower's coffee company; Wichcraft on Greenwich no longer open weekends. / 2 comments
Plus: Bike NY promises to address amplification at the Five Boro Bike Tour; bunny spotted at Rockefeller Park; Jeff Zimmerman at R & Company; another skincare company opening at World Trade Center mall. / 3 comments
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