So I think we can assume the store isn't reopening. Plus: More on the pop-up galleries on Canal Street; the fall season at the Schimmel Center; Kathleen Turner Q&A; Harry & Ida's Luncheonette's owner on why it closed. / 2 comments
One of only four authors to win the Booker Prize twice, Peter Carey shares his thoughts on the area, including his favorite restaurants, his fondness for Issey Miyake, and his enthusiasm for pestering the city about the fountain at City Hall Park. / 5 comments
Plus: Back to the drawing board for new building at Broadway and Canal; review of Harry & Ida's Luncheonette; how to spend Battery Park City revenue. / 1 comment
Don't let the old-fashioned name fool you. While pastrami is still the headliner at the new Harry & Ida's Luncheonette, there's a lot of forward thinking going on, in the kitchen—the menu is 75 percent vegetarian—and beyond.
Plus: A way to ease the burden on small retail businesses; more on what to expect from Harry & Ida's Luncheonette; the state of the World Trade Center mall a year after opening; skateboarding thief and other recent crimes; the lost building at 120 William. / 13 comments
Plus: A peek inside Harry & Ida's Luncheonette; new shrimp vendor at Saturday Greenmarket (and return of the berry farmer); Western Spirit wants to sublet; Italian-food store not happening at the World Trade Center mall; Le Botaniste restaurant on Grand; Franklin façade. / 3 comments
Harry & Ida's Luncheonette and Five & Dime Coffee & Cocktails. Plus: Checking in on the Irish Hunger Memorial; two paintings of Staple Street; Tribeca Language moving sale. / 7 comments
Del Frisco's Grille is hiring; something is happening at the former White Street; signage is up for Harry & Ida's Luncheonette; and the World Trade Center mall burger restaurant isn't happening. Plus: 60 Hudson seeks local artists; eviction notice for LED Lab. / 4 comments
Plus: Oculus escalator malfunction leads to injuries; New York Ranger roommates in Battery Park City; neighbors concerned about noise from co-working space; Trump Soho restaurant closed; head of the New York Academy of Art; floral designer Ken Fulk; FiDi stabbing. / 3 comments
The brother-and-sister team behind Ducks Eatery and Harry & Ida's in the East Village is opening a restaurant on Park Place.
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Read the story. — Tribeca Citizen / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
How is this a happy ending? I am confused by this headline as a car was stolen. — Rob / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…