Plus: New York Academy of Art vs. Facebook; bad advice for De Niro; NYC Nomad drops by; an Egg room. / 1 comment
A heck of a lot opened last year—but, alas, quite a bit closed, too. And one restaurant managed to do both. / 2 comments
New renderings of 77 Reade, the building going up between Church and Broadway. (It's the one that incorporates and old building and goes through to Chambers.)
New restaurant coming to West Broadway. Plus: Daily News garage; Il Matto review; Moomah profile; afternoon delight.
Plus: New salon on the way; Il Matto lunch; Theater Bar; Salaam Bombay deal; Mexicue; Andaz Wall Street; "Bodies" deal; Bacon Brothers; Church Street School open house / 1 comment
Plus: Reviews of Terroir Tribeca and Il Matto; an apartment with a putting green; a "Mad Men" reading list; Birdbath's other new location. / 1 comment
Plus: West Thames Park drainage; Tiger Woods; Q&A with Mehtaphor's chef, Jehangir Mehta; 101 Warren sells out; Gary Graham.
Gentlemen, start your bulldozers. Plus: Il Matto gets a rave; W New York Downtown opens; Park51's first (mis)steps; Tribecan Kerry Propper; and a local pastry chef goes slumming in midtown.
Plus: Is Il Matto in trouble?; Terroir's Riesling obsession; Hudson River Park Trust's fundraising move; Tribeca's tennis courts, and a chance to win tickets to a Blonde Redhead show. / 3 comments
New event space in a cast-iron building on Murray. Plus: unions hiring nonmembers to protest; Chinatown backs down a bit on its BID bid; Olivier Cheng rumored to be catering Chelsea Clinton's wedding; Il Matto.
Plus: Trump Soho sales report; early word on Il Matto; fancy spinning; and celebrities looking at a penthouse. / 4 comments
The restaurant is an idealized vision of downtown New York: white walls, black floor, street-art-ish paintings, servers in casual black and sneakers, tableware from MoMA's design collection.
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