Plus: Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany are moving to Brooklyn; FiDi hotel to have indoor basketball court; Peck Slip hotel opening next month; motorcycle stolen and other thefts. / 1 comment
Plus: The Water Street arcade handover; Q&A with gallerist Hal Bromm; El Luchador's new Lower East Side location; Westville FiDi not a done deal.
Plus: Man found dead in the Gehry Building; how Sandy affected the Jeremy's Ale House empire; reviews of Zutto's ramen and Distilled; Lucy Liu (but not really); J&R. / 3 comments
Can you believe it has been six months since Sandy? It may still be chewed up, but many of the businesses that make it special are back. / 4 comments
Plus: Hudson River Park troubles; I.S. 89 principal Ellen Foote; parsing a real-estate sale on Duane; the Seaport bar where Greg Kelly and his accuser drank.
FiDi booster Jackie Spiegel shows us around her neck of the woods—including which restaurant has the best milkshakes, where the nightlife is, and which former president she saw on Liberty Street. / 2 comments
Seppe is quite good. And the wait staff is super nice. — Dee / Carbs are back in the neighborhood
None of these new places are sit with friends type of places. They are all grab and go. I don’t... — Dee / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
To the Olio e Piu owners, sincerely: please do not blight this location with fake flowers. We will welcome you... — Cw / Mr Chow is indeed closing
Seeing as Starbucks and other chains tried and failed to replace the bagel place, that is a reasonable hypothesis. — James Bogardus / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
I think the bagel place is replacing Starbucks and other coffee chains as a place to grab coffee and a... — Amy G. / Apollo Bagels is getting closer…
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! Here is the link to sign up if... — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White