Plus: 56 Leonard is reportedly topped out; Range Rover stolen; more gym locker theft; a Manhattan Loft Guy rule; new ice cream shop within walking distance; 443 Greenwich's old wood is being sold for use elsewhere. / 17 comments
The chain's seventh location in New York City has opened in the former Harrison space, and it's undeniably pretty. The food and service call to mind Le Pain Quotidien, which could be Kayser's bobo cousin. / 10 comments
Plus: Restaurant Week is starting up; the Hallmark senior living facility changes its name; gluten-free bagels; a rare small storefront. / 1 comment
Plus: BLT Bar & Grill is closing (and a new company is taking over the space); 443 Greenwich's very nice windows; neighbors ticked off about 19 Park Place; Warren Street bar update; mini-storage advice. / 7 comments
Plus: Security precautions for the ticker-tape parade and photos of the event; the menu for Sacco & Vanzetti Bistro, now open; Houseman's salted peanut tart. / 3 comments
Discussed: Tribeca Grand's new jazz club (with help from the Silver Lining guys); City Winery's restaurant at Pier 25; Downtown Boathouse urination; M1-5 patrons; Hudson River Park bike path signage; Maison Kayser sidewalk café; Sukkot and sukkahs. / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1's June agendas: Public amenities at the 111 Murray tower; the threatened historic Seaport buildings; new ownership for Greenwich Street Tavern; Governors Island day spa; Peck Slip Park; M1-5; more.
Plus: Peeking inside Maison Kayser; Houseman restaurant gets an awning; the sanitation garage's spiffy sign; update on big Courtyard by Marriott on Greenwich; financial aid for preschool.
Plus: Añejo is opening a downstairs lounge called Abajo; new Tribeca Park sculpture to be installed today (also, a talk with the artist); Maison Kayser build-out; something up at Nassau and Beekman; El Vez Burrito soft serve. / 1 comment
Plus: AT&T Long Lines plaza used for parking; Duane Reade gets a new storefront; Imperial Coffee House's temporary closing (and likely fate); cork recycling. / 4 comments
The boulangerie and restaurant is about as French as can be, with onion soup, croque monsieur, duck rillettes, quiche Lorraine, and so on. / 23 comments
The photograph begs the question: when is that scaffolding coming down? Seems a very very long time that it has... — George Bacon / Starbucks at West Broadway and Chambers will close tomorrow
ITS BACK BETTER THAN EVER! BEST LOCAL PLACE FOR A DRINK AND GOOD FOOD!!! CANT WAIT FOR LUNCH!!! — AA / North Bar is closing for the summer — and will reopen as something new
Since this issue is in play again, I'll opine that the "fluid boundaries between public and private space" is an... — Gary / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
I think you would feel differently if your private moments with your children were being surveilled and photographed. People shouldn't... — Fiona / Giving new meaning to nosy neighbor
Truly sad. Got our son's first "Tribeca Cool Kids" clothes there 15 years ago (on sale!) and they couldn't have... — Downtown Dad Again / Koh’s Kids on Greenwich has closed
The graffiti in question looks very similar to the same outside of Target (on the never-ending construction barriers) which questioned... — Downtown Dad Again / Tribeca-branded graffiti on West Broadway
Our apartment was inside the "frozen zone" and when we were finally able to return to it in mid-October, I... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / A documentary honors the work of the Sanitation Department after 9/11