Read about Mangez Avec Moi in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
In 2017, when it was announced that the block would be razed, Robert Ripps set out to document the buildings, businesses and people of one piece of Tribeca. / 6 comments
Plus: A survey about Pier 40; Roxy Cinema closed for renovations; Canal Street building bought; another smoke shop is opening here; "Hot Air" filming today; "Isn't It Romantic" filmed last night.
Plus: The story behind the Gothic building on Lafayette; theories about City Hall's closing; city to close office that coordinates Lower Manhattan's endless construction projects; nail polish theft; new underground espresso bar; Grandma's House reopened in Brooklyn; Jacob Riis photos.
Plus: Broadway clothing store closing; Bond New York's Tribeca real estate office has closed; a café explains its C grade; "John Wick 2" shot here again; suitcase security; "Where in Tribeca...?" unsolved. / 5 comments
Plus: The Beekman hotel is now taking reservations; Drybar at Brookfield Place looks very close to opening; stylish FiDi café in the works; Pakistan Tea House is starting to cause concern; now will you please take the survey? / 1 comment
Plus: Using 460 Washington to explain the 421-a tax abatement; Howard Hughes's new Seaport District plan (also, it bought the Peck Slip Best Western); Trinity Church ticked off an artist by moving his sculpture; Rector bridge elevator semi-fixed; shoplifters steal gum, threaten stabbing; Woolworth Building in Harry Potter spin-off. / 6 comments
Six buildings in south Tribeca will be torn down—and eight bars and restaurants eliminated—to make room for condos. / 30 comments
If so, six buildings are likely to be torn down (and we'll lose eight restaurants/bars). / 17 comments
Friday's big news about the listing of a big parcel on W. Broadway left some questions: Namely, exactly which buildings are we talking about? And which businesses are at risk? / 5 comments
Where you can enjoy "the luxury of humility." Plus: Cooking Lao food; 443 Greenwich imagery; reviewing El Vez; the Stuyvesant Community Center; affordable housing; D.J. Whoo Kid.
Plus: Candy thief leaves baby behind; steakhouse stabbing; crossing guards to go unfunded; Khe-Yo and Mangez Avec Moi; Aether boutique; another hotel in FiDi. / 4 comments
Plus: Mangez Avec Moi's off-menu Laotian feast; architect chosen for Trinity Church tower; Brookfield Place's Devon & Blakely to close this week.
James! Thank you ! I love the photo. — Native NYer / Upon the Palace has opened
So by extension, ill will toward the future employees of Hobby Lobby? — Bobbie / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Smartphones and doom scrolling has sucked the life out of our kids. Sometimes you need reminders like this to really... — hmmm / Capturing the lives of Tribeca youth before smartphones took hold
How many times, on a summer afternoon, did I sit on the doorsill at Dudley's Paw with Dudley beside me.... — John Willenbecher / Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?
Yum yum. Looking forward to going here! — SW / Upon the Palace has opened
Yes!!!! My lady and I have been BEGGING for one of these!!!! — Jack Gaff / Chambers Street Wines is opening a wine bar on… Chambers
so, no RIOTS or claims of a “rigged election”; is that the point? 🤔 — baba galacticus / It’s quiet out there