Celebrated chef Masa Takayama's more casual robata and the downstairs addition of Masa's raw bar on Leonard will close on Feb. 7. / 4 comments
Plus: Gucci's Soho bookstore is now open; Pascaline Lepeltier of Racines named best sommelier in France; Masa Takayama ceramics for sale. / 5 comments
Faced with a tepid response to the expensive, meat-focused menu in the basement of Tetsu, chef Masa Takayama is pivoting back toward what he's famous for.
Plus: World Trade Center mall 20% unleased; the menu at Tetsu will have four burgers; thief masqueraded as construction worker; Battery Park City consultants get renewed. / 1 comment
Plus: Tetsu restaurant on Leonard is still alive; spiffy new aisle at Kings Pharmacy; a Tribeca Grill in Orlando. / 1 comment
The Leonard Street restaurant is much smaller, and the menu is far more accessible—who would've thought Chef Masa would be serving burgers and fries? / 3 comments
Also on Community Board 1’s November agendas: Mariachi's has found a new home; temporary art installations at Finn Square and Capsouto Park; women's shelter opening in FiDi; changes to the Pearl Paint building; more. / 4 comments
Plus: J&R in a possible partnership; Rite Aid relocates tonight; guest chef Roxanne Spruance at All Good Things; Broadway store closes.
Plus: Holland Tunnel plaza; Squadron's community confab; Tetsu update; Thomas Street real estate analysis.
Also on the CB1 agendas for June: The prepared-food restaurant coming to Warren Street, a new restaurant on Broadway, a rooftop pavilion on Watts, beer and wine in the Battery Park Bosque, and more. / 4 comments
Did you hear about how one of Brooklyn's bigger artisanal brands is opening a shop in Lower Manhattan? About chef Masa Takayama's new downtown restaurant? About what's really coming to 45 Murray?
Tribeca's reputation as the epicenter of destination Japanese restaurants in New York is about to be cemented.
I have to agree here. Barely a mention.. And the park looked really bad after the Midsummer festival. Two days... — B.Thompson / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
Juneteenth came and went without a photoessay of all the rich celebrations in Tribeca. Not very inclusive. — Steve C / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
Yes, I am honored and lucky to run these shots. — Tribeca Citizen / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
These elaborate and expensive plans are based on the mistaken belief that BPC and Tribeca are at much greater risk... — Jon / Battery Park City’s new resiliency plans for Tribeca
With the introduction of the Slate menu, Laughing Man unfortunately had what was probably the best BEC sandwich in Tribeca... — Talg / Seen & Heard: Duane Park Patisserie is back open
Claudine is such a fantastic photographer! — K / A midsummer day at Rockefeller
Now imagine an 80 story tower just behind BM CC just South of Harrison street — Lucy / Battery Park City’s new resiliency plans for Tribeca