Plus: Another phone snatching; opening date for Lower East Side arthouse cinema; Soho steakhouse closing; Gansevoort Market owner plans a food hall in Lower Manhattan.
When was the last time you ate at a restaurant where the servers wore pocket protectors? Or frilly aprons? The Butterfly, chef Michael White's homage to Wisconsin, feels delightfully un-focus-grouped. / 5 comments
Plus: Could Intermix be coming to N. Moore?; swing dancers; Schoolhouse Electric; Bastille Day event; free summer activities for middle schoolers; borough president forum; Jennifer Reed.
Plus: TOAST Art Walk gallery; postponement for the Butterfly; Denny's is moving forward; website for the Leonard; White & Church auction; where to buy old photos of Tribeca? / 3 comments
Plus: Bus service restored; Verizon says buildings refusing repairs; FiDi hotel site changes hands; West Village hotel; food-and-fashion dinner party. / 2 comments
Plus: Updates on Citibank, the gym coming to Truffles Tribeca, and the self-improvement studio opening on Murray; no dinner at Saleya just yet.
Plus: Salisbury steak coming to Tribeca?; Battery Park carousel update; Romanian Parade.
Having trouble keeping up with what's opening where (and when?). Here's a quick rundown of the various businesses coming to the area. / 1 comment
It might just be Wisconsin-themed after all. Plus: Pop-up shop for tall women; Moomah celebrates its last day; Squadron on WTC security.
Plus: Temple Court hotel update; a "freedom trail" for the abolition movement; the new building at 137 Franklin; more on the Butterfly; 1WTC tenant drops out; inside Atera.
What was discussed: More on Maritime (taking over Ivy's Bistro); the rampaging hordes at the sushi restaurant in Independence Plaza; Tribeca Grand's sidewalk seating; Smith & Mills rebuff; Tiny's; Zutto; parking at a new building; and churros. / 2 comments
And here I was, hoping he'd take over the Matsugen space and turn it into Marea Downtown. UPDATE: The restaurant rep would like to clarify some things. UPDATE: The restaurant won't be "Wisconsin-themed" at all. / 27 comments
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
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
I hate to be so blunt, but this strikes me as racially motivated, not unlike the brouhaha over the courts... — malcolm / Grand Canal basketball court should be back by end of summer