Read about Raccoon Lodge in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
The bar has applied for a liquor license not far from the current location. And it has trademarked a new name.... UPDATE: The new bar is NOT affiliated, says Raccoon Lodge's owner (and the bar will close June 30). / 23 comments
The latest update on Raccoon Lodge and New York Dolls, one of which is rumored to have found a new home nearby. / 1 comment
Plus: Raccoon Lodge's anniversary party; the Django jazz bar now has music earlier in the evening; Caviarteria has closed; a neat installation at Front Art Space; concrete treatments for the new building at Franklin and Sixth. / 1 comment
This is a departure from most of the previous Instagram Tribeca roundups in that these are all taken by yours truly. / 2 comments
Discussed at last night’s meeting: Gunbae's contentious request for later closing hours; liquor-license applications for Flinders Lane and Hank's Juicy Beef; 111 Murray's ballsy request to start construction earlier on Saturdays; Laughing Man's Street Seats enclosure; the Raccoon Lodge and Sazón. / 3 comments
The Warren Street dive bar didn't close after New Year's Eve after all. It'll likely stay open through the end of the month, and possibly longer, while lease negotiations down the block continue. / 1 comment
Could it be taking the space recently vacated by another bar? / 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
For the person who has everything, there's always booze, sweets, flowers, fitness classes, and branded merchandise.
Plus: New closing date for Raccoon Lodge; spectacular aerial shot of Liberty Park; Brazilian exhibit at R & Company; the booming edible insect industry; Friends of the Lower West Side benefit walking tour. / 1 comment
Plus: Tribecan spent $171,600 on her 40th birthday party; Club Monaco confirms Brookfield Place stores; 3 a.m. mugging. / 3 comments
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