Read about Scalini Fedeli in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus Matchaful is now at Brookfield; social distancing messages still on platform; Louise Nevelson at Midcentury. / 5 comments
Scalini Fedeli is back open with curbside; Racines is now an 18-seat wine restaurant with private dining; Split Eights opens a coffee/cocktail bar in Fidi; a brick and click popup at the Oculus.
John Donohue has only just begun his quest to draw "All the Restaurants in New York," but as you can tell from the seven he has done in our area, it's already producing charming results. / 1 comment
Plus: New storefronts in landmark building; Broadway store closing; the next Tribeca Meet & Greet. / 5 comments
"If I couldn't live here, I'd live in Tri-ghetto," says George Carroll, author of a play about Tupac Shakur. "The section of Tribeca east of Church. Yes, I said it." / 15 comments
"At Whole Foods, a man was blocking the English muffins," says the jewelry designer and DJ. "I politely asked him to move, and he was super funny and started teasing me about it. I realized after the fact that the man was Jay-Z and I'm pretty sure he was talking to Helena Christensen." / 1 comment
Perrie Samotin, the style editor at amNewYork, shows us around her Tribeca—including where she scores fashion finds and the restaurant she wishes would reopen. / 5 comments
I bet you're pronouncing at least one Tribeca business's name incorrectly. (I was.) / 14 comments
Congratulations to the Taste of Tribeca team—entirely made of volunteers—for pulling off such a classy, fun afternoon! Now, let's dish about the food.... / 3 comments
The New York Times dining section finds lots to get excited about in Tribeca • Which neighborhood restaurants better shape up or they'll get C grades? • Kindergarten crowding • Truffles Tribeca • The Triangle Below Chambers? • More
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Would love to help. Honest question. What can we do? — Randy / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
"Zero tolerance" is right. That requires consistent enforcement: Every time police see this happening, seize the goods, fine the vendor.... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?