The council's small business committee held a hearing on GrubHub Seamless' habit of charging fees to restaurants for orders that were never placed.
Plus: A correction and a clarification from GrubHub Seamless; Laughing Man's parklet is back; Indian food recommendation; "Mr. Robot" shoot; public meeting about new FiDi school. / 1 comment
Local restaurant owners are fed up with GrubHub Seamless, which gets paid handsomely to do its one job poorly. / 68 comments
Plus: $136,000 worth of art held hostage in gallery seized by marshals; NYPD says it'll assign cops as crossing guards; the fake restaurant problem on Seamless and GrubHub.
Plus: Anne Frank's stepsister to tell her story; update on Seamless and the fake-front restaurants; functional ceramics at Patrick Parrish; a marvelous new portrait of yours truly. / 2 comments
That restaurant you order from might not actually exist. / 7 comments
Plus: Biker-gang beatdown charges; inside glorious 5 Beekman; west Soho hotel to have rooftop bar; Seamless scam update; affordable housing in Hudson Square; heated sidewalks. / 6 comments
"I noticed a new Chinese restaurant on Seamless called Joe's Noodles at 121 Reade. I haven't walked by yet but that address appears to be the Tribeca Abbey apartment building. Do you have any idea what's going on here?" —Archie / 11 comments
Plus: Blue Moon Fish and Stokes Farm return to the Greenmarket; the club called Quest; Space on White going co-op; Vesey bridge closure; the argument against Seamless. / 3 comments
Plus: Chipotle reopen; Seamless, Sarabeth's Tribeca, and Mehtaphor; 11 N. Moore. / 4 comments
If you use Seamless.com to order in food, you should read this. Plus: New barber shop; Bubby's to open yet another Tokyo outpost; cyclists in City Hall Park. / 8 comments
"I got an amazing desk off of Craigslist from someone who lives on Warren," says the founder of MaVaVoom, a new website for moms and moms-to-be. "It was $50 but looks like it cost a pretty penny!" / 3 comments
What a shame I loved that Pharmacy Art Deco looking building. — sonia stock / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
YES!!! — Bere / Nosy Neighbor: What restaurant is coming to the pavilion at Wagner Park?
What was that great pizza place that was next door? it was open for a few years. — Luigi / Restaurant and supper club under construction at Buddha-Bar space
Actually, bikers can cross the intersection when pedestrians get the "walk" sign. — Tribeca Citizen / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Agree entirely. — Tribeca Citizen / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
Great photos Linda and Arlo — Sardi Klein / Washington Market Park hosts the first of the Halloween festivities
Obeca Li was my favorite in that space. — Chris / Restaurant and supper club under construction at Buddha-Bar space