Read about Serafina in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
When I imagine myself deciding to eat at Serafina, rather than one of the many other midrange Italian restaurants in this area, it's not because the food is interesting or ambitious. It's because the restaurant should be convenient and reliable. / 25 comments
Plus: Zucker's to open its fourth location; big development planned for Varick Street.
Plus: A memorial park bench for Jennifer Blumin and her kids; likely progress at big new Broadway condominium; Roxy Hotel's ice cream cart; Tom Hanks outdoor film festival; Link NYC wi-fi content. / 1 comment
Plus: Paul Liebrandt pop-up dinner; rat tracks; Spot doggy daycare has been bought and will be rebranded; bike lane construction in east FiDi; a quest for office space.
Plus: Serafina to open next month; "coming soon" signage for Sweaty Betty; former Modell's space to become offices; watching Japanese fencing classes; another City Winery outpost.
Plus: The World Trade Center Greenmarket looks less likely to return this year; pop-up celebrating immigrants; a reader reports on his visit to the new Roc in Louisville; clay-court tennis at Brookfield Place. / 1 comment
Plus: Taste of Tribeca, Church Street School's Happening, TOAST Art Walk, and Children's Museum of Art's Kids Fair are all this weekend; Serafina also opening on Broome; Cosmopolitan Hotel lobby; hope for a forlorn building on Broadway. / 4 comments
Plus: The other restaurant opening on Park Place; a rare peek inside the ground floor of 60 Hudson; Arlo hotel retail space for rent; Soho Arts Network's Downtown Culture Walk includes two Tribeca galleries. / 10 comments
Plus: Serafina's first floor revealed; Taste of Battery Park City is coming up; an addition to the Arlo hotel; sidewalk hoist on Hudson; mysterious structure on Renwick. / 5 comments
North End Grill is now offering delivery; The Greek will be on TV; Greca will include a "fetabar"; Serafina is making progress; Kesté pizzeria appears to be opening soon; Nobletree Coffee now open at the World Trade Center mall. / 3 comments
Plus: Film-crew trucks parked on Franklin; when Battery Park City stood in for Cleveland; pretzel croissant fix; "Japanese Samurai Fashion." / 4 comments
Plus: Homeless woman has left Bogardus Plaza; the leaning building on Reade; activity in a Greenwich Street retail space; Sole di Capri to open on Sundays after the holidays. / 7 comments
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