Better to call it Restaurant Weeks this year -- it will run through August 22 and includes 23 local venues. / 1 comment
"Whatever you might say about this neighborhood as it evolves, it will always be the place where people do know your name and care that you are around," says Logan Levkoff, a sexologist and sexuality educator. "It’s why I can’t live anywhere else." / 1 comment
"My wife says I’m obsessed with local food sellers, and it’s true," says Jacob Weisberg, chairman of the Slate Group. "If I had to single out one, it would be the fresh fish from Blue Moon at the Saturday Greenmarket." / 5 comments
"The lychee martinis at Nobu go down way too easily," says Clinton Kelly, moderator of ABC talk show "The Chew" and designer of a new tabletop line. "I've gotten myself into some serious trouble with those." / 3 comments
Plus: 100 Franklin moving forward; possible rethink of Spruce Street School; new FiDi beer hall; Il Mulino steakhouse; washing the Gehry building's windows; Southbridge Towers yard sale. / 8 comments
Plus: East Tribeca real estate; Seaport beer bar; Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center on the ropes; River Lofts analysis; Tamarind Tribeca. / 1 comment
The fancy Indian restaurant Tamarind Tribeca has turned a private dining room into a lunch and tea spot serving dosas, wraps, vegetable burgers, and more. Here's a report.
"The online deals at Tribeca Spa of Tranquility are great," says Francesca Kennedy, founder of the sandal company Ix. "I highly recommend a Korean scrub—you'll never feel cleaner in your life!"
"I do twice-weekly workouts with Carlos at Tribeca Sports Center on Broadway," says Michael Boodro, editor in chief of Elle Decor magazine. "Plus a lot of walking—though Carlos says that doesn’t count."
"I resisted SoulCycle for ages," says writer Claire Hollander, whose young adult novel, "Something Right Behind Her," has just been published. "Now I am a groupie. My older daughter thinks it is the most embarrassing thing about me."
It opened without anyone noticing. (Update: It doesn't seem to exist. Update #2: It does, but at a different address.) Plus: Cómodo in Soho; Atera gets two stars in the Michelin Guide; Felice opens today; family meal at Atera; fake grass in City Hall Park?; 99 Reade comps; 225 Rector Place settlement. / 5 comments
Fun for everyone, or at least people who don’t mind random pictures with snarky captions. / 2 comments
Hope that's the case then. I would have expected to see cameras put up on every inbound street corner bordering... — Thanks / Congestion pricing plan passes the MTA board
A beautifully written piece about an even more beautiful family. — Jennifer / Peter Bianco, who loved his wife, his family and his adopted neighborhood, has died at 51
In each of our careers, you can usually only count on one hand the truly special people you meet and... — Michael / Peter Bianco, who loved his wife, his family and his adopted neighborhood, has died at 51
May he rest with the angels. — Native / Peter Bianco, who loved his wife, his family and his adopted neighborhood, has died at 51
What a lovely piece about a lovely person. Thanks so much. — Bob / Peter Bianco, who loved his wife, his family and his adopted neighborhood, has died at 51
Dear Peter My sweet cousin, I still can’t believe how this happened to you. You was such a wonderful person,... — Domizia / Peter Bianco, who loved his wife, his family and his adopted neighborhood, has died at 51
We’re sad to see another great local spot leave the Tribeca area! For another building to just sit with no... — Belle of the ball / Belle Reve will close at the end of this month