Plus: More photos of the Gerken Building penthouse; entertaining Q&A with Augustine restaurateur; Harold's Meat + Three review; FiDi condo sues over 9/11 Tribute Center move. / 1 comment
Plus: Ninja has reopened after a rebuke by the Health Department; Canal Street Market has pushed back its debut; sample sale at Room; the Beekman is getting an unworthy neighbor; huge mirrors for sale. / 9 comments
The first restaurant to open in the Beekman hotel is Tom Colicchio's Fowler & Wells, serving Frenchified New American fare in a genteel room. / 2 comments
And how to reserve. Plus: Councilman wants to stop more Pier 40 air rights from being sold; 56 Leonard photo essay; proposed law to allow cyclists to use pedestrian signals instead of vehicle signals; database of buildings that should be rent-stabilized, based on tax incentives they have received. / 3 comments
Plus: Trinity Church to reveal the design for its tower tomorrow; two Alexander Hamilton exhibits; food writer visits BlackTail and the Beekman hotel bar. / 1 comment
Plus: Tribeca Alliance Family Day; how to reserve at Fowler & Wells; P.S. 150 rummage-and-bake sale; the Beekman tower's trompe l'oeil south side; Made in Italy pop-up; a great show at the Studio Museum. / 3 comments
Plus: Yves is just waiting for the gas to be turned on; Augustine's opening date; rumored raid on an ice cream truck; 67 Vestry is on the market; where to get a really good six-foot sandwich. / 2 comments
Plus: Pier 40 air-rights transfer takes a step forward; opposition to the Battery Park City Authority's possible redesign of South End Avenue; how two founders of Bang on a Can spend their Sundays; the city needs office space to accommodate its hiring spree.
Plus: A peek inside Augustine; Municipal Building cupola tour; checking in on Ward III's progress; learn to shuck from an expert; new Broadway storefront; new lighting store.
Plus: Man stabbed on the Port Authority's Hudson River pier; Sway nightclub on Spring Street is coming back to life; Acappella opening an outpost in New Jersey.
Plus: Rumored nightclub underneath the Beekman hotel; "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" on stage; Seaport warning; Peter Murphy in concert; donated studio space for artists. / 7 comments
Plus: The hoist at 56 Leonard is getting dismantled; update on Fowler & Wells and Augustine restaurants; Target advertising; Front Street fashion boutique closed. / 1 comment
Zucker's is still my go to bagel source! — Robert Ripps / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Shinola had a cafe in the front when it opened, but then the cafe part closed, like, 10 years ago.... — PGCNYC / Seen & Heard: Drip coffee at Shinola
Similar background, the same thought. Saddens me a bit. I haven't tried the Utopia Bagels shop on 34th, which may... — Mulciber / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
The best non-bagel shop bagel is Starbucks. I remember Florence when I worked down the block from 51st Street. Loved... — Sherri Rosen / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
Glad to read the clarifying comment by Judy Epstein Gage, and glad to hear David Gage will be staying in... — Marcus / Finlay + Gage has left the neighborhood
I grew up in a neighborhood with basement bagel, bakeries, long, narrow, bagel, ovens, bagelmeister’s, who really knew their craft.... — A. / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street
In our house the cart bagels are what we call "cake bagels", barely 1 step up from Lender's frozen bagels.... — Nicole Vianna / Bagel Wars: Ess-a-Bagel coming to Murray Street