Plus: The 1st Precinct's "hipster cop" is retiring; Todd English pulled out of the restaurant at the W hotel; Blue Ribbon Federal Grill opening forecast. / 3 comments
Plus: Linda Perry and Sara Gilbert performing at Whole Foods; another change of plans for the W New York Downtown restaurant; Riff Downtown hotel; Courtyard by Marriott rendering.
Plus: BLT Bar & Grill is closing (and a new company is taking over the space); 443 Greenwich's very nice windows; neighbors ticked off about 19 Park Place; Warren Street bar update; mini-storage advice. / 7 comments
Plus: P.J. Clarke's update; Gourmet Garage forecast; Nexxus salon; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; Ali Lohan, not Lindsay, is living here.
Plus: W Hotel's disappointing plaza; smart guy bought while young; 53 N. Moore; Pier 42; Duane Park restaurant update. / 4 comments
Plus: Spend the night inside a Harrison Street townhouse; another fan of Bu & the Duck; watch movies in the W New York Downtown "Residential Lounge." / 1 comment
Not to mention New Amsterdam Market's return, Holocaust Remembrance Day, State Senator Squadron's confab, 100-year-old photojournalist Ruth Gruber, Jewish hip-hop, and Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66."
Renting in FiDi. Plus: The cause of the recent BPC fire; Andy Cohen's "What What Happens Live" set; generator delivery; 150 Nassau personal best. / 3 comments
Sort of. Plus: Hideaway crab night; DJs at the W New York Downtown; CPR classes.
Plus: Food truck caravan coming to the World Financial Center; W hotel ticks off the neighbors.
By a guy wearing quite the get-up. Plus: More ambulances; OWS members staying at a hotel; the moral issues of having a big townhouse and a country house; Kristen Wiig. / 4 comments
Where do we start? Nam is closing, making room for a new restaurant. There's bar news (White & Church, the Duane Street one, another hotel rooftop bar). Something is going on at Megu, and a new restaurant is coming to Lispenard. Oh, and 403 Greenwich is back in play.
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Would love to help. Honest question. What can we do? — Randy / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
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