Attention all Ladies (and dudes) who Lunch

Petit Abeille on West Broadway (btwn Duane and Thomas) is a great Belgian restaurant with specials every day. My favorite is Belgian Mondays where all Belgian beers are 1/2 price all day long!

Hummus & Pita Co. opened!

 

Ready for Another Middle Eastern Restaurant?

Thapco’s menu extends well beyond hummus and pita, also including gyros, shawarma (love that word), steak, and more, and you have options similar to those at Chipotle around the corner: wrap your chosen fillings in a laffa, fill a pita with them, have them in a bowl or a platter, and so on. The pita and laffa breads are baked on site in a taboon oven.   79 Chambers, Via Tribeca Citizen  -KM

KAWABUN x GREENWICH GRILL-Greenwich Grill’s Upcoming Pop-Up

Everyone’s favorite Tokyo-Italian restaurant, Greenwich Grill, will be taken over by “Kawabun [above], an historical Japanese restaurant located in the city of Nagoya,” from March 10 to 23.

KAWABUN
Kawabun first opened more than 400 years ago in the city of Nagoya. Theryotei restaurant is currently operated by the 13th generation of owners, and is [also] operated by Plan Do See, Inc. The cuisine and service of the restaurant has inherited the proud history of serving the royal Owari Tokugawa family. As the premier guesthouse of central Japan, this location has been loved by prominent individuals such as Hirofumi Ito and Count Nogi Maresukei. [I wanted to cut that line but I dare not cross the count.]

WHAT IS RYOTEI?
Ryotei are high-end Japanese restaurants, with exquisite omotenashihospitality and the use of top-quality ingredients. They have a history of being very exclusive (akin to a dining club), with each party dining in a private room, regardless of the party size. Ryotei have had to evolve with the times, but the focus on serving guests high quality food, with grace and attentiveness, remains.

 

KAWABUN MENU
Two dinner courses will be offered, starting from around $55 per person. Diners can expect traditional Japanese dishes such as Kyoto-style grilledmasu salmon with lotus root, cucumber and ginger; sea bream chazuke(rice with tea poured over it) with sesame seeds, nori, wasabi, and pickled vegetables; and for dessert, a traditional sweet red bean soup with matcha,shiratama (rice flour dumplings similar to mochi) and adzuki beans.

 

• Reservations are required and can be made by phone or throughgreenwichgrill.com.
• The Greenwich Grill dinner menu will not be available during this time.
• Greenwich Grill lunch hours and menu will remain the same.

 

Posted by Kay Moon via Tribeca Citizen

 

Tribeca Will Have Fun. for Two (Maybe Three) Nights

 

 

This summer, Tribeca may be having even more Fun.

The pop rock trio Fun. is scheduled to perform for two nights, not one as first announced, on Tribeca’s Pier 26, near Hubert Street. And that could go to a third night, said Hudson River Park Trust president Madelyn Wils.

“Normally, we’ll not have more than two concerts a week,” Wils said of the upcoming concert series on the pier. “We were just asked today whether we could book a third one for Fun. We’d like to do that. So, three nights of Fun.”

Wils spoke to Community Board 1′s Tribeca Committee on Monday, the day after the popular group walked away with Song of the Year (“We Are Young”) and Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards.

The Trust, in partnership with concert promoter Bowery Presents, is bringing Fun. to Pier 26 on July 23 and 24.

“We’re kind of thrilled because we ended up headlining with a Grammy award winner,” Wils told the committee. “Actually I didn’t know their music until I watched the Grammys last night.”

Posted by Kay Moon

American Flatbread Tribeca Hearth

 

Vermont-born American Flatbread chain is known, opens Monday for lunch and dinner. Delivery won’t be available until the second earthen, wood-burning oven is ready—at least a month away—but you can order takeout (when the kitchen can handle it), either completely baked pizzas or parbaked “Take & Bake” ones.  via Tribeca Citizen

 

American Flatbread Tribeca Hearth is at 205 Hudson (at Canal),

212-776-1441, 

americanflatbread.com.

posted by Kay Moon

Michael White’s Tribeca Restaurant

 

The waitresses at Michael White’s forthcoming Tribeca restaurant The Butterfly will wear aprons designed by big-deal fashion lady Erin Fetherston.

That’s because Fetherston’s workshop is right above the restaurant. The Butterfly is slated to open this spring, and the menu will include several pot pies. [Food & Wine]

Posted by Kay Moon

French-Food-Slash-Magic-Show?

Having a tough time getting your kid to eat something that isn’t french fries? Perhaps you’ll have a better shot if there’s magic involved. At a magic brunch, that is. I mean, there’s this guy who does magic at a special brunch for kids.

 

Every Saturday and Sunday from 11:00AM to 1:00PM  Cercle Rouge offers just that.  And hey, there are free balloons too. And french fries on the menu if your kid isn’t down with trying the escargots.

 

posted by: Jeanine Le Ny

 

 

 

 

 

Tribeca = Community After Sandy

 

I just read on Tribeca Citizen that during the storm, Edward’s owner, Edward Youkilis, emptied his entire restaurant, paid for employees to come in and cook everything, then set up a long table on the sidewalk and feed the neighborhood for free.

 

Also, Craig Bero of Cosmopolitan Cafe said that on Tuesday after the storm, his longtime chef, Sixto Rodriguez, came with supplies from Queens. And last Saturday, Tom from Stokes Farm and Pam from Prospect had bushels of fruit and produce for the restaurant. The cafe prepped for reopening with 100% of the products from the farmer’s market. Bero said, “It was the most amazing week in 30-plus years in this business.”

 

Tribeca’s business owners prove once again that they are here for the community in more ways than one!

 

–posted by: Jeanine Le Ny 

 

 

 

Here we go again…

Earlier this summer, the owner of Max on Duane Street ran into problems when Community Board 1′s Tribeca Committee unanimously opposed his application

for a 3-table, 7-chair outdoor dining area outside his restaurant.  The rationale is that “side-street sidewalk cafes are not allowed in Tribeca.”  However, that is easily disputed when you look down the same street where 3 other side-street sidewalk cafes exist.

 

Well, here they go again. Threatening to end outdoor seating at two Tribeca establishments, this time out of sheer spite! Read the full story on the Tribeca Trib.

 

Here’s a question: why is there a blanket rejection of sidewalk cafes on Tribeca side-streets? This is New York freaking City and outdoor dining is part of the fabric of this foodie town. Open your eyes, Community Board 1, and re-evaluate your priorities.

 

Posted by: Bill Bone

 

Sushi of Gari Opening soon-130 West Broadway

 

That’s the big sushi news in Tribeca-It’s opening in the old Bouley Upstairs space.

Brushstroke Sushi,  Takahachi,  Ninja,   Nobu and Nobu Next Door….How exciting to have them in our neighborhood.

 

“The menu and concept will basically be the same as the uptown restaurants,” said a rep for Gari.

-sounds good to me KM