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Chef Seamus Mullen out at Boqueria? Eater has the scoop at http://ny.eater.com/archives/2010/07/chef_seamus_mullen_out_at_minitapas_empire_bouqeria.php
The word from the Eataly booth at the Flatiron Chefs event is that Eataly (200 5th Avenue) will open August 31st. We even snapped a copy of the floorplan (click photo to expand) which shows a pizza/pasta takeaway area, mini food eateries with pesce, carne, verdure, 2 espresso bars, 1 gelateria, 1 panino bar, 1 wine shop, fresh mozarella, salumi, formaggi, and a rotsisserie stand with all sorts of meat and poultry. The rooftop microbrewery is slated to follow in late September/early October.
Trader Joe’s will open in the Flatiron / Chelsea area (675 6th Avenue @ 21st street) this morning at 8am and will be open daily from 8am-10pm.
The Madison Square Park Conservancy is looking to hire an entry-level Park Assistant. Check out the job listing at http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/386671-54
It’s official, Trader Joe’s will open in the Flatiron / Chelsea area on Monday (675 6th Avenue @ 21st street) and will be open daily from 8am-10pm.
This will be a great addition to the neighborhood and may relieve some of the lines at the Union Square Trader Joe’s.
Next up in the neighborhood: Eataly this fall.
In a brilliant move, New York Magazine reports that someone took it into their own hands to create a “Tourist” lane and a “New Yorkers” lane on a sidewalk stretch of 5th Avenue in the Flatiron at 22nd street. Unfortunately it has been removed.
There is nothing wrong with tourists, and New Yorkers are not nearly as rude as the widespread stereotype would suggest, but New Yorkers do tend to walk with a purpose and efficiency that puts them on a collision course with tourists and their slow walking, sometimes 4-5 across formation blockades and slow but sudden turns to look at something without regard to the fast walking local a few steps back.
Brilliant idea.
