Neighborhood Notebook

July 14, 2003 Tips from the B14 advance team have been piling up in our inbox... MG reports: "The spot on Broome between Ludlow & Orchard [now under plywood] is to be a tequila bar called, of course, Barrio Chino"... Over on Elizabeth Street in Nolita, Francesco reports that the former M&R Bar is now under control of the industry (food) folks. He adds, ominously, "There's also whisperings of a huge new, bi-level restaurant going into newly-awakened building at 258 Elizabeth, three doors down form M&R, a hollow shell of a space that's been derelict for well over a decade." Yikes. Jekyll and Hyde East?... Insiders whisper that Schneiders is shooting for an August 11 opening (probably for private tastings)... Meantime, a few doors down, Mike H. reports, "I was walking down Norfolk when a lady stopped me to talk about the new restaurant she's planning on opening in the space next to Lulu's. It's going to serve new American food. The reason she stopped me was to sign something about community support. She said to look for it opening in September."

The Barrio was open last night with it's requisite street people spilling out. Actually it looked rather low key. My only beef is that when there is no affordable space to rent for many businesses, why allow so many bars.
What ever happened to the Community board in this area? They used to say no to all these new bars.

Posted by: Joe at August 7, 2003 10:00 AM