Nope, No Walmart

Now available at 42 University Place: He He Cha Bubble Tea. 

As Chris Cannon, formerly a partner in Convivio and Alto, prepares to return to Manhattan this fall with a new restaurant called All’onda,  In a market crowded with salumi boards, how will this new venture fit in or stand out? To get some perspective, Eater.com asked Chris:

What’s the difference between All’onda and every other Italian restaurant in New York? I think we’re taking…effectively, what we’re trying to do is take Venetian cuisine that’s always been a cuisine that is a meeting point of a number of different cultures — as most cuisine actually in Italy is — and Venetian cuisine has always been a meeting point with Eastern cuisine and culture.  I think that what we are trying to do is basically take Venetian cuisine and a lot of seafood cuisine in Venice and take a very sophisticated Japanese lens and apply it to traditional Italian cuisine. So, I would say that you take a traditional dish and really not changing the basic components of traditional Italian cuisine, but changing in the sense that you’re taking the same ingredients and treating them a little bit differently and making them more modern, more interesting.

Once again, Jeremiah of Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York eulogizes another block lost to development, in this case the nearby block of 3rd Ave. between 13th and 14th Streets.

From the park association: It’s crunch time in Union Square Park as the North End Project reaches 83 percent and enters into the final stretch. New granite curb has been installed along Union Square East, and crews are hard at work paving the east side and 16th Street transverse. Next, they will install the playground’s south perimeter fence once paving is complete. To recap, at this time the landscaping is finished and the park’s new trees, shrubbery and perennials are taking root. Most of the plazas having been reopened to the public and the Greenmarket is fully operational on site in time for their busy fall season. Pavilion restoration continues, though hampered by graffiti removal that has proven challenging, and the new restroom facility on the east side of the project area is nearing completion.

7:00 AM    Morning Running Club with Paragon Sports (Fitness)
7:00 AM    Boot Camp with Circuit of Change (Fitness)
8:00 AM    Yoga with Jivamukti (Fitness)
10:00 AM  Yoga StoryTime with Karma Kids (Kids)
11:00 AM  Gazillion Bubble Show – The Next Generation (Kids)
11:15 AM  Baby Loves Disco (Kids)
12:00 PM  New School Jazz (Music)
5:00 PM    Performance by Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (Music)
6:00 PM    Salsa with Baila Society (Dance)

What happened to the brisk flower business at the corner deli on University and 13th? It’s been swept away. No explanation.