This is the Thursday Opening Report, a regular feature that provides the precise status of venues. As per standard operating procedure around here, your contributions are so very welcome.
1) Gramercy: ZagatBuzz reports on the opening of Lantern Thai on Second Avenue, a new location of the Brooklyn original. Here’s the scoop: “With dramatic, gold-leafed trees, floor-to-ceiling windows that fold open and a sleekly lit bar, Gramercy Park's affordable Lantern Thai (an offshoot of the same-named but more modest Brooklyn Heights original) is a stylish arrival in a formerly bland space; its lunch and dinner menus are mostly traditional with a few modern twists, while brunch is served on weekends; N.B. it's BYO for now." Status: Certified Open. 311 Second Avenue; 212-777-2770. [ZagatBuzz]
2) Prospect Heights: TONY checks in with some deets on the opening of Blue Marble Ice Cream in Prospect Heights: “A second location of this eco-friendly ice cream shop opens in Prospect Heights. Owners Alexis Miesen and Jennie Dundas offer 12 rotating flavors, including classics like mint chocolate chip, along with their tangy cultured frozen yogurt." Status: Certified Open. 186 Underhill Avenue, Prospect Heights; 718-399-6926. [TONY]
1) Gramercy: A tipster reports: "Lantern on the corner of 18th and 2nd Ave is almost finished. The plywood is scheduled to come down for a proposed opening on Monday. From the decor and the Lantern logo it seems to be the Manhattan off-shoot of Lantern Thai in Brooklyn." [PLYWOOD]
2) Upper East Side: 78th and 2nd reports on the construction of the Upper East Side's 10th Tasti D'Lite: "Tasti D-Lite is unrolling a new location which is situated just off Lex and 86th. That is the company's tenth spot on the Upper East Side, by my count, which is now nearing Starbucks-like numbers (13 locations)." [PLYWOOD]
3) West Soho/Hudson Square: The space that was most recently Novo the wine bar and lounge (and before that Novo the restaurant) is now under construction. No word as to who's behind it or what it's to become. [PLYWOOD]
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