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Summer associate lunches, below 23rd

FOUND — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:14:34 GMT

The Nines are FOUND’s distilled lists of the best in NY and surrounds. See also above 23rd.

Lucky streak

FOUND — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:13:06 GMT

WORK • Friday Routine

SARAH MEYER SIMON • partner, Lucky’s & The Butcher’s Daughter • founder, The Simon Collective
Neighborhood you work in: Soho/Nolita
Neighborhood you live in: Soho/Nolita

It’s Friday morning, how are you rolling into the weekend?
I love the ritual of observing a casual Shabbat dinner on Friday, either at home or at a local place that feels like home. Truthfully, if I’m not at home, I’m usually at Lucky’s, Jack’s Wife Freda, or The Butcher’s Daughter. As a restaurant partner, I enjoy going into my spots as a customer and dining. It is also helpful to understand how customers experience our spaces.

Any restaurant plans today, tonight or this weekend?
One of my favorite spots is Simple Cafe in Williamsburg. French-Algerian cuisine and natural wines. The chef, Samia Behaya, is incredible. Also, the Apotheke Nomad penthouse is spectacular and provides incredible cocktails (and mocktails depending on my mood). And Casino is an all-around great option.

How about a little leisure or culture?
I love to see live music, especially if one of my favorite groups or artists is playing the Bowery Theater or Mercury Lounge. As a lifelong Pacers fan, I always attend if they are playing at the Garden or Barclays.

Any weekend getaways?
I love driving up to Livingston Manor in the Catskills. I have gotten to know that town over the years and they have great food and beautiful stores. I love browsing at Nest and grabbing a slice at the Kaatskeller. Main Street Farm has spectacular sandwiches for lunch.

What was your last great vacation?
I have a deep love affair with Palm Heights in Grand Cayman (intel). The sea in front of the property is the perfect setup. The food options are incredible and the spa is a 10/10.

What store or service do you always recommend?
I am a huge fan of my Mill. It’s a food recycler that makes no noise and doesn’t smell. It works great for the city, especially with leftovers. It creates soil for all of my plant life.

What store or service do you always recommend?
Oroboro does a great job of curating beautiful home goods and incredible clothing.

Where are you donating your time or money?

The Elizabeth Street Garden is hugely important to me. I consider it to be my backyard, so preserving it is always top of mind.

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Sky high

FOUND — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:09:56 GMT

BARS • First Round

Sitting 23 stories up, gazing across an open early-evening view of the New York skyline stretching from Wall Street to Midtown, I found myself living the city summertime dream earlier this week. A civilized rooftop scene? In Manhattan?

Indeed, the secret isn’t yet out (and the masses not yet in) at Guardian, the new rooftop bar opened this spring at the remade W Union Square. Rooftop bars have an obvious allure, but almost all such spots in NYC end up some combination of overcrowded, loud, and bro-y. Not Guardian, where access is managed via reservation (with occasional walk-ins allowed, space and vibes permitting).

Most of the rooftop space here sits inside a glassed-in, greenhouse-esque room, but arriving early, I snagged one of the two-tops on the narrow patio running along the western side of the roof. It was a sublime perch from which to take in the skyline while sipping a Queens Gambit (Bombay gin, Aperol, melon, and egg white). Behind me, on an open patio that’s the other outdoor option at Guardian, the giant W of the hotel’s sign loomed, almost close enough to reach out and touch. In moments like this, it’s hard not to be romantic about New York City.

After a round, I retired to the half-filled bar inside, where I enjoyed the tuna poke tostada, spiced up with a salsa macha, from the short menu of bites. (One strong move: Combine a visit to Guardian with dinner at Seahorse on the hotel’s ground floor.)

A note on access, which the venue says is still a bit of a work in progress: Entering the hotel, I was directed up the lobby staircase to the second floor, where a host handed me an elevator access card. From there, by elevator to the 22nd floor, then down a hallway to another elevator, this one carrying me just one more floor up to the roof. A bit of a trek for a chill, refined Manhattan rooftop situation? Worth it. –Lockhart Steele

→ Guardian (Union Square) • 201 Park Ave South • Sun-Thu 4-10p, Fri-Sat 4-11p • Reserve.

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South Harlem

FOUND — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:09:26 GMT

Three for-sale houses in South Harlem that came to market in the last 30 days:

→ 310 W 113th St #PH801 (South Harlem, above) • 3BR/2BA, 1590 SF condo • Ask: $2.59M • full top floor at The Parkmor w/ 626-SF terrace • Days on market: 15 • Monthly cc: $1954 • Monthly tax: $2308 • Agents: Vie Wilson & Dianne Howard, Compass. Open house Sun, 12-1p, by appt only.

→ 371 W 123rd St #PHA (South Harlem) • 4BR/2.1BA, 2072 SF condo • Ask: $3.35M • full 12th floor at 99 Morningside w/ 884-SF of private outdoor space • Days on market: 10 • Monthly cc: $2678 • Monthly tax: $2604 • Agents: Anne Prosser & Cameron Stewart, Compass.

→ 32 W 120th St #1 (South Harlem) • 4BR/4.1BA, NA SF townhouse • Ask: $4.85M • restored landmarked townhouse w/ potential to add roof deck • Days on market: 16 • Monthly tax: $1247 • Agents: Mackenzie Kyle & Marlene Hamad, Platinum Forbes.

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Cut above

FOUND — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:30:49 GMT

THE ASK

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REAL ESTATE • First Mover

Three for-sale houses in South Harlem that came to market in the last 30 days:

REAL ESTATE LINKS: One year after broker fee ban, city has clawed back $27K in penalties • (The other) Grand Army Plaza shows off its makeover in Midtown • The endless renovation on West End Avenue.

BARS • First Round

Sky high

CULTURE & LEISURE • The Vikings

Goose • MSG (Midtown South) • Sat @ 730p • sec 107, $292 per
Norway v Senegal • MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ) • Mon @ 8p • sec 113, $1900 per ($929 lowest avail)
Wilco • Forest Hills Stadium (Flushing) • Sat @ 6p • sec 8, $135

WORK • Friday Routine

Lucky streak

What store or service do you always recommend?
Oroboro does a great job of curating beautiful home goods and incredible clothing.

Where are you donating your time or money?
The Elizabeth Street Garden is hugely important to me. I consider it to be my backyard, so preserving it is always top of mind.

CULTURE & LEISURE LINKS: City’s oldest museum, New York Historical, gets Robert Stern refresh • Christie’s opening wine store in Rockefeller Center • Why are festival lineup posters so hard to read?

GOODS & SERVICES • The Nines

Summer associate lunches, below 23rd

The Nines are FOUND’s distilled lists of the best in NY and surrounds. See also above 23rd.

Hawksmoor (Flatiron), for ‘ultimate mid-week lunch’ at top-notch London steakhouse import, reserve

Bienvenue, Richaud

FOUND — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:06:00 GMT

GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Bakery

The Skinny: Standing on Perry St. around 9a one weekday morning a few weeks ago, I suddenly smelled that most heavenly of scents: good bread, leaving the oven. Like a Disney character tempted by the tendrils of something delicious, I looked up and sniffed, turning my head from east to west. Was it that pastry van delivering tonight’s dessert to St. Ambroeus? Couldn’t be.

A glance in the other direction showed a new small green awning. A bicycle delivery, exiting the small new door with a bag of loaves. Inside, I spied a wild cloud of flour and rising dough on the marble counter slab. Hello, Richaud Petite Bakery, just-arrived, and already very welcome.

The Vibe: Sole proprietor and baker Richaud whirls behind the counter back and forth to his new oven, greeting customer feedback exuberantly and with an impish smile. He was an actor in France and here, where he’s lived for 15 years and picked up baking in his apartment during the pandemic. Several friendly staff were working the various stations as the morning sun streamed through the front window.

The Food: Perfect baguettes (hot out of the oven most mornings around 840a), pain au raisin (perfect), minis of everything, and a great double espresso. There are also jams from Alain Milliat (are the nectars next?) and other deliciousness. (Richaud: demi-baguette, please!)

The Verdict: Exactly the right fit at exactly the right time. In two seats outside, surrounded by hand-tended herbs and greenery, you feel a French flag planted on this already magical block. Enjoy it and tell your friends, but maybe keep this to the FOUND community and neighbors for a while. Bienvenue, Richaud and team, we love you already. –NL Johnson

→ Richaud Petite Bakery (West Village) • 41 Perry St • Tue-Sun 6a-6p.

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Catch the fever

FOUND — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:03:00 GMT

WORK • Tuesday Routine

ALEXANDRA TANGEN • owner • KABIN
Neighborhood you work in: Hudson Square
Neighborhood you live in: West Village

It’s Tuesday morning. What’s the scene at your workplace?
Mornings at KABIN are special. We originally opened as a cocktail bar nearly two years ago, but have since evolved into an all-day concept. During the day, we’re a Nordic café serving specialty coffee, matcha, waffles, and lunch, and by night we transition into a cocktail bar with a full food and cocktail program.

Right now, the bar is draped in Norwegian flags. We originally put them up for Norway’s National Day on May 17, but decided to leave them up since Norway has qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1998, and we’re showing all of the matches. I love having them around. They bring a sense of pride, nostalgia, and excitement to the space.

The weather has finally warmed up, so our front windows and doors are open, letting a breeze roll in from the Hudson River. The espresso machine is running, regulars are stopping in for coffee, laptops are out, and there’s a steady hum of conversation throughout the room. It’s one of my favorite times of day.

What’s on the agenda for today?
Right now, the focus is entirely on the World Cup. We’re launching a series of Norway and Sweden watch parties, special food collaborations, large-format cocktails, and some very Scandinavian traditions for New Yorkers to experience. Norway’s World Cup debut for this year’s tournament is tonight against Iraq, 6p kickoff — come join us!

One thing I’m particularly excited about is our partnership with the Norwegian Seafood Council. We’ve developed a Norwegian salmon and chips dish featuring Norwegian salmon, Icelandic pale ale batter, skyr, dill, and seaweed. And if that wasn’t enough, I’m also getting married in Oslo in three weeks. So at the moment my life consists of bouncing between running a café, running a cocktail bar, planning World Cup events, and planning a 200-person wedding in Norway.

Any restaurant plans today, tonight, this weekend?
When I venture out, I have a few favorites. Kiko, right across the street from KABIN, is one of my go-to spots in Hudson Square. The food is fantastic, the team is great, and we have a really nice relationship with them. Their staff comes over for coffee at KABIN, our staff heads there after work, and everyone knows each other. If you go, get the chicken wings.

For a special meal, I love Cosme for upscale Mexican food. And in the West Village, I have to give a shoutout to Sushi 456, which I think is one of the most underrated sushi spots in the entire city. It’s unassuming, consistently excellent, and somehow still feels like a hidden gem. For something a little more relaxed, I love sitting outside at Dante West Village with my fiancé and our dog, Nala, on a warm summer day or evening.

How about a little leisure or culture this week?
I’m not naturally a sports-driven person. That said, the Knicks playoff run has been one of the coolest things I’ve experienced in New York in a long time. It feels like the entire city rallied around something together. I think the World Cup is going to create that same feeling on an even bigger scale. And also, I try to carve out an hour most days for exercise, usually a Solidcore class.

What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
Our wedding. We’re incorporating a lot of very Norwegian elements throughout the weekend, including floating saunas on the Oslofjord, boat rides, and long summer evenings by the water. In many ways, it’s everything I’ve always wanted to bring to New York through KABIN, just on a much larger scale.

What NYC store or service do you love to recommend?
I know this isn’t exactly a groundbreaking recommendation, but I’ve recently fallen in love with the Citi Bike. It’s cheaper than an Uber, faster than sitting in traffic, and somehow always manages to make me feel like I have my life together, even when I absolutely do not.

My second recommendation is a little less conventional, and perhaps a bit random: the 10- to 15-minute massages you can get at many nail salons across the city. Sometimes I don’t need a full spa day, I just need someone to spend 15 minutes convincing my shoulders to relax. It’s one of the most underrated services in New York and a luxury that somehow still feels affordable.

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Vibe alive

FOUND — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:31:17 GMT

ASK FOUND

In response to our recent query, “Can you recommend a good lighting designer for my apartment?” FOUND readers write:

James Cherry (above), who designed the fixtures for Ha’s Snack Bar.
David Weeks. He’s sort of an icon in the lighting world — check out his Instagram. Also see their awesome Germantown, NY project!
Stacy Ruiz. An interior designer friend recommended her — when I reached out to Stacy for ideas on lighting a large new rental apartment we’d just moved into, she offered tons of specific, actionable advice about lightbulbs, tones, and such without charging us a cent. Hope to work with her on a larger formal project someday.
I have a few lighting designers and brands to recommend, some high-end, some lower-end:
- Pern Baan. Thai-based designer created sconces and pendants with NY-based designers such as Christopher Merchant and Hannah Bigeleisen.
- Coil + Drift. The Catskills-based furniture and lighting brand produces everything from sconces to chandeliers, all made in upstate NY.
- Fern. Designer Jason Roseky of Fern recently launched his first-ever lighting collection, all produced in and around the Hudson Valley, using materials like as wood, bronze, and goat parchment.
- Ceramicah. LA-based design studio recently launched their first-ever wood lighting collection called Cuadra.

And now, three fresh PROMPTS for which we seek your response:

What’s your favorite specialty bookstore in NYC?
I need a caterer for a casual summer party in Manhattan. Who you got?
We’re looking for a new management company for our building. Can you recommend any that are good for boutique co-ops?

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WORK • Tuesday Routine

Catch the fever

ALEXANDRA TANGEN • owner • KABIN
Neighborhood you work in: Hudson Square
Neighborhood you live in: West Village

WORK LINKS: First office tenants sign at 1 St. Marks • AmEx to break ground on 2 World Trade Center next month • It’s still a good time to be a lawyer • RTO has stalled out • Hybrid work makes employees happier, fully remote lonelier.

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Bienvenue, Richaud

Summer associate lunches, above 23rd

FOUND — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:12:12 GMT

RESTAURANTS • The Nines

The Nines are FOUND’s curated lists of the best in NYC and surrounds. Here, the restaurants landing on law firm corporate cards this recruiting summer.

Electric Lemon (Hudson Yards), ‘food is really good and has a nice view,’ one associate tells us, reserve

GETAWAYS • Airports

FOUND — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:54:38 GMT

FOUND’s occasional roundup of what’s new and notable at our tri-state jetports.

→ JFK: Here now, as promised, the reveal of Peach Palace, opened last weekend by the Momofuku Group just after security at T8. With a wraparound bar, and plenty of tables, it’s the biggest Momofuku ever opened in NYC. Espy the full menu below, featuring Momo classics like the pork bun, but also, breakfast, as well as a very compelling new spin on sweet and spicy wings.

One more

FOUND — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:53:08 GMT

WORK • Friday Routine

IAN SCHAFER • president & co-founder • Ensemble, a HOORAE Media Company
Neighborhood you work in: Newark & Meatpacking
Neighborhood you live in: Westfield, NJ

It’s Friday afternoon. How are you rolling into the weekend?
I’m still recovering from Game 4 at MSG, one of the most incredible events I’ve ever witnessed in person. It’s definitely a work/life balance Friday; having just launched the most popular microdrama in the world (SCREEN TIME on TikTok), there’s a ton of interest from brands for sponsorship, so will be working into the night to respond to the demand. But not to bury the lede, I’m fixing to fly to San Antonio for Game 5 of the NBA Finals. #Knicksin5

Where are you drinking or dining this weekend?
After game 4 in NYC, I celebrated with Knicks legends at the iconic Sei Less on 38th/7th. This weekend? I plan on returning to Acenar on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, which was excellent when I stopped in before Game 1.

How about a little leisure or culture?
If I wasn’t in San Antonio, I’d be hopping between Sei Less and Knicks superfan Shaun Geddes’s Game 5 watch party at Diamante’s in Midtown.

Any weekend getaways?
Chalfonte Hotel in Cape May, NJ, is a wonderfully quaint and peaceful stay in one of my favorite resort towns within driving distance, and within walking distance from some fantastic local restaurants and (literal) haunts.

What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
NBA Finals Game 5 tickets. I hope it ends well!

What store or service do you always recommend?
It’s summertime, so I’d suggest following whatever Siegelman Stable has planned for NYC and the Hamptons, but I’ve fallen so hard for the brand that I invested in the company. They bring together some of the most interesting people for some of the most clever retail pop-up activations.

Where are you donating your time or money?
I’m currently on the board of The Rialto Center for Creativity in my hometown of Westfield, NJ, as we renovate a historic movie theater and turn it into a much-needed multimedia center for the arts for our community and the region.

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Window service

FOUND — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:31:33 GMT

CULTURE & LEISURE • C Is for Champions

Brazil v Morocco • MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ) • Sat @ 6p • sec 113, $4503 per ($1915 lowest avail)
Knicks v Spurs • game 5 • Frost Bank Center (San Antonio) • Sat @ 830p • sec 107, $6300 ($1497 lowest avail)
Spurs v Knicks • game 6, if nec • MSG (Midtown South) • Tue @ 830p • sec 107, $39,170 per ($11,623 lowest avail)

THE ASK

Have you tried Ask FOUND, our new recommendation engine? It’s powered by three years’ worth of on-the-ground intelligence from the FOUND team. Use it to firm up dinner plans or find inspiration from the FOUND archives. With your help, we’re fine-tuning it every day, but if you don’t get the answer you need, hit us up directly at found@itsfound.com.

REAL ESTATE • First Mover

Three for-sale houses in Carroll Gardens that came to market in the last 30 days:

→ 455 Union St (Carroll Gardens) • 3BR/3.1BA, NA SF single-family townhouse • Ask: $3.15M • 2 stories + garden level, renovated in 2010, 17’ wide, btwn Bond & Hoyt • Days on market: 30 • Monthly tax: $440 • Agents: Noah Plener & Kerrie Lynch, Compass.

→ 192 Nelson St #1 (Carroll Gardens, above) • 4BR/4.1BA, 3000 SF three-family townhouse • Ask: $3.8M • owner’s duplex, gut-renovated in 2009, plus two rentals currently generating $3900 each, btwn Smith & Court • Days on market: 8 • Monthly tax: $886 • Agent: Maryanne Farrell, Compass. Open house Sun @ 2-330p.

→ 340 Carroll St (Carroll Gardens) • 4BR/4.1BA, NA SF single-family townhouse • Ask: $4.65M • renovated w/ rooftop terrace, btwn Bond & Hoyt • Days on market: 16 • Monthly tax: $323 • Agents: Alex Maroni & Hailey Bunzey, Elliman. Open house Sun @ 12-2p.

REAL ESTATE LINKS: Following 5-year renovation, Carroll Street Bridge in Gowanus reopening Monday to pedestrians and cyclists • First phase of The Battery’s resilience project wraps up • Ground breaks on extension of 2nd Ave Subway to East Harlem • Facade taking shape on RAMSAA’s 200 West 88th • Knicks logo almost included the Empire State Building.

WORK • Friday Routine

One more

IAN SCHAFER • president & co-founder • Ensemble, a HOORAE Media Company
Neighborhood you work in: Newark & Meatpacking
Neighborhood you live in: Westfield, NJ

How about a little leisure or culture?
If I wasn’t in San Antonio, I’d be hopping between Sei Less and Knicks superfan Shaun Geddes’s Game 5 watch party at Diamante’s in Midtown.

What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
NBA Finals Game 5 tickets. I hope it ends well!

CULTURE & LEISURE LINKS: Paris-based Templeton Gallery shutters NY branch • Guggenheim to livestream World Cup matches • Tick-tock on Pace layoffs and what comes next… like downsizing in London • Where Tony-winning NYers keep their awards.

GETAWAYS • Airports

FOUND’s occasional roundup of what’s new and notable at our tri-state jetports.

A special correspondent writes in with report from the scene and a menu reveal:

Nice one

FOUND — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:11:53 GMT

BARS • First Round

Opened last month in Williamsburg, Kinda Nice is an instant success, thanks to the bar’s effortless charm, lively atmosphere, and flawlessly executed, no-frills cocktails. It’s from Grand Army veterans Patty Dennison and Ally Marrone.

Frozen treats, Brooklyn

FOUND — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:08:19 GMT

GOODS & SERVICES • The Nines

The Nines are FOUND’s distilled lists of the best in NY and surrounds. Paid subscribers access all of our neighborhood Nines.

Common Meadows Creamery (Williamsburg), micro-seasonal gelato made w/ single-origin ingredients

I am dead

FOUND — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:28:00 GMT

WORK • Tuesday Routine

YONI LOTAN • actor/comedian
Neighborhood you live in: Williamsburg

It’s Tuesday morning. What’s the scene at your workplace?
I am delirious. I’m awake and yet, I am dead. I am conscious, I am…. probably very hungover. I work from home, so this is probably the place one would want to be, but the scene? Yikes. Knicks gear is splayed out all over the place. Leftover Chinese food that I ordered late last night, still left out on the table (after only having two bites, because I passed out while watching highlights of the game). But... everything is ok.

What’s on the agenda for today?
After I recuperate, I’ll clean my apartment, shower and get to work on my script. I’m writing a new comedy character for my character show BETTY at the UCB Theatre.

Any restaurant plans today, tonight, this weekend?
All of my plans at present involve the Knicks. Period. There’s the Knicks and then there’s reality. So to answer your question properly, I’d say I’m excited to go to the bar Wednesday to watch the game. I’ll be at the Winslow (across the street from the UCB Theatre on East 14th St.) but if you’re looking for a great vibe may I recommend Roebling Sporting Club in Williamsburg. That’s my KNICKS CLUB’s home base. Though if you do plan on going there, I highly highly highly recommend going as early as possible to get a table. Like, as early as 5p. But you won’t regret it, I promise you.

Any recent getaways?
I was recently on a shoot that was filming in Philadelphia. Which was very fun, but hard, because I had to watch Game 1 from there. Now normally, I’d watch with my KNICKS CLUB, a group of 60-plus rabid Knicks fans that take over any bar we enter, but alas, that wasn’t the case. We wrapped for the day and I went straight to the TGI Fridays near my hotel, but it was not the vibe. Imagine going to a TGI Fridays in suburban Philly in full Knicks gear, hard hat and all. Also, it was bingo night. But actually. So I left, and decided to just watch the game in my hotel’s lobby bar.

And that’s when the magic happened.

At first it was just me and the bored bartender who told me that he’s probably going to close up shop during halftime. Then one man appeared who was also a Knicks fan. We high-fived and complained about the refs together. And then another person arrived… indifferent to the game, but intrigued by the concept. Five minutes in, we got him on our side. Slowly but surely, people just appeared out of nowhere… each one joining our TRAVEL KNICKS CLUB, no matter their allegiance or relationship to the game whatsoever. By halftime, the bartender and I locked eyes and he gave me the look. We were staying for the full game. It was around the end of the third quarter when an entire school field trip came into the hotel. The kids went up to their rooms, and very quickly their teachers came down and turned this party UPSIDE DOWN.

We were screaming LET’S GO KNICKS in the lobby, hugging, dancing, running around the hotel. The thrilling end to game one was a memory I will never forget. Those people in that lobby in the Marriott by City Ave. in Philadelphia, I will never forget. I just forgot to get their names.

What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
TICKETS TO GAME 3 HELLOOOOOOOO but I also bought this basketball head to wear at the game on Amazon.

What NYC store or service do you love to recommend?
Support your local bars showing the game! How about ABC Beer Co in Alphabet City! Greatest staff in the history of bar staffs.

Where are you donating your time or money?
Knicks, Knicks, and Knicks.

Photo: @toygile/@sidetalksports

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Biggest airport restaurant opening ever

FOUND — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:30:43 GMT

RESTAURANTS • Intel

A FOUND special correspondent checks in from JFK: “BIG News from Terminal 8, right after security. I just walked by Peach Palace, which servers confirmed has been open since Saturday. Perhaps the biggest airport restaurant opening ever? Certainly in NYC. It’s actually beautiful in here, and huge. Possibly the biggest Momofuku to ever open in NYC?”

WORK • Tuesday Routine

I am dead

YONI LOTAN • actor/comedian
Neighborhood you live in: Williamsburg

And that’s when the magic happened.

What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
TICKETS TO GAME 3 HELLOOOOOOOO but I also bought this basketball head to wear at the game on Amazon.

What NYC store or service do you love to recommend?
Support your local bars showing the game! How about ABC Beer Co in Alphabet City! Greatest staff in the history of bar staffs.

Where are you donating your time or money?
Knicks, Knicks, and Knicks.

Photo: @toygile/@sidetalksports

WORK LINKS: Law firm Milbank pushes starting salaries for new associates to $235K • Trophy office inventory availability shrinks to 4.4% • Summer camp empire files for bankruptcy after Israeli bond default • No peacocking, no polyester: the unwritten rule of Wall St style.

RESTAURANTS • First Person

Let’s get loud

This past week has been all about choosing where to soak up the frenzy of joy that the Knicks run has brought to the city. On Saturday night, the just-opened Boerum Hill restaurant Lonnies — from Inga’s Bar chef and owner Sean Rembold — felt like a great place for exactly that. One of the kids dining with family in the window booth behind us sported an Anunoby jersey, and the front bar room was chockablock with Knicks gear and raised voices.

Restaurants, Upper East Side

FOUND — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:37:05 GMT

RESTAURANTS • The Nines

Our 9 favorites in the neighborhood. See also Upper West Side, Midtown, Midtown East. Paid subscribers access all of our neighborhood Nines.

Sushi Noz, dual omakase counters serving rare seasonal seafood led by star chef Nozomu Abe, reserve

Kid in a candy store

FOUND — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:35:45 GMT

GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shop

The only candy shop in Fort Greene has arrived, conveniently planted at the corner of Fulton St. and S. Elliott Pl. Candor Candy is hard to resist from the outside: Stacks of self-serve sweets and nostalgic packaging are visible through the floor-to-ceiling storefront windows. Inside, velvet curtains, deep window seats, and glass jars filled to the brim with sweets give the room a pleasant and contemporary feel with a dash of nostalgia.

Oranges and blues

FOUND — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:31:16 GMT

CULTURE & LEISURE • GNYGNY

Gov Ball • Corona Park (Flushing Meadows) • Fri-Sun • 1-day VIP, $449 per
Red Sox v Yankees • Yankee Stadium (Bronx) • Sat @ 735p • sec 115, $420
Spurs v Knicks • game 3 • MSG (Midtown South) • Mon @ 830p • sec 107, $24,934 per ($8035 lowest avail)

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REAL ESTATE • First Mover

Three for-sale houses in the West Village that came to market in the last 40 days:

→ 29 Grove St (West Village, above) • 4BR/2.1BA, 2880 SF single-family • Ask: $11.995M • 1841 21’-wide Greek Revival, held in the same family for 100 years • Days on market: 3 • Monthly tax: $3413 • Agents: Warner Lewis & Jordan Crystal, Brown Harris Stevens.

→ 90 Charles St (West Village) • 4BR/3BA, 5254 SF single-family • Ask: $20M • rebuilt 1847 house, delivered clean gallery level finish • Days on market: 22 • Monthly tax: $3199 • Agents: Tiger Koehn & Douglas Wagner, Bond NY.

→ 67 Charles St (West Village) • 4BR/4.3BA, 6031 SF four-family • Ask: $25M • reconstructed entry opens into marble and glass vestibule • Days on market: 16 • Monthly tax: $4304 • Agents: Jim St. Andre & Philip Scheinfeld, Compass.

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REAL ESTATE LINKS: Luxury building amenity watch: MRI machines and longevity services • In Midtown East, progress continues on residential conversion of former Pfizer HQ • On Lower East Side, plan to restore 1820s Henry St. church and build new housing advances • Fixing the 34th St. bottleneck.

GETAWAYS • The Nines

Restaurants, Hudson

The Nines are FOUND’s curated lists of the best in NYC and surrounds. Paid subscribers can access the complete 9s archive, including all of our NYC neighborhood 9s.

Ambos, serious live-fire operation in new Pocketbook Hotel w/ cocktails curated by Arley Marks of Bushwick’s Honeys

Numbers game

FOUND — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:55:35 GMT

GETAWAYS • Hudson Valley

When Gaskins, the Americana restaurant in Germantown, NY, closed in 2024, the small town collectively mourned and subsequently gossiped about what would replace one of the only restaurants in town. In April, NINES finally filled the void, serving a menu of local ingredients prepared with Italian and French cooking techniques.