Martini moment
Martinis, Hudson Square real estate, Ma-dé, Sabyasachi, Porter on the Lane, Gurney’s, MORE
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REAL ESTATE • First Mover
Three for-sale properties in Hudson Square that came to market in the last 15 days asking ~$4M :
→ 40 Renwick St #2 (Hudson Sq, above) • 3BR/2BA, 3000 SF co-op • Ask: $3.8M • loft w/ key-locked elevator and strong afternoon light • Days on market: 15 • Monthly maint/tax: $4750 • Agents: Sean Murphy Turner & Chris Mutterer, Compass.
→ 255 Hudson St #TH1 (Hudson Sq) • 3BR/3.1BA, 2553 SF condo • Ask: $4.075M • duplex w/ 26’-wide garden in boutique building • Days on market: 5 • Monthly tax: $4786 • Monthly cc: $5145 • Agent: Carl Gambino, Compass.
→ 565 Broome St #S9C (Hudson Sq) • 2BR/2.1BA, 1681 SF condo • Ask: $4.1M • SW corner unit w/ winged bedrooms in 112-unit building • Days on market: 4 • Monthly tax: $3282 • Monthly cc: 3468• Agents: Michael Kafka & Matt Sadewitz, Elliman.
REAL ESTATE LINKS: Triplex in Mark Rothko’s former East Village home hits market for $6.2M • Cobble Hill’s most expensive home finds a buyer • RAMSA’s 16 Fifth Ave. completes construction in Greenwich Village • Renderings revealed for Elodie, coming to Lenox Hill on Upper East Side • In Brooklyn, city proposes transforming 10-mile stretch of Bergen and Dean Streets into bike boulevards • Inlet section of Bushwick Inlet Park opens at long last.
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WORK • Friday Routine
Birdland
MANEESH K GOYAL • owner • Passerine & Temple Bar
Neighborhood you work in: Flatiron & Noho
Neighborhood you live in: Flatiron
It’s Friday afternoon, how are you rolling into the weekend?
My favorite two hours of the entire week are Friday from 5-7p. They’re pure magic. Spirits are high. There is a bounce in people’s steps. Smiles are everywhere. For me, it’s about a little family time with the kids before getting ready to hit the floor at Passerine, my Indian restaurant on East 20th St.
I’ll start in the front lounge, the Drawing Room, with some friends for happy hour before I slowly make my way to a table in the back for a joyful, delicious dinner. If the mood strikes (which it often does), I’m headed to Temple Bar down on Lafayette after dinner. It’s the perfect end cap and the DJ is always just right. And, oh, all this and home by 11p. My kids will be in my bed by 730a latest!
Any restaurant plans?
When I step away from my spots, I’ll be at breakfast at ABCv, grabbing a juice at Joe & the Juice, and hitting my friend Cedric Vongerichten up for a table at Ma-dé or Wayan. He and his wife Ochi are the best, and their spots are undeniably perfect.
How about a little leisure or culture?
In my next life, my job is clear: game show host. I’m not even kidding! I love games so much and love people (and messing with them) so much. So, I love to get my family and friends together for games. I know it’s a specific kind of person who’s willing to play a game, but I’ve got good ones and, with me, there are always prizes (is it even a game if there isn’t a Showcase Showdown kinda prize?) At some point in your life, you need to experience the MKG (that’s me!) Bingo Parlour. It’s a vibe.
Any weekend getaways?
So I have a not-to-secret secret that I’m perhaps happiest when in Bellport, Long Island. I’ve been going out there for over a decade now. I go year-round and my kids love the green grass, the pool, the cozy fires, the holidays in Bellport. I discovered it on a whim and am so happy I did. My go-tos are Porter on the Lane and The Bellport Restaurant. If you’re looking for me, look for me there.
What was your last great vacation?
I went to Telluride last summer and, wow, it was perfection. I didn’t grow up exposed to a lot of winter sports, so those cold moments have never been my thing but I am the king of apres-aki! Being in Colorado and hiking in the mountains and meeting people and just walking on long, gorgeous days was pretty dreamy. When you go, don’t miss Van Atta speakeasy and Petite Maison.
What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
I recently renovated a new apartment and was shown these bird sink handles and I fell so hard for them. My beloved Indian restaurant is called Passerine, which are songbirds. So I had to have these handles. They’re now in my powder room, and just as spectacular and special as I imagined them to be.
What store or service do you always recommend?
Sabyasachi in the West Village. It’s a wonderland. It’s something out of a fantasy novel. It’s almost not real.
Where are you donating your time or money?
Adoption is deeply personal to me as it’s how I built my family. I love to support the Adoption & Foster Family Coalition of New York, and always encourage others to do so as well.
CULTURE & LEISURE LINKS: Non-profit squash center coming to Williamsburg next year • Storm King ‘26 season expands the meaning of sculpture • 10 exhibitions to see Upstate this month • How Sweden built one of Europe’s most stable art markets.
CULTURE & LEISURE • Sec 107
Watch Party: 76ers v Knicks • MSG (Midtown South) • tonight @ 7p • sec 107, $52
Springsteen • MSG (Midtown South) • Mon @ 730p • sec 107, $1273 per
76ers v Knicks • game 5, if nec • MSG (Midtown South) • Tue @ TBA • sec 107, $2487 per
BARS • First Round
Martini town
As our hostess seated my wife and me at the far end of the gleaming martini bar, she gestured to the seat next to mine on which the woman to my left had dropped her handbag. “That seat will be taken,” she told her. “These are the hottest seats in town.”