Fragmented newspaper excerpt regarding Lower Manhattan development

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IN THIS ISSUE; LowerManhattan.info provides news and information about Lower Manhattan through Calung All Taste Buds a free newsletter and website, Restaurants Revitalize Downtown www.LowefManhattan.info . This effort is The Best of Lower Manhattan led by the City of New York in partnership Lower Manhattan for Lunch with the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, New York State, and the A Food Shopper’s Paradise federal government. Immigrants Bring Great Food for All Rebuilding Milestones

THE CUISINES OF LOWER MANHATTAN CALLING ALL TASTE SUDS RESTAURANTS INTOWN Lower Manhattan is known as the nation's first capital, home to From bistros to noodle houses to falafel stands, there are almost the first stock exchange, even the place where the city's subway 1,300 food establishments south of Houston Street, bringing system began. But did you also know that culinary delights like money and jobs to Lower Manhattan. According to the Alliance Eggs Benedict and Baked Alaska were invented downtown? for Downtown New York, these purveyors employ an average of That golden-brown latkes, steaming Shanghai soup dumplings, 1 2.5 people each - more than service providers and retailers mozzarella en carroza that would combined - underscoring the put a Sicilian nonna to shame can h .r.rU||| B||MM||||||||H|||||||KBSfl food industry’s crucial role in the all be found within a few blocks of area’s ongoing recovery. one another in the streets south of | Beyond jobs, eateries contribute Houston? w to the neighborhood’s well-being. Lower Manhattan is, in fact, a ■ "it is so important to have restau- culinary crossroads offering a , rants [because] they create greater diversity of dining options 3 than any other similarly-sized area of ™ a. vibrancy,” says Julie Menin, owner of Vine restaurant and executive Manhattan, director of Wall Street Rising, an organization that is working to The plentiful shops and stands nestled along tiny streets between ■ itjJj* IM ’ help revitalize the area. the Bowery and Bowling Green 1 A number of special events make Lower Manhattan a food showcase downtown restaurants. CrSperie, on Ludlow Street, offers veggie- and meat-filled crapes, shopper’s fantasy as well. From that along with crdpe suxette and other sweet concoctions. In September, A Taste of Wall perfect half-sour pickle to distinc- Street celebrated the restaurants tive-smelting Indonesian durian fruit to prized sliced white of the Financial District, and the Tribeca Cook-Off pitted chefs truffles worthy of their $100 price tag, you can find it here. And from neighborhood restaurants against FDNY firehouse cooks. the Fulton Fish Market still provides the best fresh seafood The Alliance also hosts a pair of events each year: Dine Around around, to say nothing of the produce, cheeses, and other spe­ Downtown, in May, lets area workers sample the wares of more cialty goods available at gourmet grocers throughout downtown than 40 restaurants during their lunch hour, and November’s and greenmarkets at Liberty Plaza and South Street Seaport. Downtown for Dinner features $20.03 prix-fixe meals at some of This edition of LowerManhattan.info showcases the food of Lower Manhattan's hottest spots. Lower Manhattan - its prized culinary jewels, little-known In addition to bringing money downtown, such events raise treasures, and neighborhood favorites - and the restaurateurs awareness: “I’ve had people call to ask where Tribeca is," says and retailers who bring it to you every day. But be forewarned. Sharon Decker, who organizes the Cook-Off. "These events Reading on may make you hungry. * expose people to a new world.”

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