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The Latest for New York City Tourism

• Beppe Trattoria has reopened in Midtown West
• The Brooklyn Museum has fully reopened
• SPIN, the original ping pong social club, is back open
• Patsy's Italian Restaurant is now open 6 days a week, 1-9pm
• New Midtown East food hall The Hugh has begun opening
• Lux watchmaker Vacheron Constantin has opened its New York flagship
• London steak fave Hawksmoor is now open in Gramercy
• Ginseng Museum Cafe by CheongKwanJang now serving KGC’s pure ginseng extract on tap in K-Town
• Virgin Voyages' first ship, the Scarlet Lady, is in town this week and hosting a three-day festival that starts tomorrow
• Starting Friday, Bacall's Family Steakhouse brings '40s glamour and big portion Jewish/Romanian fare to former The Ribbon space in Times Square
• Michelin-starred The Modern reopens at the MoMA Friday
• Curtain Up! celebrates the return of Broadway with a three-day outdoor experience in Times Square, starting Friday
• The Madison Avenue B.I.D. will host its second annual Welcome Back Saturdays on September 18th (with a “Wave & Take a Bow” moment at noon and store happenings throughout the day) and 25th (“shop with your dog” in partnership with The Humane Society of New York and plenty of events)
• "Bruce Springsteen Live!" exhibit to open at the Grammy Museum Experience Prudential Center in Newark, October 1st
• 22nd annual New Yorker Festival returns in-person and online, October 4th-10th
• WatchTime New York returns live and in-person for its sixth edition at Gotham Hall, October 22nd-24th
• The Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade is back in-person October 23rd
• The Fort Greene Great PUPkin Parade is back this year, October 30th
• The 48th annual Village Halloween Parade has its permits for in-person October 31st (but they still need to raise some funds)
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade officially returns to city's streets November 25th

Links of Interest

• "I will never take live theater for granted ever again,” Lin-Manuel Miranda tells audience as Broadway shows make triumphant returns
• Latest dates and info for Broadway and Off Broadway
• New observation deck and rooftop ride proposed for 30 Rock
• Met Museum's Costume Institute exhibit In America: A Lexicon of Fashion opening Saturday
• Downtown pedestrian traffic was up over Labor Day Weekend
• 9/11 remains a draw for tourists
• “Adam Pendleton: Who Is Queen?” “Greater New York,” “Soft Water Hard Stone,” and "My Barbarian" represent NYC in artnet's roundup of fall museum shows that matter
• Masalawala, Lodi, Dowling’s at The Carlyle represent NYC on Robb Report's most-anticipated U.S. restaurant openings
• Eater's most anticipated NY restaurant openings for fall
• Comfort levels for seeing live theatre broken down by generation
• Gotham Bar and Grill making comeback next month
• Is Brooklyn leading NYC out of the pandemic?
• Strike MoMA announces “Phase 2” of protests starting Friday

• The US Travel Association disagrees with Dr. Fauci on airplane vaccine mandate
• A bet on luxury travel by Bill Gates, who takes control of the Four Seasons hotel chain
• In-person conventions are on the rebound, but may take years to fully recover
• What travel CEOs are predicting for business travel
• Marriott CEO sees hotels bouncing back quickly from Delta

• Stephen Starr’s Verōnika at Fotografiska shuts down after a short run
• East Village's Jeepney to close up September 25th on the way to expansion
• Wine bar Racines in Tribeca is done

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