Neighborhood Watch

Old Singapore Will Live Again, in Chinatown; Breakfast at Centro Starts Today

Chinatown: Continuing the nightlife blast on the Bowery, mixologist Albert Trummer will open an “old Singapore”–style bar called Apotheke this summer, on the Chinatown end at 9 Doyers Street. [NYT]
Times Square: China Club will close this Friday and reopen on Saturday as the club Opera, with a fancy “new look for the dance floor.” Because sanding the floor brings in the revelers. [Zagat]
Tribeca: Mai House is serving a $59 tasting menu by cook Spike Mendelsohn “based on the food he cooked on Top Chef.” [NYS]
West Village: Centro Vinoteca started doing breakfast today. It includes dishes like baked eggs with sausage-and-bean ragout; breakfast pizzetta with egg, taleggio, and speck; and Nutella-filled crespelle. Free Wi-Fi comes with it. [Grub Street]

Old Singapore Will Live Again, in Chinatown; Breakfast at Centro Starts Today