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Cupcakes, Italian Food and Holiday Pop-Ups All on the Menu Downtown

By Julie Shapiro | December 7, 2011 6:28pm

OPENINGS:

Jade's ToyBox, an eco-friendly holiday shop, has popped up at 124 Hudson St. Through Dec. 28, the store will offer an array of fun, educational toys and gifts, along with special events including a craft workshop, an etiquette class, a talent show, an organic cookie swap and letter-writing to Santa.

A cupcake fix is now just around the corner for many Financial District workers, as a new branch of Crumbs Bake Shop opened last week at 40 Broad St. The small sweets shop is the chain's 19th outpost in Manhattan, and it's not far from the other Downtown Crumbs, at 87 Beaver St.

Just in time for the holidays, Hickory Farms has opened a pop-up shop in the South Street Seaport at Fulton and South streets. The brick-and-mortar version of the gift-oriented catalogue will offer everything from boxes of peanut brittle to baskets stuffed with sausage and cheese.

The new 7,000-square-foot location of T. Kang Tae Kwon Do has opened at 85 Worth St., the Tribeca Citizen reported.

COMING SOON:

Ristorante Aglio, a new Italian restaurant replacing the former TriBeCafe at 277 Church St., is having its grand opening on Dec. 8. A preliminary seasonal menu features an array of pasta dishes for $16 to $26, including linguine with white clams, chili pepper and white wine, and entrees for $23 to $46, including grilled lobster with fennel and pan-seared breaded swordfish. The restaurant will be open Monday through Saturday and will initially serve only dinner.

ON THE HORIZON:

Walgreens has leased the former Borders space on the ground floor of 100 Broadway. The convenience store giant, which recently acquired Duane Reade, is paying about $2 million a year for the 22,000-square-foot space, the New York Observer reported.

CLOSING:

Children's shop Bu and the Duck, 106 Franklin St., is closing after Christmas, the Tribeca Citizen reported. Designer Susan Lane opened the shop in 1997 to sell her vintage-inspired line. She will offer discounts this month until the store closes.