VINTAGE JEWELRY, STATIONARY COMING TO COLUMBUS AVENUE
As we’ve noted before, Columbus Avenue businesses don’t tend to stay vacant for long. And two stores that recently vacated their spaces are already being filled by new stores. Paper Source, a Chicago-based stationary store that we’ve written about before, … Read the rest of this entry >>
NEIGHBORHOOD STAPLE HARRY’S SHOES TO TRIPLE IN SIZE
Score one for the little guys! Harry’s Shoes, a staple on 83rd Street and Broadway for 37 years, is expanding later this year in a big way. Harry’s will lease the space formerly occupied by Talbot’s next door and will … Read the rest of this entry >>
BETSEY JOHNSON CLOSING AFTER BANKRUPTCY; BIG SALE
The Betsey Johnson store on Columbus Avenue between 71st and 72nd Streets has outfitted thousands of Upper West Side girls and women in brightly colored clothes for more than two decades. But the store will soon close after the company … Read the rest of this entry >>
A WORD FROM THE CHEF OF THE PURPLE FIG, A NEW FRENCH BISTRO
Well-known Irish chef Conrad Gallagher sent us a note about the concept behind The Purple Fig, his new restaurant on 72nd Street between Broadway and West End Avenue that opened in place of PD O’Hurley West End. “The idea for … Read the rest of this entry >>
ITALIAN RESTAURANT WITH MEXICAN ROOTS OPENING
Corvo Bianco, an Italian restaurant that will serve lots of seafood, will open in the former home of Calle Ocho on 81st Street and Columbus Avenue this summer. The restaurant, whose name means “white crow,” is co-owned by Luis Gonzalez … Read the rest of this entry >>
UWS OPENINGS BUZZ: H&M, SERAFINA, MEGA-CANDY STORE
Rumors of openings and closings abound on the Upper West Side. If they do not all happen, please do not blame us. We're just rumor-mon … Read the rest of this entry >>
CLASSIC SAMBUCA FAMILY RESTAURANT ADDS WINE BAR, PARTY ATMOSPHERE
Sambuca, the Italian restaurant at 20 West 72nd Street famous for its heaping family portions and gluten-free pastas, is turning up the music and turning on the sex appeal. Sambuca’s owner Liza Wetanson recently redesigned the front of the restaurant … Read the rest of this entry >>
A FIRST TASTE OF NEW ITALIAN PIZZERIA FRATELLI LA BUFALA
By Phil Vasquez I got a taste test today at Fratelli La Bufala, the Neapolitan pizza restaurant opening later this week on the corner of 76th Street and Broadway. In a word? Bellissimo! Or maybe Bravissimo! The pizza is as … Read the rest of this entry >>
THE PURPLE FIG, A HIGH-END FRENCH BISTRO WITH A FAMOUS CHEF, OPENING ON 72ND STREET
A new high-end French bistro is set to open this week on 72nd Street between Broadway and West End Avenue after the sudden closure earlier this month of PD O’Hurley’s West End (don’t worry, the original PD O’Hurley’s is still … Read the rest of this entry >>
FINALLY, AUTHENTIC ITALIAN PIZZERIA FRATELLI LA BUFALA SET TO OPEN
Fratelli La Bufala, the Italian pizza joint coming to the corner of 76th and Broadway that we first wrote about almost a year ago, is nearing its opening date — really! I just got an invite to a preview on … Read the rest of this entry >>
