Alert, Upper West Side shoppers! Here are some recent and upcoming openings in the neighborhood:
Read moreAlert, Upper West Side shoppers! Here are some recent and upcoming openings in the neighborhood:
Read moreRedFarm, the Chinese restaurant moving into Fatty Crab's old spot on Broadway between 77th and 78th, is getting closer to opening, and they're now
Read moreA new restaurant and bar called Barley & Grain just opened on 80th street and Amsterdam, and people keep asking us "what is that place?" (Also, one person pointed out that barley is a grain, so the name is slightly redundant.) In short, it's a restaurant with lots of comfort ...
Read moreYou know that show Downton Abbey? Where the servants have to come and go through separate entrances and bow their heads when they see a noble? Well, there could soon be a version of Downton Abbey right here, on the Upper West Side! A 33-story building slated to be built ...
Read moreCheck out some real estate, crime, arts and other news below from other outlets over the past couple of weeks.
Read moreKefi, the popular Greek eatery on Columbus Avenue between 84th and 85th street, has been closed for almost the entire year because of a busted water pipe. The water pipe broke on January 26, flooding the restaurant's basement level over the banquettes, according to a Crain's article. It took three ...
Read moreEditor’s Note: As part of a regular West Side Rag series, artist Michelle Hill interviews and draws Upper West Siders. This is the sixth installment in our Portrait of a Neighbor series. By Michelle Hill Eileen Marzola, born in Cleveland. Why did you move to the Upper West Side? What ...
Read moreThe Film Society of Lincoln Center is screening a classic Upper West Side film, The Panic in Needle Park, on Monday night and director Jerry Schatzberg will be there to discuss the film afterward. Needle Park was the nickname of Verdi Square and Sherman Square (around 72nd street) during the ...
Read moreIt's been a rough month for Upper West Side eateries: Indian Cafe, which opened in 1986, is the latest restaurant to close its doors after Amsterdam Diner and Big Nick's shut down in the last couple of weeks. Indian Cafe is on Broadway between 107th and 108th street. The food ...
Read moreA dock in the Hudson River at 72nd street that was damaged during Hurricane Sandy has been repaired, and the city and Downtown Boathouse are reopening free kayaking to the pubic starting this Sunday. The Riverside Park Conservancy hasn't listed kayaking on its website yet, but this is what the ...
Read moreFootlights Shoes, a store on the corner of 74th street and Columbus Avenue, is closing down with a liquidation sale. The store, which sold mid-price shoes and had frequent sales, could be replaced by a restaurant -- we saw a liquor license for the space a couple of months ago. ...
Read moreWhere cooks once tenderized beef, people will soon be sitting around in their underwear waiting for a doctor.
Read moreCritters were making news in Central Park this week.
Read moreAmsterdam Diner, which replaced longtime diner EJ's Luncheonette on 81st street and Amsterdam Avenue, closed its doors for good this week.
Read moreAn abandoned car burst into flames on 78th street near Columbus Avenue at about 2 a.m. this morning. No one was
Read moreWe often get emails that say things like "there is no good food above 96th street." To which we say "We've lived in rural Virginia. You don't know from bad restaurants." Thankfully for the food-starved, new restaurants have been sprouting up in Manhattan Valley in the past few years. They ...
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