What's better than waking up to the sweet aroma of bacon wafting around you?

Le Pain Quotidien, the casual French restaurant, is planning to renovate its longtime location in Central Park.

A joint meeting of three UWS community board committees convened before receiving proposed regulations in hopes of influencing them.

During the High Holidays—Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—challah is baked in a round shape to symbolize continuity and a completed cycle.

Will Fairway Cafe really reopen? Plus two new bars and bistros, but a big Mexican spot closes.

“A lot of Chinese people come here to eat noodles to get a taste of their hometown food.”

It has graciously ferried patrons home for decades, although at 87 years old, it’s had its duties scaled back.

Four exciting openings, including one we've been anticipating for a year.

“Food is how you show love.”

The Niche Shop will carry secondhand women’s and unisex clothes, as well as home decor.

Columbus Avenue from West 68th to West 77th Street will be closed to cars.

Two temporary closings, two chains expand.

In the end, it turned out okie-dokie for Mochi Dolci....

Though it has only been on the menu for a few months, this has become one of WAU’s signature dishes.

No closings today!

The writer of Here's the Dish reflects on what she's learned in her year sampling Upper West Side dishes.

Talia's adapts to post-pandemic realities with a "fast-food" place next door; Artie's old space is finally filled.

Levain cookies are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.

All farmers and producers selling at Greenmarkets come from small to midsize family-owned farms within a 200-mile radius of New York City.

Weighing in at nearly six ounces, regular Crumbl cookies exemplify the large cookie trend.

Outdoor dining is in for a major makeover if a new bill, likely to be voted on by the City Council on Thursday, passes. (It did!)

A couple comes every week just to sit by the bar and eat Lamb Shawarma they love it so much.

The first “surgery-exclusive” veterinary hospital in Manhattan opened on Amsterdam and 67th Street.

How could we as Upper West Siders overlook August's Sturgeon supermoon?

Every Friday at 12:45 p.m., older adults are welcome to pick up free, fresh produce grown at the local elementary school.

Chicken liver is not for everyone.

Three years after it closed, a beloved Cuban-Chinese restaurant is reopening on 72nd Street!

A reader made this Google Map of openings and closings in the neighborhood over the past three years.

Grand Bazaar NYC of the Upper West Side has long been a hub of creativity for shoppers and independent vendors alike.

"West Siders really get our cuisine and what we’re doing...bringing worlds together."